From Pub, to Colourful Club
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The famous English ale house ‘The Bended Elbow’ in Yarra Street Geelong, recently redeveloped the top floor of its premises into the exciting new INK Nightclub. In what is fast becoming a genuine party town, INK Nightclub sees a new home for Corio’s late night dance addicts.
Perth Architects Oldfield Knott designed a new, innovative space to cater for the intended clientele. World-class sound and lighting plus a dynamic ambience were all prescribed for the new club and it received nothing less. Decorated with stylish fabric panels, decked out with a sound-system that would make most DJs salivate, and containing a fully functional outdoor bar area, INK Nightclub has that intangible feeling of class and warmth that cannot just be bought.
Lightmoves were contracted to provide special effect lighting throughout the
venue. A perfectly-positioned and decorated bar was enhanced even further by
the use of Osram colour-changing LED strips, which provided key perimeter lighting
along the front and back. Lightmoves also took this opportunity to road-test
Pulsar’s latest LED luminaire, the Chroma Wall Ellipse. Having just been
released at the time, the owners took no convincing to use the product after
just one demonstration. Positioned along the stairways and upstairs lounge areas,
the Wall Ellipses combine a decorative element with functional subtle colour-changing
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wnlighting.
Standard incandescent Horizontal Mini light bud lighting was also used to great
effect to light the steps, as well as highlighting the edges of the decorated
fabric wall panels and DJ’s console. A total of ten ChromaMR16 LED downlights
were also used to light the bottle displays behind the bars.
As
with most Lightmoves installations, an Enttec DMX Streamer with Remote Playback
was used to run the colour-changing process. The result is a superb looking
installation with an easy interface that allows the manager to easily select
the colour of the room to suit the mood.
As the nightclub industry expands even further and becomes more competitive, the initial decisions made in regards to lighting and design are becoming more and more vital. Lightmoves has shown again that the right fixtures in the right venue, can create a vibe and a feeling that no amount of ‘free drink cards’ can compete with.
For more information on LED products or to enquire about your own unique design, contact Joe Casamento of Lightmoves on (03) 9701 2500.
*Images courtesy of 'Venue Magazine.'
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