The Event September 2012

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COVER STORY

STAND DESIGN: SHOWING YOURSELF IN THE BEST LIGHT Types of Lighting: BACKLIGHT: Illuminating an item from the back.

COLOURED LIGHTS: Light that has passed through a coloured glass filter.

FILTERED LIGHT: Light that has passed through a glass

filter, absorbing some hues and permitting others to pass through.

HALOGENS: Last longer and are brighter than incan-

descent bulbs. Light is more easily permitted to radiate out to more brightly illuminate space.

GOBOS: A stainless steel or glass-etched cutout, that

when placed in front of a light, projects that image onto a wall or other flat surface.

LED LIGHTING: Lower energy consumption, longer lifetime, smaller size, and faster switching than incandescent bulbs.

WASH LIGHTS: Also known as “floodlights”, throw a wash of light over a space.

SPOTLIGHTS: A lamp projecting a narrow, intense beam of light directly onto a place or person.

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