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Global Design Solutions Ltd

Global Design Solutions Ltd

GDS is an award-winning, specialist LED lighting manufacturer, famed for creating innovative lighting products and control systems that have transformed entertainment venues around the world.
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When to Update a Lighting Scheme
How many times have you walked around a building with failed lights or mismatching colours?
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Lighting Techniques for Interior Design
So much more than a functional necessity, lighting has become a key part of the design toolkit available to an interior designer. We sat down with Gemma Wasley, founder and owner of interior design studio Rehab Squared, to discuss lighting techniques for interior design.
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How award-winning LED lighting specialist changed Wooridle Church!
Hansam Systems’ sales manager, Kim Tay Han opted to use GDS’ new generation of LED dimmers, due to the greatly improved lighting consistency and a significant cost saving the products could offer over time.
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Global Design Solutions- Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week Madrid
The Mercedes- Benz Fashion Week Madrid (MBFW Madrid) is world renowned for combining the creativity of designers, artists and style icons all under one roof, showcasing the latest fashion trends for the year.For five days the Madrid fashion week brought together 50 high-quality programmes, 43 fashion brands and over 50,000 visitors to the capital.
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DTS launch Alchemy 3 and Euphony 3
DTS exclusively launched the cutting-edge Alchemy 3 and next generation Euphony 3 wash moving heads at Plasa 2019. Alchemy 3 and Euphony 3 represents DTS’s push for innovation and progression amongst their products.
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GDS FoH Fund offers up to £10,000 worth of front-of-house lighting to one lucky theatre
Theatres Trust, the national advisory public body for theatres, is delighted to announce a partnership with the award-winning, specialist LED lighting manufacturer GDS to offer a new in-kind award.
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Prince Sofunmade appointed as BDM for London
Ramping up their plans for the architectural sector, Bristol-based lighting manufacturer GDS are excited to announce the addition of Prince Sofunmade to their business development team. Heading up their London operation, Prince will be working closely with lighting designers, contractors and consultants to bolster GDS’s part in the industry with the solution-based approaches that GDS have built their reputation on.
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Global Design Solutions- Nominated for the PLASA Awards for Innovation 2019
GDS is proud to announce the nomination of the Prodigy Series at the 2019 PLASA Awards for Innovation, organised by LSi magazine. The awards aim to recognise and reward outstanding new product ideas in Lighting and Sound.
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GDS Korea appoints APAC Business Development Manager
GDS is excited to announce the appointment of GDS engineer Bill Price, to Business Development Manager-APAC. Since relocating to the area when the GDS Korea office launched in 2017, Bill has played an instrumental role in establishing the companies’ presence in the Asian market and is perfectly placed to oversee future growth for the GDS Group.
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Global Design Solutions - Tower of London
A protected UNESCO World Heritage Site built between 1077 and 1097, St Johns is a Romanesque chapel, found deep within the Tower of London.Acting on behalf of Historic Royal Palaces, architects Carden & Godfrey worked with James Morse Lighting Design to improve both the visitor experience and congressional acts of worship in the chapel, by updating the lighting provision, without causing any disturbance or damage to the fabric of the building.
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What is Linear LED Lighting?
Linear LED lighting utilises LED (Light Emitting Diode) technology to create a new style of interior lighting. LEDs first came into public use in the 1960s, but at this point they were inefficient and could only produce single colours rather than white light,
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Global Design Solutions- The Savoy Theatre
Built by Richard D’Oyly Carte in 1881, The Savoy Theatre on Londons’ Strand firmly marked its’ place in the history books as the first public building in the world to be entirely illuminated by electric light.In an attempt to address its environmental impact, the theatre wished to replace its existing tungsten house lights with an energy-efficient, environmentally friendly system, which could be retrofitted without impacting the fabric of the historic building.
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Global Design Solutions Ltd-The Courthouse
Opening in the heart of the financial district in Douglas in 2009, The Courthouse quickly became one of the Isle of Man’s premier entertainment venues, but after 10 years space desperately needed to be updated. The clientwanted a bar and nightclub that would also be attractive to corporate clients to use as a conference and meeting venue during the day.
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Global Design Solutions-Art of control – UdK Berlin
In a world-first application, GDS Special Projects created a unique LED lighting control system at UNI.T, the Theater of the Berlin University of the Arts.The Berlin University of the Arts (UdK Berlin) is the largest art school in Europe and is attended by more than 3,500 students. 
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