As the shiny remains of glitter began to be swept from the streets of Sydney during Mardi Gras, 12,000 punters from all over the globe were joined together at the official after-Party at Moore Park. This was described as the party to end all parties and is one of the biggest LGBTQI celebrations in the world and was the only …
Ultimate Family Entertainment centre gets ramped up
Indoor play centres are fast becoming a family favourite go to for ‘things to do’ and a great way to keep kids active. Ultimate Family Entertainment just recently opened one of Australia’s largest indoor play centres in Northmead in January 2016 after months of anticipation. The site is located in a 2500sqm complex and includes multiple play areas for various …
Human Claw Machine
Managing Director, Michael Petrani, of Diversity Rigging in Melbourne spent months designing, engineering and building an epic interactive indoor life size structure take on the classic “claw crane” arcade game that has never before been seen in Australia. The Human Claw Machine takes participants on an adventure as they navigate their partners, strapped onto a harness, via a life-size joystick …
32 Hundred and the 2011 City2Surf
32 Hundred won the contract to supply and build the finish line structures for the world famous Sydney City2Surf race in August. Martin Bevz designed the structures from scratch using a combination of F01, F32 and F34 Global Truss providing large modular structures that can be easily reassembled and re-used each year. The finish line structure looked great and the …
Design Quintessence Adopts a New Logo
In a year of milestones and expansion DQ has developed and adopted a new logo. In-house graphics expert, Morteza Pourmohamadi, explains the inspiration for the new logo design. “I was playing around with a few concepts in my spare time because I thought the current logo was looking a little tired after 15 years. My first thought was that we …
ABC3 use F34 Global Truss
ABC launched their brand new digital children’s channel in December to much fanfare and celebration. ABC3 is the country’s first free-to-air dedicated children channel and has been an outstanding success across the board since the launch. The ABC set designers love the Global Truss “look” and when using the truss always try and make the truss a design feature rather …
Bankstown Sports Club use F33 Truss in the Grand Ballroom
Design Quintessence recently supplied special truss grids for the luxurious Grand Ballroom at Bankstown Sports Club, one of the leading event centres in Sydney’s south-west. The bold geometric lines of the ceiling see diamond shapes suspended above the grand ballroom floor. It was important to Paynter Dixon that the ceiling lines were maintained so any lighting would be required to …
Tongue & Groove
In what must be one of the impressive new venues to emerge in Canberra for a long time, the new Tongue & Groove bar, restaurant and lounge has already made a big impact in the nation’s capital. An outstanding interior design was created by Paul Kelly Design and incorporated 35 custom-made light pendants suspended from a motorised custom F33 Truss …
F34 Truss for Questacon
Questacon, the National Science and Technology Centre, boasts spectacular science shows and hundreds of hands-on exhibits and is one of Canberra’s most popular tourist attractions. Sound Advice recently secured the contract to refit the “Japan Theatre” at the centre part of which included a special truss structure over the stage. The truss concept was developed by consultant Ian Anderson of …
Crowd Barriers for GRB
NSW Central Coast production company GRB Stage Lighting recently bought Global Truss crowd barrier to take on a nationwide tour with The Butterfly Effect. Greg Butt, GRB’s MD, as proven to be a valuable addition to his growing inventory. “Everyone has been really impressed by the barrier. It’s easy to put together and had been rock-solid,” Greg told us. “Crowd …
