Summerfest prepares for 2018 season with new North Gate, community plaza
—By: Tatiana Cash – Press Release— There are less than two weeks until Summerfest, and if you go in the north gate you’ll see some big changes. The north gate has a larger box office and longer gate. Don’t forget the huge community plaza with interactive musical stations. Before heading into the grounds visitors can bang on chimes, ...
Read More >Shorewood Ghost Train Receives IALD Award of Merit
—By: Jessica Burke – Publication— CHICAGO, IL USA, 9 MAY | Luminaries of the lighting profession gathered at Chicago’s trendy Revel Fulton Market on 9 May to honor the winners of the 35th Annual International Association of Lighting Designers (IALD) International Lighting Design Awards. Seventeen projects from eleven countries were on display – including interiors, workspaces, ...
Read More >Signs of the Times : It’s Good To BB King
-By : Sign of the Times – Publication – Marty Peck, the lighting designer from Creative Lighting & Design (Germantown, WI) chose Color Kinetics’ LED lighting system, controlled by an ETC Mosaic system in the ceiling plane, as a complementary programmed light-and-sound show inspired by Van Gogh’s The Starry Night. The architect incorporated many planes of mirrored panels ...
Read More >The Arts Page: Local Look At Arts
—By: PBS – Episode for The Arts Page— The “Ghost Train” public art installation in Shorewood simulates the passing of the train once touted as “the fastest passenger train in the world.” Architect and painter Tom Kubala’s watercolors capture the beauty of landscapes that inspire him. Composer Robert Aldridge and librettist Herschel Garfein partner with the ...
Read More >CLD-E Owner Shines A Light on Form and Function
—By: Jessica Stephen – Special to The Daily Reporter— Apart from architecture, Marty Peck’s corner of the construction world is the place science and art most often meet. “A good lighting design will enhance architectural form and function, but it’s kind of a hard sell because good lighting looks like it just happens. lt’s kind of ...
Read More >The Ghost Train – Revealed
—By: Marty Peck – Linked-In Article— This is the story of The Ghost Train. It’s not a spooky tale at all, but one of community and creativity. It started when the Shorewood (Wisconsin) Public Art Committee wanted to illuminate this prominent bridge as a gateway to their two-square-mile progressive community bordering Milwaukee. With the goal of telling ...
Read More >All Aboard
—By: Judith Steininger – Special to Milwaukee’s Lifestyle Magazine— Forever traveling in our songs and dreams are the A Train, the Orange Blossom Special and the City of New Orleans. A new locomotive is about to enter that lore: The Ghost Train. It will cross the intersections of technology and history. The story behind its inception is one ...
Read More >WTS Paradigm
—By: Eppstein Uhen: Architects – Press Release — Madison, WI – Eppstein Uhen Architects, Inc. (EUA) was awarded a Merit Design Award from AIA Wisconsin for their WTS Paradigm project. Selected by a jury of nationally-distinguished architects, winners were celebrated at the annual AIA wisconsin Convention and Expo as Monona Terrace on April 27. The annual Design Awards program represents the highest ...
Read More >Shorewood’s Ghost Train
—By: Tyler Friedman – Special to the Shepherd Express— Arrival of The Ghost Train is still a ways off, but it’s not too early to get excited about the forthcoming “artistic sensory experience.” The installation will recall the round-trip journey of the Twin Cities 400, a celebrated passenger train that ran between Chicago and Minneapolis from 1935-1963. ...
Read More >All Aboard Shorewood’s Ghost Train
—Special to Milwaukee Independent – Press Release— Art, history and technology to converge in a first-of-its-kind sensory experience as the Shorewood Ghost Train Public Art Installation moves forward The Village Board has unanimously accepted the Shorewood Public Art Committee’s plans for a new installation called ‘The Ghost Train’, an artistic sensory experience which will enable visitors to travel ...
Read More >Public Art Installation Moves Forward
—By: Village of Shorewood – Special to Urban Milwaukee— The Village Board has unanimously accepted the Shorewood Public Art Committee’s plans for a new installation called ‘The Ghost Train’, an artistic sensory experience which will enable visitors to travel back in history, imagining the round-trip journey of the ‘Twin Cities 400’ which was operated by the ...
Read More >WTS Paradigm Showcase
—Special from PRWeb – Press Release— A Space that Partners Technology and Raw Materials—Much Like WTS Paradigm’s Products. The new WTS Paradigm building showcases industry pride, attention to detail, and incorporates both technology and a sense of play into the work environment. Middleton, WI “It was done in a way that gives us a good balance of work ...
Read More >Lighting Goes To Great Heights For Old Glory
—By: Commercial Building Products – An Article for CBP Magazine— Outside the Acuity Insurance building in Sheboygan, WI, stands a 400-ft.-tall flagpole, said to be the tallest in North America and 100 ft. taller than the Statue of Liberty. Erected as a symbol of gratitude for the service and sacrifice of those who defend our country, ...
Read More >BMO Harris Stage – Summerfest
—By: Samantha Schwirch – Article for Lighting Design and Application— With headliners such as Bruno Mars and Lady Gaga, Summerfest—an annual music festival held in Milwaukee, WI—is one of the season’s hottest tickets. The main stage for the 11-day event is situated under an open-air pavilion that covers seating for 5,000-plus people, with standing room space for ...
Read More >FireKeepers Casino
—By: Craig DiLouie – Featured Project in ARCHITECTURAL SSL— The Challenge: FireKeepers Casino, owned by the Nottaaseppi Huron Band of Potawatomi and managed by Gaming Entertainment opened in August 2009. This 256,000-sq.-ft. casino offers a complete gaming experience. Marty Peck, IALD, LC, principal of Wisconsin-based Creative Lighting Design & Engineering, became interested in the project upon first hearing about ...
Read More >A Contemporary Victorian
—By: Vilma Barr – An article for Lighting Design & Application— With fixtures mostly hidden from view, the Wisconsin Club’s new exterior illumination articulates the 161-year-old building’s ornate architecture. The Wisconsin Club was built in 1848 by Milwaukee businessman Alexander Mitchell and his wife Martha, grandparents of World War I flying ace, Billy Mitchell. Its ornamented facade ...
Read More >Domes of Lights
—By: Aisha Motlani – Article for the Shepherd Express— They frequently pop up on Internet searches and peak at you above billboards and byways, but when’s the last time you actually visited the Domes? The day of your high-school prom? Last Christmas? Never? Too long have these structures lay dormant, waiting to be redelivered to their ...
Read More >Lighting Up A Business
—By: David Schuyler – An article for The Milwaukee Business Journal— Germantown lighting designer Marty Peck was once considered too artsy for Milwaukee. Such was the impact of a special lighting installation he designed for the city’s 3rd Ward in the early 1990s to recognize the 100th anniversary of an 1892 blaze that devastated a large swath ...
Read More >Design Inspiration
—By: David Schuyler – Article for The Business Journal— The owners of Potawatomi Bingo Casino may be an Indian tribe, but what they got from a $240 million investment in expanding their Menomonee Valley casino looks more like Las Vegas than the Forest County Potawatomi’s northwoods homeland. Nonetheless, American Indian heritage abounds, from the intricate metal lattice-work ...
Read More >Flowing Design
—By: Contract Lighting – An article for Contract Lighting— Representing the landscape along the South Canadian River and the northern border of the Chickasaw Nation, the architectural intention behind Riverwind’s structure is different from other betting operations. “Unlike casinos, which are more thematic and focus on a major city or era in history, Riverwind is more ...
Read More >Wauwatosa’s WOW Factor
—By: Richard Turcsik – Article for Grocery Headquarters— Open wide and say “WOW!” That’s the most common reaction of shoppers as they walk through the doors at Metcalfe e fry Foods in the Milwaukee suburb of Wauwatosa, Wis. As classical music wafts in the background, shoppers stroll isles, admiring the eclectic blend of contemporary, classic and ...
Read More >To The Stars
—By: Alice Liao – Article for Architectural Lighting Magazine— Perhaps it was written in the stars that lighting designer Martin Peck would illuminate the updated Rocket Garden at Kennedy Space Center Visitor Complex in Florida. Approached at a theming convention by a retired NASA engineer who had heard him speak, Peck, principal of Creative Lighting Design ...
Read More >Work Illuminates A Passion For Light
—By: Rick Barrett – Article for JSOnline— When Martin Peck is hired to illuminate a casino, a sports complex or a synagogue, it lights up his imagination. Peck owns Creative Lighting Design & Engineering, a Germantown firm that has won awards for dramatic lighting in everything from grocery stores to NASA’s Rocket Garden at the Kennedy Space ...
Read More >Great Expectations
—By: Lighting Design + Application – Article for LD+A— Chicago, Past, Present, and Future There is always something happening at Navy Pier, Chicago’s lakefront playground. Offering more than 50 acres of parks, promenades, gardens, shops, restaurants, and attractions, the Pier is host to an unparalleled array of events. The Piers newest attraction is the Time Escape—a multi-sensory, ...
Read More >A Light Unto Your Path
—By: Julie Riddle – Article for Church Business— Professional advice for getting light that’s right According to Joseph Miller, a consultant with Discovering Life Ministries, adequate lighting is an indispensable tool in reaching the congregation. In a recent E-TIPS newsletter published by the organization, Miller tells of a congregation dramatically affected by a lighting change. A move ...
Read More >Sentry Foods
—By: Display & Design Ideas – Article for Display & Design Ideas Magazine— The environment language of Sentry Foods had to convey a comfort level to the upscale professional, the frugal senior client, local medical staff, and a university population. To leverage the store’s familiar brand, a departmental identity program included signage, packaging, and all levels ...
Read More >Frugal Fauna
—By: Lighting Design + Application – An Article for LD+A Magazine— The Animart per store in Madison, Wisconsin is transformed into a kingdom of whim and intrigue thanks to Martin J. Peck’s creative lighting schemes. Theme restaurant and store projects are very popular these days, with retailers trying new ways to attract customers. Most people have experienced ...
Read More >A Palette of Light
—By: Marty Peck – An article for Lighting Design + Application— Some people think it’s a brain, or a pumping heart, or an amoeba under a microscope. Watching it has been compared to seeing the Northern Lights. Radio announcers report about it, saying traffic is backed up “watching the chicken chase the egg.” Visitors watching the kinetic ...
Read More >Urban Playground
—By: Lighting Design + Application – Article for LD+A— The one thing lacking at the beautiful urban campus of Milwaukee’s Marquette University was a place that students could call their own, an informal space to get away from the pressures of collegiate life at the conservative Jesuit school, known for its high academic standards. The University, in ...
Read More >Designer Says Aesthetics of Lights Turn Him On
—By: Pradnya Joshi – Article for the Milwaukee Business Journal— You’ll never look at a light bulb the same way after speaking with Marty Peck. Peck says correct lighting can improve sales, increase productivity, even put you in a good mood. You may have seen Peck‘s lighting designs in public projects such as the award-winning Third Ward Fire ...
Read More >Burning Down The Block
—By: Marty Peck – Article for Lighting Design + Application— An explosion ripped through Milwaukee’s Third Ward late one October afternoon in 1892, halting all activity in the predominantly Irish commercial district. Because of three other fires in the city, firemen took 15 minutes to get to the Union Oil Paint Co. To the hundreds gathered ...
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