Volkswagen Group Celebrates
World Premieres In Paris —
With Impression 120 Rz
Lighting designer Nik Evers specifies 120 of the GLP Zooms

Photo: Amanda Holmes / courtesy of GLP German Light Products.

Lighting Product Stories Published: 23 November 2010
On the eve of this year’s Mondial de l’Automobile, the brands represented by the Volkswagen Group introduced a ground-breaking fleet with a difference. “Allez les Marques!” was the title of the spectacular Volkswagen Group Night.

For the four weeks leading up to the event, the team of Leyendecker - Lightvision Sound & Service, and technical supervisor Martin Kuhn had reconstructed a former freight railway station near Paris into a show stage for each single premiere of the fleet.

Responsible for the lighting design was Nik Evers. Amongst other fixtures, he specified a total of 120 GLP impression RZ heads for this event, which were used for the illumination of the architecture, the lounge and the after-show area, as well as for the show itself.

In the past, Evers has used the impression 90 but now focused on the zoom effect. “Due to its low weight and low power consumption the impression RZ can be utilised in numerous types of application. The mixture of colours and the beam quality of the zoom optic meet the requirements I expect from a professional LED washlight,” he said.

The Volkswagen Group presented a fascinating visual tour through the brands — not only new VW and Audi models but also brands like Bentley, Bugatti, Lamborghini, Porsche, Seat, Škoda and Volkswagen SUV, which had been imaginatively illuminated by Nik Evers and his light crew. During the impressive 40-minute show, the guests had the opportunity to discover many surprises, starting with a Caddy in a huge post parcel, to a stage in flames or a ski jump for the Audi Showcar; there were a lot of unusual attractions.

During the course of the event, the guests were invited to a spectacular multimedia show in the reconstructed building. Around 1,500 national and international media representatives took the opportunity of a round tour, and they were not only favourably impressed by the show’s innovations but also by the delightful event as a whole.

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GLP German Light Products