dpa undertook the lighting design for the Icon Magazine stand at the Spectrum 2003 Exhibition in the Commonwealth Institute, London.

The exhibition organisers allowed no modifications to the existing electrical infrastructure. The basic provision was a single switched lighting track and two switched 13 amp sockets at floor level.

dpa designed a pre-fabricated plinth detail for the perimeter of the stand, which accommodated an array of programmable colour changing low voltage uplights. A colour changing sequence was pre-programmed by means of an in-line control unit concealed in the plinth.

Very narrow beam low voltage pinspots highlighted the centrally placed sofa, and the “icon” magazine logo was projected onto the flank walls utilising low voltage gobo projectors mounted onto the lighting track.