Imagine it. Design it. Make it work.
Lighting design. Scenic electrics. Engineering.
JWD connects creative vision with the technical expertise that brings it to life—from the first idea through fabrication, installation, and testing.
For creative directors and designers: a partner who understands light, story, and space.
For fabricators and project leaders: coordinated systems, clear documentation, and practical support for a buildable, reliable result.
Based in New York. Supporting complex entertainment projects across the United States and beyond.
Why JWD?
Because complex scenic lighting systems succeed when creative intent, fabrication reality, control strategy, and documentation are aligned early.
From design through engineering.
Bring us in to explore an idea, solve a technical challenge, or connect the work across disciplines.
Lighting design & creative development
Explore how light shapes a space, supports a story, and brings an experience into focus. Develop the creative direction alongside the practical questions that shape delivery.
Scenic electrics & systems engineering
Translate the design into lighting systems integrated with the scenery. Coordinate power, data, control, access, and service around fabrication and installation.
Technical design & documentation
Give the team a shared, buildable plan. Drawing sets, layouts, details, signal flow, and bills of materials communicate what is needed and how it fits together.
Pixeleering™
Bring complex pixel-controlled lighting into alignment. Connect content, addressing, network strategy, and physical hardware through a coordinated pixel map.
Fabrication coordination & delivery support
Carry the details through the build. Support shop coordination, testing, readiness reviews, and commissioning so the finished system reflects the original intent.
Creative fluency. Technical depth.
More than 25 years across lighting design and scenic electrics engineering informs the way we work. Our experience spans Broadway, touring entertainment, broadcast, immersive installations, and theme park projects.
What are you imagining?
Whether you are developing a creative direction or working through a complex build, let’s talk about where JWD can help.
What guides the work
Protect the design intent
The goal is not just to make the system function. The goal is to deliver the creative vision in a way that survives fabrication, installation, operation, and service.
Make the work buildable
Details, layouts, and system planning are developed with the realities of the shop, the site, and the final installation in mind.
Own the details
JWD stays focused on the small decisions that determine whether a complex scenic electrics system becomes clear, coordinated, and reliable.
Let’s talk about your next project.
Have a creative direction to explore or a complex build to solve? Tell us what you are imagining, where the project stands, and where you need support.
JWD brings design fluency and technical depth to the same conversation—from early development through fabrication and installation.
