claire & drew

context

a ~250-guest december wedding at withinsodo, an industrial brick-and-steel warehouse in seattle. the run of show included a mario kart tournament, a couple’s race inside that program, a debut dj set by drew, who had never djed, and a closing live hardware set by two of his friends.

constraint

the venue prohibited haze. without atmospheric particulate, lasers, moving heads, and beam effects lose most of their impact, so the room needed a no-haze lighting plan. it also needed multi-zone audio for the game program, a booth a first-time dj could step into mid-night, and a clean handoff to a live act at the end.

intervention

we built the room around warm architectural washes: amber and purple on the brick, uplighting on the steel columns, and dmx dance-floor washes that grew with the run of show. the audio system covered ceremony, cocktail hour, dinner, dancing, the tournament, and the first-dance race without breaking the room into separate events.

the booth was designed around a first-time dj booth: stable enough for drew to step into, flexible enough for joey to run the light show underneath him. for the closing act, joey set up the i/o, handled the live sound engineering, and carried the transition into a live-act handoff.

outcome

the mario kart tournament became the couple’s first-dance frame. drew’s debut set landed inside the same booth system, then the night handed off to live hardware without stopping.

they said

“john and joey oversaw the music and stage lighting, and god damn did they do a good job. all of our music friends kept asking about and complimenting the two of you!”drew & claire

co-created by joey frostad and john · photography miranda deblauwe