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Runway Show

A runway, an LED backdrop and a lighting rig designed for the one thing that matters at a fashion show: how the clothes photograph.

At a glance

What the job involved, and what it had to work around.

The project

What the job was

Everything at a fashion show is subordinate to the picture. The audience sees each look for six seconds; the photographs are seen for months. If the lighting flattens a fabric or the backdrop competes with a print, the show has failed at the only job it had.

DSD builds the runway, the LED backdrop behind it and the lighting along it — backdrop content chosen to sit behind the collection rather than argue with it, and lighting positioned to give texture rather than a flat wash.

The screen also carries designer and sponsor identification between segments, at the moment the audience is looking anyway.

WhatRunway production
IncludesRunway, LED, lighting
SectorFashion
PriorityPhotography

What we supplied

The build, item by item

Every part of the job, listed rather than summarised.

Runway build

Raised catwalk with entrance and turn set to the choreography.

LED backdrop

Content that supports the collection instead of competing with it.

Runway lighting

Positioned for texture and fabric rather than flat coverage.

Segment identification

Designer and sponsor content between looks.

On site

Photographs from the job

The build and the finished event, as they were.

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Other projects

Recent work across Ireland and the UK.