Elizabeth Arden Beauty School Elizabeth Arden’s biggest make-up school took place this May at the Sandton City mall.  This year’s event was managed by the fabulous Stretch Experiential Marketing group. AV Direct was proud to assist with audio visual equipment, staging and lighting. Elizabeth Arden teamed up with Cosmopolitan to produce a magnificent show that [...]

Yellow Magic Tour featuring Good Luck LIVE! This month saw the *Yellow Magic* tour take place at the Turbine Hall in JHB and the Landbank in Cape Town.             Featuring hot new Cape Town act, *Good Luck*, the function included stilt walkers, magicians, popcorn and  gorgeous cakes provided by Wade’s [...]

Waterscreen Video Projection for City Mission City Mission partners with local and foreign ministries to assist families in becoming functional and self-reliant. Through long-term relationship mentoring, based on sound biblical principles, they are helping communities become non-dependant on aid. This year City Mission celebrates *109 years* of serving the poor and vulnerable of our communities. [...]

Tsholo & Monametsi’s Wedding at Allee Bleue AV Direct assisted the Event & Wedding Emporium in providing lighting and structures for the fabulous wedding of Tsholo & Monametsi at Allee Bleue in Franschoek. Euroquad truss structures were setup including a 20m Apex truss beam, filled with Versa-Lite LED cans, BriteQ moving head wash lights and [...]

FAO – Fisheries & Aquaculture Departments Conference 2012 The wonderful 15 On Orange Hotel played host to the Department of Fisheries & Aquaculture conference held in March 2012. AV Direct assisted with audio visual equipment and event power distribution for the week-long conference. Interpretation equipment, conference microphones and audio solutions were provided by specialists Fat [...]

Dragonfly Event at The Grand Beach Cafe AV Direct assisted Dragonfly Africa as they welcomed travellers across the world to the stunning set at the Grand Beach Cafe at Granger Bay in Cape Town. An evening filled with relaxing beats, african drums and zulu dancers! Power distribution, plasma screens, intelligent lighting fixtures,  and videography was [...]

Dimension Data Conference AV Direct provided technical assistance for the Dimension Data conference held at The Forum in Johannesburg.  The conference included a formal gala dinner which featured SA band Watershed. A detailed technical drawing was provided to the client to ensure that every specific requirement was met and thoroughly checked. Stretch sets, staging, audio [...]

Design Indabar 2012 Film Festival   The Design Indaba expo and film festivals ran this past month, and Interactive Africa along with Grolsch designed the concept of Design Indabar. It consisted of the creation of a bar and seating area inside two large white containers.   AV Direct was proud to assist Interactive Africa in [...]

Itron 2012 Conference – Spier Hotel & Spa AV Direct was proud to assist Itron in making their international conference a fantastic success! Large scale set design with projection screens were installed, these sets contain built-in LED lightboxes controlled via DMX. A center set design was equipped with a cut-out of the Itron logo, pinned [...]

Grand Beach Cafe Wedding by Wedding Concepts AV Direct, along with Wedding Concepts put on a fabulous wedding celebration at the Grand Beach Cafe in Green Point. Stunning chandeliers were hung from the ceiling, bright LED lighting was used for the stage and atmosphere of the venue. A stage and sound system was provided for [...]