The LIT Lighting Design Awards™ was established to acknowledge the exceptional work of talented lighting product designers and implementers worldwide. We firmly believe that lighting encompasses artistic expression and scientific principles, making it a vital component of any design.
The LIT Awards were created as a platform to recognise and celebrate achievements in lighting products, architectural lighting designs, and entertainment lighting.
The competition is now officially closed, and our esteemed jury will soon begin the voting process to select this year’s winners.












The LIT Lighting Design Awards proudly support an initiative to provide solar-powered lights to children in Gaza. In collaboration with Rebuilding Alliance, MPowered and Little Sun, this effort seeks to bring light and hope to children facing challenging conditions, enabling them to dream, study after dark, and experience a sense of security. The LIT Lighting […]
Read more »The LIT Lighting Design Awards Spotlight prize is dedicated to an organization or a project that carries out remarkable work for its community and has a major contribution to the Lighting Industry. The LIT Design Awards is thrilled to announce that Darksky is receiving the 2023 "Spotlight"prize. Daksky mission is to restore the nighttime environment and protect communities and wildlife from light pollution.
LEDforum 2025, held from August 20 to 22 in São Paulo, marked the 16th edition of Latin America’s leading lighting design event. Under the theme “The Meaning of Light”, the forum explored how light goes beyond its technical role to shape emotions, narratives, and experiences in architecture and design. The program brought together renowned international […]
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The LIT Lighting Design Awards are officially open for submissions, inviting the world’s most innovative lighting designers to be part of its 2025 celebration of excellence. This distinguished event is renowned for recognizing the pinnacle of creativity and innovation in the lighting design industry. The program boasts an impressive array of categories, with 31 in […]
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The LIT Lighting Design Awards proudly support an initiative to provide solar-powered lights to children in Gaza. In collaboration with Rebuilding Alliance, MPowered and Little Sun, this effort seeks to bring light and hope to children facing challenging conditions, enabling them to dream, study after dark, and experience a sense of security. The LIT Lighting […]
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"Being the winner of LIT 2020 Emerging Lighting designer of the year makes me feel encouraged. This means a lot, quite literally, as this is my first big recognition in my most loved field of lighting. I will cherish this forever."
Swathi Madhi, Emerging Lighting Designer of the year 2020Receiving the 2023 “Entertainment Lighting Design of the Year“ is a great honor, and it holds personal significance due to its strong emotional connection to Eleusis, the ancestral home of my father’s side family.
Eleftheria Deko, Founder Eleftheria Deko and Associates