QolorFLEX® RGB LED Tape, 12V Indoor

Completed in January 2024, the lighting fabrication team from Design Dimension Inc. was looking for LED tape solutions to illuminate 278 acrylic sneaker shelves for a retail store display at Courtside at the Crabtree Valley Mall in Raleigh, North Carolina.

“QolorFLEX is always a pleasure to work with. It is simple and easy to install, especially in this case, with simple, straight runs.” - Andrew Domanski, Senior Fabricator/Designer, Design Dimension Inc.

Learn how they used 21 reels of  QolorFLEX LED Tape, 12V, Natural White as well as QolorFLEX Dimmers, Power Supplies, and other LED tape accessories to provide the clean LED lighting they needed for a streamlined acrylic sneaker display in this City Theatrical case study.

Das Rheingold was the first opera to re-open to a live audience in California’s Central Coast region. Everyone involved in the production process was very excited and anxious to flex our muscles again. I was not entirely sure if all my design and production reflexes would respond, but just like riding a bicycle, we stepped right into our roles with enthusiasm. Crystal Manich, the show’s director, and I decided to stage the orchestra in view, with the singers, as a celebration of this reunion with the audience. This proved to be immensely cathartic, especially as the lighting engulfed the whole theater to form Das Rheingold’s climactic Rainbow Bridge.

QolorFLEX NuNeon was essential in the realization of this design. Since the Orchestra was staged on a series of risers, I decided to use QolorFLEX NuNeon to define and frame the negative space while bringing focus to the stage through a series of concentric portals. The lack of elaborate scenery was easily circumvented by the striking intensity, dynamic response, and color accuracy of QolorFLEX NuNeon, RGB which, with the help of a well designed LED lighting system, allowed us to create rich visual and emotional landscapes. QolorFLEX NuNeon’s ease of installation allowed us to keep our load-in to one day, with two days of prep. It was a huge advantage for this production.

Inspired by the neon artwork being created and displayed in New York in the 1960’s, the scenic and lighting designers for The Flamingo Kid at the Hartford Stage collaborated to design an “El Flamingo Beach Club” sign that would establish the setting of the show by hanging directly above the stage. It was designed to be a featured piece, and was one of the most important scenic elements of the production.

To maintain the integrity of the era for which it was designed, the designers sought to find a traditional neon replacement product that would provide the brightness and clarity of a neon sign and not only look good on stage, but also emit the same kind of glow that real neon does. They considered LED-based lighting solutions to avoid the delicacy of installation and maintenance of traditional neon, and incorporate the ability to change colors and dim the sign during the show.

City Theatrical’s QolorFLEX NuNeon RGB was selected as the lighting solution for the show’s “El Flamingo” sign, based on its ability to replicate traditional neon’s brightness and glow, change colors, and dim easily in combination with other QolorFLEX products