Extract from Entertainment Design, May 1999

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The RazorHead was launched on U2's Popmart Tour in 1997, where lighting designer Willie Williams turned the 7kW Britelight into a giant, orbital scanner. [Actually, we took the idea to him - WWG note.] Additional projects using the RazorHead include The Red Bull Air Show in Germany, Harrod's 100th birthday celebrations in London, and the Miss World finals in the Seychelles Islands. The product was first seen at the Xenotech-Strong booth at LDI'97 in Las Vegas.

"There was a synergy between the products. We had always liked their luminaires; they are very well designed," says Tony Gottelier of Wynne Willson Gottelier. "The big advantage of the RazorHead is that the light source remains static at all times, while the head generates all the movement. This enables a far greater excursion of the beam and finer movements, from beautiful, almost imperceptible sweeps to frantic revolves. The twin axis, double-mirror system can track a car travelling at any speed from a considerable distance - quite a feat when you consider the physics."

Peter Wynne Willson, the mechanical genius behind the development of the RazorHead, has also developed the ChromaScope, a new dichroic (cyan- magenta-yellow) color fader as an accessory for use with the Britelights and the RazorHead. Launched in 1998, the ChromaScope uses a patented system of convolving dichroic leaves, and is also handled by Xenotech-Strong in the United States. "This is good for permanent installations as well," says Hart. "People like color, so there's been a lot of interest."

Note: WWG have 5 RazorHeads available for hire outside North and South America and these are available through most leading lighting rental companies and production houses. A rental franchise scheme is available in some European countries and elsewhere in the world, subject to status. Details on request. RazorHeads are also suitable for permanent installations. Prices on request.

Full report: Pages 30-32, Entertainment Design (formerly TCI), May 1999 issue.

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