TEDxBerkeley: a 15-foot projection-mapped X
We designed, built and projection-mapped a 15-foot X for TEDxBerkeley at Zellerbach Hall, turning the event's iconic logo into a live canvas for the whole show.
- Client
- TEDxBerkeley
- Event
- TEDxBerkeley 2016
- Venue
- Zellerbach Hall
- Location
- Berkeley, CA
- Year
- 2016
- custom-built X
- 15 ft
- custom-built X
- stacked projectors for brightness
- 2×
- stacked projectors for brightness
- TEDx events produced by Repertoire
- 27
- TEDx events produced by Repertoire
The brief
TEDxBerkeley wanted to raise the bar and do something dramatic and different: an emotional experience for the audience, built around the X that anchors every TEDx stage.
What we did
We designed and mapped the entire stage in Vectorworks, so every projector position was planned before load-in.
- Built the X in our warehouse in two halves from plywood, finished with grey screen paint made for projection, and joined it on stage at Zellerbach Hall, where it stood 15 feet tall.
- Stacked two high-output projectors to double the brightness, because the presenters' stage lighting spills onto the X.
- Mapped the content to the X with projection-mapping software after weeks of testing in the warehouse.
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