Envision 2012 is now complete and this recap is being written from beach side in sunny Costa Rica as I reminisce in the afterglow of this magical event. Things got off to a slow start for the Space Shaping crew. A monster heat with elevated precipitation levels had us at a dead halt during the middle part of the day. We found ourselves waking up at 5:00am to start setup and have some work done before the inevitable heat wave swept us all into our off site air conditioned cabinas. We would continue setup at 4:30pm until sundown. The heat slowed everyone down but eventually this high energy event broke though. It has truly been a while since I have seen such a collection of yummness in one spot! The people, the art, the music, the decorations and the setting – all remarkable unto themselves. This years Envision Festival had all the right ingredients!

Evens like this is where SpaceShaping.net really shines. One of our multifaceted goals is to create deco pieces that make a large impact yet pack down small and travel light. This was the perfect opportunity for such a mission. We setup 2 installations at the event. Just as you walked in the gate to your left we setup the Hexa-Pod – a six sided tent / gathering space based off the flower of life on constructed of modular 3D spandex panels. On the path way between the 2 main zones of the event we setup 5 meter tall (15ft) 3D Spires each with 9 watt RGB LEDs inside! All the deco went up in 2 days (of half work because of the heat) and packed onto 3 50pound suitcases.

Envision has come and gone and now left a wonderful imprint on the hearts of many people. Thanks to all the people who made the gears tick on this one. You are all warriors and you pulled it off! Congratulations Envision crew! We will see you next year (ps we want to decorate our own stage next year).

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Glad to have been a part of Snow Globe 2011 New Years Monster Party in Tahoe.  This event was incredible and went totally off the hook.   SpaceShaping.net did deco on the Sierra stage 2.  We used our New Crystal Sires and a few of our Snow Flakes to transform this room into it’s own little Snow Globe Scene!  The Snow Globe Crew along with all members of Rythm EFX and AEG where a pleasure to work with.   My only complaint was that our Crystal Spires could have been integrated into the lighting plot a little better thus showing more of their form from the audience view.

Otherwise could not have thought of a better way to spend our integration into 2012.   This event  puts us one step closer to our goal of seeing our innovative Stretch Fabric Stage props at massive parties every weekend!   We look forward to rocking 2012 super hard!   Thanks Snow Globe!!!

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Everything from start ot finish with V2 was impeccable.   Great communication and professional atmosphere all around – not to mention they know hot to throw a party!   We had a great time in SLC and brought the deco hard.  Got lots of great feedback from the public at the show.  We featured our new internally lit Crystal Spires, a 24  Snow Flake ceiling and a massive visual screen!  My brother Andrew Mataus come out and rocked the setup with me.  It always helps to have solid SpaceShaping.net crew in the mix.

It was a pleasure to work with Show Gear, a SLC based lighting crew.  They helped us with per-organizing scaff structures to rig our Crystal Spires from.   As well poppin’ light rig!

Thanks V2 for having us out.  We look forward to all the next events coming up in the future and have a steady stream of massive new ideas that will bring the vibe hard!

Oh and Porter Robinson was the hotness!

We got to setup 2 stages at this show with lighting and tension fabric decorations.   For the main stage we got to bring out our huge 22′ diameter flowers with LED lighting systems!  Even though these are a byoch to setup they really are worth it.  Just stunning in beauty and size.  Now with the addition of Madrix we can have incredible control off the LED lights that power the flowers.

As well this as the premier of the new performance booth called the GeoPod.   It is a 12.5′ diameter geodesic sphere with an elivated 4′ tall performance platform inside.  The Pod was a huge hit and loved by the crown and the performer alike.  Next we will be taking the Pod to Burning Man to be featured at the Temple of Boom at 10:00 and Esplanade!  It will get a full cover made by Mandala Domes.    Then we will be installing air conditioning and LED lighting by AudioPixel.com.  But anyhow back to HN Fest….

Over all this event was remarkable.  Thanks HN fest for having us out.  We want to support you in bringing this festival back next year.

SpaceShaping.net has the skill and knowledge base it takes to provide this type of custom shade systems for a variety of special events.   We can use existing rigging such as trees or buildings or bring in our own truss systems to support the areal fabrics like you see in the images in the blog post.

Thanks Lay It Out events for having us out to Bend.  We really enjoyed working with your team of friendly and professional staff.  We hope to be back in Bend soon!

This event was also the debut of the Geo-Pod Performance Mobile Performance Sphere.  It was a test run to get all the kinks out for the structures premier at Temple of Boom at BM 2011!   The Pod was A huge hit!  Next Mandaladomes.com is building us a custom spherical cover.  Then we plumb in the filter systems and cool air for the ULTIMATE on playa booth!

As for the rest of the festival we had a great time augmenting the second main stage to look more main with creative tension fabric mandala structures and an LED and fabric crown to top it off.

Thanks EE Crew – You are all so amazing!

SpaceShaping was very happy to be contracted to handle the lighting, fabrics, and video at this very special event.  Arcimoto is a relatively new electric car company that designs and builds the ultra-efficient SRK electric three-wheeled vehicles.   This was the release event for car #5.  We took this huge open warehouse space and transformed it into something incredible using lights, fabrics and truss systems.  At the heart of the event sat our 16′ circle truss with 6 -Mac 500 moving head lights that shown down on the car as it drove into the room and lit it for all to see.  Thanks Arcimoto for having us on board!