The W Hotel aglow each evening in the heart of Boston's historic theater district

The design for this short term lighting display came about through the efforts of Light Insight Design Studio, a Boston-based lighting design firm and High Output, Inc., a Boston-based lighting and production company. The two companies joined together in a collaborative focus on the challenges of the design and installation of temporary self-contained, low maintenance, energy efficient, high intensity LED fixtures which would turn on and off again each night without fail.

High Output made the choice to use Chauvet LED COLORdash Quad fixtures, an environmentally friendly fixture that saves on the expense of costly lamp replacements. In the design phase maintenance was a major factor because these fixtures would be installed in active construction areas where they had to endure a less than ideal environment while still functioning on cue each and every evening.

The COLORdash Quad wash lighting offers 3, 4, 10 or 12 channel operating modes with rich, saturated colors, RGB color mixing from 36 high-powered LEDs, and automated programming via a master/slave or DMX. This stackable wash unit is also capable of customizable programming with recall, allowing pre-programming to be transferred between fixtures. The 25 degree by 6 degree lens produces a wide linear beam producing bright, seamless wall washes. The double bracket can be used as a floor stand or as a hanging fixture. While lightweight and compact, each unit produces an amazing amount of light!
“LED was the obvious choice. The COLORdash Quad is a self-contained unit requiring no additional hardware. It is a simple one-man installation: just place the unit, put a timer in line and go! This alone allowed High Output, Inc. to keep within reasonable cost to the client. Even if the unit was knocked off its mark, the beam was such that, we would still get good coverage” stated Jess Klarnet, director of production for High Output.