Close to the movement of “Pixel-Art”, the lighting installation created for the 2006 edition of Fête des Lumières, proposes a vision on our future... a field of “light lines” like a low resolution screen, trees from another dimension, a multitude of luminous points … ... a world in which the aerial dancers are like firefly’s, attracted by the light, dazzled by the light …

The lighting scheme of this fitness centre has been designed in close collaboration with the interior designer to define the most appropriate atmosphere space by space. The light is thus soft and sophisticated, very warm in the restaurant and more motivating in the swimming pool and fitness rooms.

One of Europe’s leading theme parks introduced Luc Besson’s “Arthur et le Minimoys” to their park ride attraction. ACT together with Joravison won the bid to design and install the new attraction’s set, lighting, and AV installations. It was a close collaboration as all fixtures needed to be hidden and integrated into the wonderful imaginary world of Besson’s movie.

The main event marking the commemoration of the 25th anniversary of the death of Jacques Brel is the themed experience “Brel, le droit de rever”. This exhibition uses all stage techniques to project the visitor into Jacques Brel’s life.

The Centre de Création Contemporaine-CCE in Tours is a cultural center specialized in contemporary art. Phiilippe Chiambaretta at PCA is the architect responsible for the intervention on the facade. The initial facade was a bare concrete mass.

ACT has achieved the lighting scheme of the main greenhouse and restaurants of the 4th Center Parcs open in France. The lighting scheme is creating, at night, both a festive and natural outdoor feeling within the greenhouse and a warm and welcoming atmosphere in the restaurants.

For the 35th anniversary of Daikin Europe an impressive show was created and held two evenings in a row at the Casino of Oostende.

ACT Lighting Design had already been involved in the celebration of previous anniversaries of Daikin, and was asked for the fourth time in a row to create the lighting design for the show.

The key lighting feature in this shopping mall is the lampshade, used as an icon. It adapts to its location (suspended, wall-mounted or post-mounted) changes colour according to time and events and contains the required general lighting. Most other light sources are hidden into architecture and interior design to deliver a well balanced design lit environment enhancing volume and materials.

Our work on Dronten has started with the design of the city centre lighting masterplan, which has allowed us to provide a global concept with all lighting requirement integrated together. We have designed elegant elements replacing the usual cluster of equipment, such as pole and wall mounted objects, gathering commercial shopsigns, functional lighting and decorative / festive lighting.

After 2007 and 2009, ACT and Alice Events collaborate again on the “Electrabel Nights 2011”, creating a made to measure “son et lumière” at the Grand Place in Brussels.

ALICE Events and ACT won again the bid for last winter’s “Electrabel Nights” Christmas Spectacular. A combination of integrated LED strips into the existing Baroque architecture of Brussel’s City Hall and more traditional projection and lighting techniques, formed the basis of a 2 x 20 minute “Son & Lumière” for the world’s most beautiful market square. It was estimated that about 1,3 million people came to gaze at this show over a 1 month period.

ACT used traditional Christmas lighting decorations integrated all over the architecture of the world’s most beautiful market square. Brussel’s City Hall was enhanced by a lighting combination of LED lines, guirlandes and sparkle lights, which were draped all over the main building and tower.

Studio Arne Quinze called upon ACT Lighting Design for the creation of this exhibition, introducing to a broad audience the versatility and future of the textile industry.

The aim of the exhibition was to emphasize on the importance of scientific research and innovative applications in the textile industry.

The architecture of this project has been influenced by the near mountains; elements like the stone arc, the wooden pillars and ceiling, the external stone wall, the “lake”, have all been given their importance by the lighting. All sources have been integrated in the architecture elements or made to measure fixtures for the shopping centre like the shop signs, the poles in the atriums, the lampshades, the lighting sculpture, the lighting benches…

For the second year in a row, ACT lighting design was called upon by producer Al Raisi Group to create the entire set, lighting, content and video design of the Lalayi Febrayer Music and Poetry festival in Kuwait, now at its 6th edition. The creative input provided for the event required an understanding of, and sensitivity to the cultural specificities of the client.

ACT lighting design designed the entire set, lighting, content and video animation of the Lalayi Febrayer Music and Poetry festival in Kuwait, now at its 6th edition.

The creative input provided for the event required an understanding of and sensitivity to the cultural specificities of the client.

For the anniversary of one of the world's leading suppliers of cement and aggregates, ACT conceived a stunning lighting performance before an audience of more than 4000 people. The technical aspect of the project, a scene on an artificial lake in an ancient quarry, required ACT to utilize its best lighting solutions. Light was playing with reflects of the water on, and all around the lake, producing a realistic ambiance at a distance of almost 1200m from the public.

For the opening ceremony of the Belgian presidency of the European Union, Alice Events created a spectacular show in Europe’s capital on the 3rd of July.

The European Parliament, the esplanade surrounding it and Place Luxembourg served as setting of the spectacle. The lighting design was created in two phases. First there was the mise en lumière of the buildings and scenery.

In 2010 ACT Lighting Design gets to gaze an audience of 38.000 techno lovers for the fifteenth time in a row.

Since 1996 ACT Lighting Design has been the production designer of I Love Techno – the world’s biggest indoor techno festival in Ghent. The renowned festival is not only famous for its wide range of international artists but just as well for the amazing light design and visual effects.

By its annual event, Philips brings a mixture of fashion, style and lighting with a focus on the retail world. The 2008 theme: ‘Experience fashion in a whole new light’.

The scenography of D’art Design pivoted around the concept of three separate ‘Fashion & Light-islands’, each providing an up-and-coming fashion designer combined with a young, talented light design student.

Finally a musical with the biggest hits of Charles Aznavour ! Worldwide production in Paris starting October 2nd 2008. Like Charles Aznavour at his beginning, these 6 young artists - rejected for the umpteenth time and not be told why - decide to struggle with the help of a somewhat forgotten singer, interpreted by Diane Tell who’s dreaming a second chance.

This 10 days outdoor event took place on the industrial site around the Jeumont train station to present this abandoned site into a new light. The site was transformed into a mini-theme park, gathering the main industrial buildings around a 31m high totem. People could walk along an illuminated walkway to a large warehouse, in which a life show was running every hour.

In 2006, The Koninklijke Bibliotheek in The Hague organized an exhibition named ‘Magazine!’ in their complex. The KB keeps an archive of about 110 kilometres of shelves with books, magazines and papers - basically everything that was ever written in Dutch or about The Netherlands. For the exhibition’s architectural design the KB decided to work with ‘Nexus Creative People’ under the guidance of creative director Stan Colders.

Since 2008, ACT lighting design collaborates with the multidisciplinary team on urban requalification of the city master plan of La Louvière.

A new themed walkthrough attraction at Parc Asterix, Paris. ACT Lighting Design was responsible for the design and integration of lighting and video.

The attraction consists of 5 halls, each with its own special effects.

In this Parisian high-end fashion shop designed by Arne Quinze, we have mainly used LEDs creating in this way a strong contrast between a cold light enhancing the metallic set and a warm light in the alcoves where the clothes are exposed. This futuristic set is thus strongly enhanced by the luminous atmosphere, showing in this way that LED technology is now mature enough to fulfill the highest design requirements.

The lighting scheme of this commercial centre is a convincing demonstration of the integration of video elements into architecture and of the use of the video signal in a large scale lighting animation. Other RGB lighting system enhance the lightness of the main glass facade and emphasize the movements in the building with color animated lines along escalators and lifts.

Le Rêve, the permanent show at the Wynn-Las-Vegas Hotel & Casino. Franco Dragone is the artistic director and creator : for more than 10 years he is also the artistic director for the Cirque du Soleil and he created shows in Las Vegas (Ô, Mystère, Céline Dion….) as well as shows under big top tents ...

The façade lining the car-park of this large commercial centre is lit with a very sophisticated system, transforming it into a light show every night. This lighting scheme is achieved with automatic projectors, generally used in shows, such as color washes and gobo projectors.

A original creation at the “National Theatre Le Chaillot” in Paris, this is a contemporary theatre piece on a text by Marguerite Duras. The artistic direction was in the hands of Razerka Lavant and scenography by Jane Joyet. The idea behind the lighting was based upon the concept of “Over-Exposure”, lit with only white lighting…

The project « Locutorium » is the first stage of the refurbishment of the Abbey of the Park in Leuven and hosts the Museum that explains its history. For this project, we have selected a very sober and contemporary range of light fittings, both technical and decorative enhancing this heritage building while integrating discretely. Museum lighting is achieved with compact and well glare controlled projectors mounted on suspended tracks.

In June 22th ACT lighting design collaborated with Luc Petit CREATION in a project in Donetsk (Ukraine), organized by K-events Filmmaster Group to mark the fifth anniversary of the metallurgical and mining group Metinvest.

For the Shopping Centre “Mongolfiera” in Molfetta the focus of the lighting project was to combine a warm and cozy lighting with the atmosphere of the sea. Two albeit contradicting elements. The sources are integrated in the architectural elements or into made to measure structures in harmony with the style. Shop signs and the pole lampshades in the atria are examples of integrated lighting fixtures into new stylish elements.

This recycling concept launched by French producer Ratatam offered consumers the possibility to swap their unused mobile phones against a ticket for a comedy show which took place in Forest National in Brussels.

The façade of this futuristic commercial centre is transformed into a large scale billboard, mixing backlit logos with colour changing LED animations. In the interior areas, we are providing a soft, cozy and relaxing atmosphere through perfect integration and appropriate lighting distribution for each particular space. This basis is then topped with surprising or appealing lighting effects, providing excitement, but balanced to fit in the overall picture of the building.

A sensory experience to live in the heart of the luminous egg, symbol of birth, unity and perfection. An installation by ACT lighting design (lighting & scenography) and Odeaubois (sculpture).

The purpose of OVO is to offer an art object, global and multi-sensory in scope, to which a dimension of a luminous event is added, provided by the plays of light and the visual and acoustic animations.

A sensory experience to live in the heart of the luminous egg, symbol of birth, unity and perfection. An installation by ACT lighting design (lighting & scenography) and Odeaubois (sculpture).

The purpose of OVO is to offer an art object, global and multi-sensory in scope, to which a dimension of a luminous event is added, provided by the plays of light and the visual and acoustic animations.

A sensory experience to live in the heart of the luminous egg, symbol of birth, unity and perfection. An installation by ACT lighting design (lighting & scenography) and Odeaubois (sculpture).

The purpose of OVO is to offer an art object, global and multi-sensory in scope, to which a dimension of a luminous event is added, provided by the plays of light and the visual and acoustic animations.

Exterior architectural lighting design competition for the outdoor lighting of the arches, of the park and of the facades of all museums. “Parc du CInquantenaire” Brussels In collaboration with the Studio d’Urbanisme JP Majot.

For the renovation of ‘The Flying Trunk’ at the Tivoli theme park in Copenhagen, ACT Lighting Design created and integrated a whole new lighting design.

For the last 45 years, ‘The Flying Trunk’ offered a journey through 32 of the most beloved tales by Hans Christian Anderson. The restoration of all figurines and setting was in the hands of Joravision.

At the recent Light & Building Fair in Frankfurt, the PLDA (Professional lighting designer's association) produced their bi-annual event for the lighting industry. More then 800 international guests were invited for the 3rd Celebration of Light at the Bockenheimer Depot in Frankfurt. The PLDA asked ACT to be the designer for this event. The theme of the evening was "The World of Film".

The illumination of this heritage Church is aimed at enhancing its complex structure with light to offer a subtle and improved legibility of this master piece of architecture at night. The illumination has to be strong enough to the higher parts and to the cupola to offer the required visibility to this main landmark of Brussels. In the meantime the illumination has to be very subtle to enhance all the details and increase the perception of its complex volumes ...

The brief of this project was the enhancement of all the artistic and historical heritage gathered within the “Collegiate Sainte-Waudru”. This brief is taking part into the creation of a tourist visit tour of the main sculptures, paintings and other pieces of art located in this collegiate church ...

Our lighting scheme tackles the facade lighting of a large commercial centre with cinema and supermarket. It consists of a mix of soft white grazing light on stone elements and dynamic colored lines in horizontal louvers. In the interior areas, the ambient lighting is realized through the use of linear coves and translucent backlit surfaces. General lighting is achieved with low glare recessed downlights, arranged in a random way.

In 2009, for the third time in a row, SBS Belgium turns to ACT Lighting Design for the complete light, video and production design of their autumn media conference.

For the 2009 edition, special custom-made lighting fixtures were introduced for the creation of a contemporary Sixties look. The structure, resembling a sort of aerial rollercoaster, made this production memorable among client and public.

The illumination of this heritage City Hall showed the growing opportunities of the LED technology for architectural lighting. This illumination is based on a very subtle uplighting, enhancing the pilasters and the numerous details of this 19th century eclectic building ...

This very minimalistic commercial centre designed by the architect Robbrecht & Daem is lit with ovoid luminous objects, integrated in the ceiling of most floors and with monumental colour changing donuts suspended from the roof of the atrium.

“Reciprocity” is the ACT Lighting Design’s project created and installed for the Solstis Lumière d’artistes festival in Brussels in 2008- 2009. The principle of reciprocity is based on 3 essential moments: giving, receiving and returning.

The long awaited inauguration of Square – a spectacular show consisting of contemporary dance, music, fireworks, video mapping and light.

Mid September the new congress centre on the Mont des Arts was inaugurated. The two hours during show pivoted mainly around the unique architecture of ‘Square’.

STAM, Ghent’s city museum is located on the Bijloke site, in a listed Convent that was entirely renovated in the context of this project. The challenge for the lighting designers was to enhance the architecture of the building through adapted lighting whilst taking into account the requirements and limitations of museum-specific lighting.

For the “15th year ceremony “of the telecommunication company Telenet, ACT lighting design once again successfully collaborated with Luc Petit Creation to develop a unique spectacle.

The Christmas illumination of the Champs-Elysées in Paris 2010-2014. The main ambitions of the project were to enhance the architecture of the Champs-Elysées during the time of Christmas and to highlight the prestigious role that it plays in the heart of the French capital.

This ground floor building is topped with a long “glass block” covered with a curved roof. This long glass façade is backlit with automatic lighting equipment transforming it into a perfect support to project light animations, running alongside the whole length of the street or simulating a long rainbow.

For a private development in the well known Swiss ski resort ACT was commissioned to design a lighting scheme for a 100m long tunnel connecting the 3 chalets on the mountain through a pedestrian walkway as well as a funicular.

The spectacular opening ceremony of the Youth Olympic Games in Singapore amazed the live audience of 27.000 and was broadcasted worldwide to 2 billion people. Marina Bay became the unique setting for this ceremony. The centre was a huge floating platform with in front of it the main stage. The set consisted of a ring of containers surrounding a 5000 square metres lake, created for extra visual effects and all serving as performance space ...

The spectacular opening ceremony of the Youth Olympic Games in Singapore amazed the live audience of 27.000 and was broadcasted worldwide to 2 billion people. Marina Bay became the unique setting for this ceremony. The centre was a huge floating platform with in front of it the main stage. The set consisted of a ring of containers surrounding a 5000 square metres lake, created for extra visual effects and all serving as performance space ...

The lighting scheme of the Ypenburg city centre combines colour changing festive lighting, amenity lighting and functional lighting, within a unique and coherent system. The design concept is based on 3 perception scales: the skyline, the street and the building entrances. These 3 scales are linked with the colour of the light, changing according to time and season.