The Broadcast Display

Recently we have completed designing, fabricating, and installing a broadcast display design for Northern Arizona University. This form is representative of our complete strong set style of broadcast display design. The parts that make this display fantastic are it’s colorful translucence, the simple but visually rich graphic panels, glowing backlit columns, vibrant point lights, and rich wood laminate surfaces.

Custom Set Design

While this set is similar to our Complete Strong Set style of broadcast display, every part of it is custom made upon order. If you’re looking for something to add some visual power to your broadcast, we can do anything you have in mind. Do not feel limited by space, size, colors, materials, deadlines, or concepts. If you can think it, chances are we can make it. For that matter, if you aren’t much of a thinker, we can handle that part too.

More Images

Take a look at some of the other images and angles of the broadcast display design for Northern Arizona University. If this peaks your interest, take a look at similar set in our Complete Strong Set category.

Slightly less wide angle news desk

Today we get to add some proper (almost) images of the smaller version of our Wide Angle News Desk. This 8′ wide version is more affordable and takes up less space than the 10′ wide version with the only sacrifice being less anchors can fit at one time. The Wide Angle News Desk is the most recent of our TV set design furniture components, and one of our very favorites. Even this smaller desk version can comfortably fit 4 people for any type of broadcast such as interview, discussion board, webcast, podcast, news cast, talk shows, or product reviews.

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IRS Criminal Investigations

Recently we took a trip to Washington, DC to install a set design we created for IRS Criminal Investigations. The set was designed, as you will see in the images, to fill the space as much as possible for 3 different positions tailored to internal broadcast for the CI division of the IRS. This special closed broadcast goes to the 100 or so people in the same building, and secured to the nationwide divisions numbering some 2400 people.

Set Design Materials

This set design makes use of red and blue translucent vinyls applied to PETG, large vinyl solvent printed graphics, and elegant woodgrain laminates. The framework that all of these materials are applied to is 18ga cold rolled 1″ square steel tubing that has been powedercoated. All materials are connected using aplix’s hook and loop (like velcro) for easy changing of graphics and panels.

Additional Images

Take a look at the other shots we have of this set, and remember that we can make something to fit your company or broadcast for almost any budget. Contact us to get a quote for your upcoming project!

Our Newest TV Set Design for a Broadcast Studio

Henry Ford Broadcast Set Design

Some images of our newest set to leave the shop floor headed for the Henry Ford broadcast studio. This small but potent TV studio set is made with lots of love, powdercoated steel, wood laminates, recessed lighting, translucent PETG sheets covered in translucent vinyl, shiny stuff, silver stuff, and glass. We love it, and were sad to see it go.

Translucence in Set Design

A constant problem in broadcast studio design is the size of the space available for the set. An area may seem ample for any purpose, but once you plan for the cameras, lighting, control space, various equipment, storage, grid, fire and building regulations, seating, and so forth… not so much space. There are a few ways to deal with this problem, but for the sake of brevity, lets just cover one.

Using the proper materials for a design can be a great way to increase the amount of perceived space. Translucent materials in particular are great because the blur of lighting and set components trick the viewer’s eye into thinking it is seeing a greater amount of depth than is actually present in the broadcast studio. If the talent for the show is in perfectly crisp focus, and the background panels appear blurred, the effect reads at an increased distance between the newscasters and the walls behind them. Careful selection of set design materials is key in achieving this visual style.

More Visual Angles

A New Broadcast Studio Design for South-South News

This week we sent out a set designed and built by us for the South South News broadcast out of NY proper. The broadcast studio set consists of huge graphic panels, blue translucent vinyl on PETG, silver powercoated framing, translucent clear acrylic, laminates, and many other materials.

This set was a challenge as it is in a somewhat small space for broadcast. However, with careful planning and schematics, we managed to create a broadcast studio set that really fit the space, both dimensionally and visually. The cameras have many angles of variety to shoot different hosts or shows with differing backgrounds for each. Happy us, happy client, overall goodness. Take a look at some of the other images of this broadcast studio design below.