Color Kinetics Showcase Devos Performance Hall

Grand Rapids, MI

Color Kinetics’ intelligent LED lighting technology played a starring role in the summer 2004 renovation of DeVos Performance Hall -- the 2,400-seat performing arts theatre in Grand Rapids. The popular theatre is home to the Grand Rapids Symphony, the Grand Rapids Ballet Company, Broadway Theatre Guild and many touring concerts and family shows. The extensive internal renovations called for colorful accent lighting to enliven the theatre’s side walls.

Conceptualized by Shuler Shook, the lighting scheme was intended to give new life to the previously gray perimeter walls, which reach 60 feet (18 meters) high. The owners desired a new look that would accentuate the walls and actually change the perception of the audience space. According to Schuler Shook partner Todd Hensley, “Given the height of the walls, the new treatment had to be large-scale, Learn more...