Tag: studio design

Asharq News wins BroadcastPro ME’s Innovative Project of the Year Award

February 12, 2021

Dubai, UAE 

2021

Earlier this month, the winners of the annual Arab States Broadcasting Union BroadcastPro Summit and Awards 2020 were announced. Among the multitude of projects – Asharq News, Dubai – took home the Innovative Project of the Year.

Two years in the making, this project has been a point of pride for the Clickspring team. Spanning four floors with a bespoke spiral staircase working it’s way up through the building, the space was built for ingenuity and awe. The project typology, applied technology, and scale are unique to this one of a kind broadcast facility.

As lead designers of the project, Clickspring not only produced the look and functionality of the on-air broadcast studios, but also drew upon its substantial in-house architectural experience to master plan the facility’s entire 57,000 square feet (5,300 square meters), which includes high-end offices, briefing rooms, editorial spaces, newsrooms, and an array of areas dedicated to technology infrastructure. Ingraining thematic scenery of transparency and news making processes – the space emulates forward thinking twenty-first century corporate interiors and news broadcasting facilities.

The project’s building layouts and sections are rooted within the principles of Asharq’s emphasis on transparency as well as their goals to reach into previously untapped audiences of broadcast news. Close coordination between clients, vendors, partners and designers created three broadcast studios that are amongst some of the most technologically advanced spaces in the world. Yet each studio brings forth it’s own tone towards the audience that it’s reaching.

Sparkling arrays of fine pixel pinch LED, cylindrical LEDs, tracking ceiling elements, variable color temperature LED theatrical lighting fixtures, programmable window shade systems, and bespoke acoustic conditions to address transparency requirements; this space emulates the future of direct broadcast.

We are honored as a team to receive this prestigious award and once again have to thank our hard working internal team, our fantastic client, and each and every partner and vendor included along the way.

Asharq News marked the debut broadcast on November 11th, 2020, in Dubai. See more project imagery here.

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BBC Washington Bureau Reimagines Small-Scale Studios

January 21, 2021

Washington, D.C 

2020

This project was brought to us as the broadcast set design piece of a larger revamp within the BBC’s Washington Bureau. The entire Washington DC Headquarters underwent a complete gut and redesign, but our focus was the intimate 360 degree studio that required flexible show set ups and a smooth finish.

The space is equipped with 3 Tracking Curved LED Displays, two landscape one portrait. These features allow the BBC to set the studio up in a variety of ways. Before, the studio was locked and could only be shot from one direction. Working with programming that transitions from day to night – design considerations had to allow the studio a range of moods. Implementing two sets of roller graphics (four rollers in total), the studio can shift from a day look to a night look at a flip of a switch. The studio space presented challenges in its low ceilings and even lower structures, such as an HVAC duct and a water main. Ceiling conditions hindered us from going above eight feet tall, but by utilizing lightbox room extension views and an airy feel to the space, the 360-degree space has an added depth and openness.

BBC News’ Washington Bureau launched on August 17th,2020. See more imagery for BBC News here.

Lead Designer: Kendra James

Project Manager: Tristan James

Fabrication: Dimensional Worldwide

Lighting: Eastern Lighting Design

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Live from Hudson Yards, It’s Clickspring Design!

December 19, 2019

As our last Clicktrip of the year, we traveled across the island of Manhattan to CNN’s Headquarters in Hudson Yards.

Here, we finally got to see our studios up close and personal!

At Hudson Yards, we designed four studios used for seven shows that are currently airing on CNN. These studios took around a year and a half from start to finish.

We toured each studio to see how changing graphics, reorienting desks, and resetting lights can be modified to fit each specific show.

We also had some time to goof around on set.

We tried our chops as very serious journalists (while appreciating the impeccably designed lighting and sets, of course).

We found the best camera angles… Watch out Anderson Cooper!

These CNN projects are very close to our hearts because every single person on the Clickspring team had a hand in the process.

Thanks to CNN for letting us explore our creations in real life!

NewscastStudio 2017 Set of the Year Broadcast Design Awards

April 10, 2018

We’re thrilled to have won five NewscastStudio 2017 Set of the Year Awards for our work with NBC News, ESPN, SZTV, and Tencent! Clickspring took home top honors in both the National and International categories, as well as Sports, Set Technology (National), and Augmented Reality / Virtual Reality. We couldn’t be happier to celebrate these great collaborations with our partners and clients, and we look forward to many more years of great broadcast design and fabrication yet to come! Click on an image below to view the project’s portfolio.

Broadcast Design National Winner | NewscastStudio 2017 Set of the Year

NBC Nightly News | National Winner | NewscastStudio 2017 Set of the Year

Broadcast Design Set Technology National Winner | NewscastStudio 2017 Set of the Year

ESPN Studio Z | Set Technology National Winner | NewscastStudio 2017 Set of the Year

Broadcast Design International Winner | NewscastStudio 2017 Set of the Year

SZTV (苏州电视台) | International Winner | NewscastStudio 2017 Set of the Year

Broadcast Design Sports Winner & AR/VR Winner | NewscastStudio 2017 Set of the Year

Tencent NBA (腾讯控股有限公司) |
Sports Winner & AR/VR Winner | NewscastStudio 2017 Set of the Year