CASE STUDY

OPPORTUNITY

Zimmermann, the award-winning fashion

label, required an immersive lighting

solution to accentuate the signature pastel

colors of their new Spring 2020 collection at

New York Fashion Week.

SOLUTION

Enlumen installed a cutting-edge Martin by

HARMAN lighting solution featuring class-

leading VDO Sceptron 10 linear LED video

fixtures to illicit a more emotional response

from the audience.

ZIMMERMANN SPRING 2020 FASHION SHOW, NEW YORK

Founded by sisters Nicky and Simone Zimmermann in 1991, Zimmermann is an award-

winning Australian fashion label with 27 stores located throughout Australia, the U.S. and

the U.K. Known for their ready-to-wear luxury clothing, Zimmermann recently unveiled

their spring 2020 collection during New York Fashion Week. In order to illicit a more

emotional response from the audience, Zimmermann worked with renowned lighting

specialists Enlumen to create an immersive lighting solution that accentuated the

signature pastel colors of their new collection. To meet these goals, Enlumen designed

and installed a state-of-the-art Martin by HARMAN lighting solution featuring class-

leading VDO Sceptron 10 linear LED video fixtures.

“We were hired to create an atmosphere to match the design that the Zimmermann

team created for their spring 2020 line,” said Shawn Kaufman, Lighting Designer,

Enlumen. “We had three arrays of Sceptron fixtures hanging over the audience, all

working cohesively to create color and effects. They wanted a very strong feeling of color

throughout the whole space. Throughout the show, the tubes cycled through solid colors,

matching the main color theories of the collection. There were a few times where people

came in while we were doing some editing and the color was so intense that they wept.

We dialed some of the colors back because there was such a direct emotional response.”

Enlumen deployed 150 Martin VDO Sceptron 10 LED video fixtures in three arrays to

create a vibrant, immersive lighting display for the event. Sceptron fixtures offer class-

leading brightness with a 10 mm pixel pitch and are individually calibrated for optimal

consistency. Compatible with an extensive range of easily interchangeable optical

accessories, Sceptron fixtures are capable of a wide variety of looks. Sceptron fixtures

also feature integrated power and data cabling, which allows for long daisy-chains

with multiple fixtures per cable-run. Driven by the Martin P3 System Controller family,

Sceptron fixtures offer easy configuration, mapping and setup.

“They wanted a very strong

feeling of color throughout

the whole space. There were a

few times where people came

in while we were doing some

editing and the color was so

intense that they wept.”

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“The colors and the feel of the lighting was in conjunction with the overall production

design of the runway show itself,” said Kaufman. “The colors were originally done as

fabric, so we had to translate them into light. We’ve worked with the Sceptrons a number

of times on other projects. The fact that they have building blocks allowed us to connect

them together and create the precise layout we were looking for, from the connectors

to the diffusing lenses. The ability to use different diffusers to homogenize the color and

pixel so you actually see them as a single source was also appealing to us.”

After nearly six months of preparation and a five-day installation process, Enlumen was

able to achieve the desired results with resounding success.

“The Zimmermann team was thrilled with the results,” said Kaufman. “They were

ecstatic—the overall setting was exactly what they were looking for. Comparing this to

our renderings, they were shocked. The renderings looked exactly like the reality. On top

of that, everything worked flawlessly.”

“We had three arrays of

Sceptron fixtures hanging

over the audience, all

working cohesively to

create color and effects.”

PRODUCTS USED

MARTIN VDO SCEPTRON 10 LED VIDEO FIXTURES