A Jersey City studio that integrates light into buildings, sets, shows and runways — and designs the props, tools and electronics to do it.

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Where we sit

Between the designers, producers and architects who imagine the work and the scene shops, fabricators and contractors who build it. We turn intent into specification, and specification back into intent, so what opens is what was drawn.

Most of our work is lighting: designed into the object or the building rather than pointed at it. When the part we need doesn’t exist, we make it here, and the ones we keep remaking end up in the shop.

People

Harrison FreniOwner & Tinkerer

Harrison is a freelance lighting programmer working on Broadway and global productions. His strength lies in narrative storytelling through technical design, focusing on identifying and executing a project's core story. With deep expertise in lighting programming and electronics design, Harrison brings creative technical solutions to every project.

Sarah WoodsPrincipal Designer

How a job runs

Concept
With the designer, before there is a budget.
Technical design
Drawings, specification, prototypes, custom boards.
Build
Our parts in the studio; the rest briefed to the shops and contractors.
Install & programme
On site, alongside the trades, until it looks like the drawing.
Hand over
Documented, with spares, and a phone number that answers.

Visit, by appointment.

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