Live Design

Live Design is a monthly digital publication owned by Penton that focuses on the newest developments and equipment in the live entertainment sector, including theatre, film, concerts, opera, ballet, and architectural entertainment. It began as Lighting Dimensions before merging with Theatre Crafts. Up until December 2013, it was available in print, but it has transitioned to a free app that offers monthly editions for both Apple and Android devices. The magazine targets both budding and experienced designers specializing in lighting, audio, projection, and set design. In addition to the magazine, Live Design operates its own website. It is also connected to the LDI trade show and organizes the Live Design Master Classes and the Envision Symposium.

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All In The Family - The Brothers Return To MSG With DiGiCo’s Quantum Siblings

1 week ago | livedesignonline.com | Christopher Shuler

To honor the legacy of the Allman Brothers Band, godfathers of Southern Rock, the musical supergroup known as The Brothers recently returned to New York City’s storied Madison Square Garden for a pair of shows in April.
Robe Enjoys A Brilliant PALM Expo In India

1 week ago | livedesignonline.com | Louise Stickland

Robe’s Indian distributor Integrated Entertainment Solutions (IES) enjoyed a busy, proactive and productive PALM Expo 2025 in Mumbai, the show was staged over 3 days at the Bombay Exhibition Centre (BEC), the largest privately owned permanent exhibition centre in India, and highlights included Robe’s iBOLT winning an award for “Outstanding Innovation” in the Professional Lighting Solution category.
Robe Lands Huge Order To Transition Estonian Theatres To LED

1 week ago | livedesignonline.com | Louise Stickland

Robe’s Estonian distributor, Tallin-based E&T, is in the final stages of delivering an enormous order for moving and LED lights for 10 major theatres across the country, where all forms of live performance are strongly engrained in Estonian culture, and being entertained by theatre is a hugely popular activity. In most cases, the new LED lighting fixtures are replacing ageing tungsten or halogen-based lighting.
Robe Taps Into Lady Gaga Mayhem At Coachella

2 weeks ago | livedesignonline.com | Louise Stickland

Lady Gaga is an artist who excels at delivering unique, ambitious visual live extravaganzas that engage the eyes, brain and heart in an intricate mix of drama, high-impact dance moves and energizing music, and this year’s acclaimed Coachella headliner slot took this art to new levels. Her two-hour performance complete with elaborate costumes, epic set, thought-provoking video and diligently crafted lighting has been hailed as a masterpiece of stagecraft.
P3 Purmerend Upgrades Lighting With Robe

3 weeks ago | livedesignonline.com | Louise Stickland

A dynamic package of Robe moving lights has been installed at the busy P3 popodium music venue in Purmerend, a city and municipality in the province of North Holland in the west Netherlands. The recent upgrade, originally planned before the pandemic and delivered once the restrictions started being lifted … comprised 14 x ESPRITES, 8 x PAINTES, 16 x LEDBeam 350s, 8 x LEDBeam 150s and four T1 Profiles. P3 has two music halls – of 850 and 350 capacity – and a theatre space that accommodates 130.
Q&A: Marco Miglioli On Relighting The Duomo In Milan

1 month ago | livedesignonline.com | Hannah Kinnersley

Italian lighting designer and architect Marco Migioli presented at Showlight 2025 on how illumination changes everything. This may seem like an obvious statement, but the examples he chose illustrate the critical nature of lighting design. How it can expose details hidden for centuries and celebrate forgotten craftsmanship. How lighting choices can take a location from welcoming to threatening, and provoke emotion from fear to awe.
Willie Williams On The Visual Future Of Live Entertainment-Too Much Or Not Enough?

1 month ago | livedesignonline.com | Hannah Kinnersley

During his session on the first day of Showlight 2025, production and lighting designer Willie Williams claimed the title was slightly tongue in cheek because he is frequently asked about the future of live entertainment design and really, who knows?
Astera For Porsche Macan Electric Reveal

1 month ago | livedesignonline.com | Louise Stickland

Sean Shay, creative director at Sound Image, a Clair Global Brand, reached for Astera Hyperion and Titan Tubes to help imagine a spectacular and dramatic piece of light art highlighting a ‘hero car’ for the launch of the Porsche Macan Electric car presented by Porsche San Francisco at their showroom in the city’s downtown Design District.
Montpellier Events Chooses Robe

1 month ago | livedesignonline.com | Louise Stickland

Montpellier Events is the management company for The Corum Congress Centre – Berlioz Opera, a major event complex located in Montpellier, in the south of France. The venue hosts over 300 professional events each year including congresses, exhibitions, corporate events and conventions ... as well as live performances. Equipped with three auditoriums – Berlioz Opera, Pasteur and Einstein – the venue has recently invested in Robe moving lights.
Robe ESPRITES For Singapore Ballet Production

1 month ago | livedesignonline.com | Louise Stickland

Singapore-based lighting designer Adrian Tan of The Light Project recently utilised 32 x Robe ESPRITE moving lights – 16 x Profiles and 16 x Fresnels – to light a production of Swan Lake staged by the Singapore Ballet at Esplanade Theatres by the Bay in Singapore.