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Ten Pin Megabowl

Cambridge, UK

Ten Pin Megabowl isn’t your grandfather’s bowling alley, as evidenced by its sleek, modern interior, which is lit by Color Kinetics’ intelligent LED lighting technology.

The Cambridge, UK-based entertainment complex features a bold lighting scheme designed by Jonathan Rycroft of INTO Lighting, who applied 16 ColorBlast® 12 systems to add color and movement to a textural wall in the video gaming area. The systems were chosen upon recommendation by Terry Reeves of Lighting Technology Projects, who assisted with the installation. “The ColorBlast systems met Ten Pin’s requirements for a low-maintenance solution that would also achieve the desired aesthetic effects,” said Reeves. “They produce a variety of color washes to alter the environment over the course of the evening, ranging from ‘cosmic’ looks with vibrant colors to more gradually-paced color changes.”

ColorBlast’s sleek, compact fixture design was also an important consideration, as the systems are exposed in direct view along the wall. They uplight the wall’s raised block design with high-reaching casts of uniform color. This dynamic effect also complements the use of four-color digital fluorescent ballasts that light the complex’s main entryway. All of the lighting effects were programmed and controlled by a central DMX system.

Patrons of the popular complex are bowled over by its high-tech illumination makeover.