Intu is a large indoor shopping complex in the centre of Derby, containing over 200 retail units. Kemps were recently approached by contractor Hatmet who were working on an interior refurbishment of the space. Working from Hoare Lea’s lighting designs, the challenge was to create a series of woven aluminium spheres (or halos) that were to be illuminated, suspended from the shopping centre’s ceilings. These halos were 5 x 7m and 1 x 5m in diameter respectively. The brief also specied a 4m high globe made from the same fabricated woven aluminium. Each structure incorporates illumination by Kemps’s Luxeon RGBW LEDs, all DMX controlled to create stunning displays of colour at various times of the day. Not only do the changing colours add atmosphere, but they also create an exciting spectacle,

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