It’s hard to imagine how the 40th incarnation of the PLASA show could have gone any
better for Elation Professional. Capping an exceptional show, the company’s new full-
featured Artiste Dali™ LED moving head and IP-rated Proteus Hybrid™ discharge-
lamp moving head were both recognised as exceptional innovation with a PLASA
Award for Innovation.
On hand to accept the awards were Elation President Toby Velazquez and Elation Sales
Director Eric Loader. “This PLASA will always be special,’ Eric Loader said shortly after
the ceremony. “We’re humbled and honoured to have won two PLASA awards for
product innovation. We continue to listen to designers and rental houses about their
needs and continue to break the glass ceiling of perception that quality must be
expensive by bringing innovative products to market with excellent price-value ratios.
The Artiste Dali and Proteus Hybrid are great examples of that. Congratulations to our
entire Elation team who worked so hard on getting these new products to market.’
The Artiste Dali and Proteus Hybrid were acknowledged as ground-breaking innovation
at a ceremony held Monday evening, September 18th at the Olympia Exhibition
Center in London. “This is the first time the judges have seen a diffracted laser in an
LED spot luminaire, making for a very versatile product,” the judging panel said of the
Artiste Dali. Of the Proteus Hybrid, the judges stated, “The innovative approach to
cooling has enabled this to be the first IP rated hybrid moving discharge luminaire.”
Both products attracted a great deal of interest throughout the 3-day show. The
Artiste Dali™, which saw its world debut, is a full-featured moving head with a unique
hybrid light engine that combines a 300-watt LED source and 100-watt Laser
Phosphor source for greater spot and beam capabilities from one fixture. The multi-
environmental Proteus Hybrid – also an LDI Best Debuting Product Award winner in
2016 – is a discharge-lamp moving head light with spot, beam, and wash modes that
gives designers the freedom to utilise this latest technology at any event, indoors or
out. Both products are available for purchase now through Elation’s worldwide partner
network.
The PLASA Awards for Innovation have long been respected for their independent and
impartial judging panel of industry experts. The Artiste Dali and Proteus Hybrid
accolades follow PLASA Innovation Awards for the Elation Sniper 2R™ in 2014 and the
Elation Platinum FLX™ in 2015.
