Powder Deep Studio presented a unique collaboration between architect/designer Karim Rashid and Focus Lighting to realize a new, ultramodern, hip-hop nightclub with Rashid’s iconic “sensual minimalist” design aesthetic expanded into a lively, colorful, dance space. The lightly colored walls, and dance floor provided perfect surfaces to project vibrant color, and dynamic patterns upon using MR16 [...]
Category Archives: Entertainment and Sports Venues
AMC Loews 42nd St E-Walk Theater
December 3, 2007 – 7:27 am
Barry Loeks, then the co-chairman of Sony/Loews Theatres approached Focus Lighting to design a sign on the landmark marquee of its newest, high profile multiplex on 42nd Street in Times Square, New York that would stand out amongst the sea of neon and flashing lights. After extensive tests and comparisons using a variety of halogen [...]
Crobar
December 3, 2007 – 7:25 am
Club goers enter Crobar through a maze of fractured glass, vivid television screens and riveted steel, giving them glimpses of the varied worlds that lie within. With design concepts based on an exploration of the natural world, the reed room is a trip through a fantastical landscape. Guests make their way through a glowing forest [...]
Prudential Center – Newark Arena
December 3, 2007 – 6:25 am
At the center of Downtown Newark’s urban redevelopment stands the Prudential Center, the recently completed new home of the New Jersey Devils. In addition to quickly being considered one of the best arenas in hockey, the Prudential Center is also redefining the usual functions of arena lounges, restaurant spaces and entries. Entering the arena through [...]
Yankee Stadium
December 3, 2007 – 6:14 am
Focus Lighting worked closely with HOK Sports to develop interior lighting for retail and hospitality spaces at Yankee Stadium. The retail designs help display the newest sports collectibles and team merchandise. Glowing wood veneer shelves and specialized color-changing display cases outfit all the team stores. In the restaurant space, a clean and modernist aesthetic was preserved. Marble and onyx lit accents [...]
AER Lounge
November 27, 2007 – 9:52 am
Reality and illusion blur at AER, a sophisticated, 10,000 square-foot lounge in Manhattan’s fashionable Meatpacking District, where Focus Lighting utilized a range of visual effects with highly reflective materials to create an elegant, dreamlike space. Butterflies suspended in glowing resin dewdrops, with each drop lit with a single embedded fiber optic point, greet patrons upon [...]
Aura Nightclub at Atlantis – Bahamas
April 24, 2007 – 7:05 am
The goal for the design of this Bahamian nightclub was to create an exciting and dynamic atmosphere through the use of light. The solution was to paint the club’s vertical surfaces with color both reflected by and emanated from within each wall creating a horizon line around the perimeter of the club that unified all [...]
Star Southfield Center, MI
July 3, 1998 – 7:50 am
With 20 movie screens with stadium-style seating for over 6,000 guests, and several outstanding restaurants all in one location, Star Southfield Entertainment Center is one of the nation’s most visited complexes. Upon its Grand Opening, Star Southfield Center received much critical acclaim for its diverse sources of fine dining and entertainment tied together with elaborate [...]