The prestigious LIT Lighting Design Awards is pleased to reveal the LIT 2020 Winners in professionals’ and students’ categories.
The LIT Lighting Design Awards was created to recognize the efforts of talented international lighting product designers and lighting implementers. The organization believes lighting is both an art and a science, and that it is one of the most important elements of design. LIT was envisioned to celebrate creativity and innovation in the fields of lighting products and applications.
LIT Jury board members evaluated all submissions from 43 countries, based not only on the highest of current lighting design standards and trends but also seeking out truly visionary designers showcasing creativity and innovation.
“As we struggle this year with an unprecedented challenge. The lighting product designers and lighting designer actions global kept with their excellence in designing. With more than 350 designs submitted this year, you will find some incredible designs by both professional designers and students. This collection of winning works will set new standards in the best of best in lighting design.” Said Mr Hossein Farmani – Founder.
A full list of LIT Design Awards winners can be view here.
LIGHTING DESIGNER OF THE YEAR
Category: Interior Architectural Illumination
UNION STATION GREAT HALL RESTORATION
Company: CharterSills
Lead Designer: Erin Held
Designers: Goettsch Partners (Architect)
Location: Chicago, USA
LIGHTING PRODUCT DESIGN OF THE YEAR
Category: Designer and Custom Lighting
ARTIST’S HAND
Company: Niamh Barry Studio
Lead Designer: Niamh Barry
Location: Dublin, Ireland
EMERGING LIGHTING DESIGNER OF THE YEAR
Category: Interior Architectural Illumination
INTERIOR LIGHTING – OFFICE, STOCKHOLM, SWEDEN
Lead Designer: Swathi Madhi
Designers: Luca Gregorini, Micaela Malusa
University: Politecnico Di Milano, Italy
Location: Milan, Italy
EMERGING LIGHTING DESIGNER OF THE YEAR
Category: Mood Lighting
HUE – YOUR EVERYDAY LIGHT
Lead Designer: Neeraj R Jawale
Designers: Samriti Gosain
School: National Institute of Design, Gandhinagar, India
Location: Gandhinagar, India
About LIT Lighting Design Awards
LIT Design Awards was assembled by the Farmani Group as the sister initiative of the IDA International Design Awards, which has been recognizing and celebrating smart and sustainable multidisciplinary design since 2007.
The Farmani Group, established in 1985, is responsible for many successful awards around the globe. Farmani Group organizes the International Design Awards (IDA), Architecture Masterprize, DNA Paris Design Awards, London International Creative Awards, Prix de la Photographie in Paris, and the Annual Lucie Awards for Photography, which has emerged as one of the world’s most prestigious awards.
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Los Angeles, CA – The prestigious LIT Lighting Design Awards is pleased to announce the recipient of the 2020 Spotlight prize – Women in Lighting.
The LIT Lighting Design Awards was created to recognize the efforts of talented international lighting product designers and lighting implementers. The organization believes lighting is both an art and a science, and that it is one of the most important elements of design. LIT was envisioned to celebrate creativity and innovation in the fields of lighting products and applications.
In the organization’s most recent news, LIT Lighting Design Awards is thrilled to announce its 2020 Spotlight prize – Women in Lighting (WIL). WIL is an inspirational digital platform that profiles women working in the field of lighting design. The community platform promotes each women’s achievements, narrates their career path and goals, celebrates their work, and elevates their profile in the lighting community.
“Spotlight is a special prize that rewards an organization or project which carries out remarkable work for its community, and for being a major contributor in the lighting industry,” says the founder of LIT Lighting Design Awards, Mr. Hossein Farmani. “Women in Lighting exemplifies our expectations for Spotlight, as the project supports the important work of women in the industry by creating an inclusive environment in the profession. We couldn’t be prouder of this initiative and look forward to seeing their continued work into the future.”
Women in Lighting has been founded by Sharon Stammers and Martin Lupton, the team now consists of 70 ambassadors from 70 different countries around the world who aim to create a supportive and inspirational environment for women in the lighting industry.
When being informed of the Spotlight prize, Sharon Stammers shared “The WIL team are proud to accept this special award on behalf of all people who have participated in the project, the entire global WIL network and its supporters. It’s great to have the project recognized in this way as one of the main reasons for starting it were to raise the profile of women in lighting and to inspire others. We feel that this is working…”
Women in Lighting Founders: Sharon Stammers and Martin Lupton
About Women in Lighting
International lighting designers and light activists, Light Collective launched the project, Women in Lighting on International Women’s day in 2019. It is a celebratory project that set out to create an inspirational digital platform for women working in the architectural lighting industry to promote their passion and achievements, narrate their career path and goals, celebrate their work and elevate their profile in the lighting community.
Women in Lighting consists primarily of a website – www.womeninlighting.com – with a database of interviews with women from around the world. Starting with lighting designers, the scope has expanded to include women in all aspects of lighting – education, journalism, manufacturing, art and research. The project has already gathered support from individual female designers in over 70 different countries. These “ambassadors” are a point of contact in each location for other women seeking to find out more about the project. Initially started as it was evident that female participation in conferences, committees, juries and panels were underrepresented, the main aim was that as there are approximately 50% of female lighting designers, they get 50% visibility.
Women in Lighting is not about gender inequality but about inclusivity and how this is beneficial to the profession as a whole. The project is supported by formalighting and archifos.
For more information about Women in Lighting, please visit https://womeninlighting.com.
For over 30 years, Sally Storey has been guiding John Cullen Lighting and founded Lighting Design International company, gathered a talented team of designers from a variety of backgrounds: architecture, theatre design, fine art, product design and engineering.
Sally has been pushing the boundaries of technology and design to create outstanding spaces and memorable experiences. She has written three well-received books on lighting and often contributes to the national and international press. Sally Storey’s contribution to the Lighting Industry is tremendous!
Project: Kimpton Fitzroy, London
Company: Lighting Design International
Photographer: Gavriil Papadiotis
Project: ESPA Life at Corinthia
Company: Lighting Design International
Photographer: Richard Powers
Project: Duplex Penthouse, London
Company: Lighting Design International
Photographer: Andrew Beasley
Project: Duplex Penthouse, London
Company: Lighting Design International
Photographer: Andrew Beasley
Sally Storey studied architecture at Bristol University and in her second year was awarded the scholarship of the year. She was fascinated with how natural light and artificial light transformed a building and chose this as her thesis and never looked back.
Sally Storey, Design Director of Lighting Design International and John Cullen Lighting, is one of the UK’s leading lighting experts. Her extensive knowledge and experience has led to her travelling all over the world designing lighting schemes for esteemed brands, individuals and corporate clients.
Sally has written three well-received successful books on residential lighting and often contributes to the national and international press. She is a regular speaker at interior design and architectural events and conferences. Sally is a judge on many interior and lighting panels, and currently a judge for the Super Yacht Design & Innovation Awards.
Recent projects include the Kimpton Fitzroy London, Hotel Café Royal, L’Oscar, the multi-award-winning Fera at Claridge’s Hotel, The Lanesborough Hotel Spa, The Connaught Hotel, Ham Yard Hotel, The Savoy, Temple Church, Grocer’s Hall, Grand Hotel Cap-Ferrat, Emirates Palace Hotel Dubai, Crosby Street Hotel New York, St Regis Venice and Four Seasons Hotels including the spa at the Four Seasons George V.
Sally has also been involved in Private Residences and Palaces worldwide as well as numerous Super Yachts including the award-winning Topaz (J8), Northern Star, MY& SY Twizzle, JOY, Faith, Hasna, Lady S and most recently Archelon.
Project: Heckfield Place, Hampshire
Company: Lighting Design International
Photographer: Sprately & Partners
Sally has brought her residential lighting experience to create outstanding lighting schemes that make the stunning spectacular. Sally has been a key advocate in promoting residential lighting a vital element of interior design.
No matter the budget lighting can transform and make simple materials look elegant. Sally’s passion and enthusiasm for lighting never fade and still comes through when lecturing today. She is currently working on her fourth book on residential lighting which aims to help one understand new technology and how best to use it. This is aimed at interior designers, architects and the homeowner. Making people aware of their environment will hopefully influence push the standards of lighting in work and leisure.
Sally Storey’s Publications:
Lighting: Recipes and Ideas London: Quadrille, 2000
Lighting by Design London: Pavilion, 2002
Perfect Lighting London: Jacqui Small, 2008
Sally is currently working on a new book on residential lighting for RIBA called: “Inspired by Light: A design guide to transforming the home.”
Project: The Lanesborough Club & Spa
Company: Lighting Design International
Photographer: Oetker Collection
Project: Private House
Company: John Cullen Lighting
Photographer: Luke White
Founded in 1981 in London, John Cullen Lighting has positioned itself as a global leader in luxury residential lighting design and supply. For almost 40 years, the Company has been responsible for delivering some of the World’s very best luxury residential and hospitality lighting schemes.
Operating from offices in London, Paris, Dubai and Mumbai, John Cullen Lighting is well placed to provide the very highest standards of design and engineering excellence to any scale of the project. Internationally-acclaimed, discreet light fittings provide the tools to deliver outstanding lighting for both interiors and landscape. All are designed in-house and proudly manufactured in the UK. A bespoke award-winning design service is offered to ensure that products are used to optimum effect to create stunning lighting effects.
In 1986 on the death of John Cullen, Sally was left to run and drive the design side of John Cullen Lighting which specialised in residential lighting. At the same time, Sally set up Lighting Design International to cope with requests of lighting commercial projects such as JP Morgan Chase & Co, Goldman Sachs and large hotels.
Lighting Design International is one of the most established independent lighting consultancies in the world, we have been creating adventures in lighting for over 35 years under the direction of Sally Storey, We bridge the gap between architecture and engineering, utilising artistry hand in hand with cutting edge lighting technology to render space and material, evoking emotion and creating inviting and dramatic spaces.
As one of the world’s foremost lighting design consultancies, we don’t just work with light, we understand it – the role it plays in affecting our mood and sense of wellbeing; how it combines with surface and form to create a single dramatic effect and how it can bring an otherwise unremarkable space to life. Our highly trained long-established creative team come from diverse design backgrounds, allowing us to deliver practical expertise and luxurious bespoke detailing through our uniquely creative approach to suit any project brief.
Lighting Design International’s portfolio boasts projects of every scope and scale, from boutique chic to classic opulence. But while our clients may be diverse, they have one thing in common – they demand the best; when considering lighting they understand the distinction between the exceptional and what is merely functional. Hotel projects include the award-winning Kimpton Fitzroy London, The Dixon, Four Seasons Hotel des Bergues Geneva, Four Seasons Astir Palace Athens and Hotel Grand Bretagne Athens. Retail projects include multiple areas in Harrods – Technology, Men’s Shoes, Superbrands, Fine Dining and Food Halls. Our experience also covers high-end residential estates around the world such as the UK, Paris, South of France, USA, Dubai, Doha, Kuwait and the Caribbean. Lighting Design International is also involved in the ultimate luxury, superyachts.
With over 50 years in Lighting Research and Application, Prof. Wout Van Bommel has carried out researches into various lighting subjects; some of the concepts he proposed, are now used in international and national standards for lighting.
Prof. Wout Van Bommel has published more than 150 papers in national and international lighting journals in various languages and wrote well-regarded books.
Member and Chairman of various Lighting Societies and Commissions, Prof. Wout Van Bommel is also a University Professor and speaker. He is passionate about non-visual biological aspects of lighting influencing health and wellbeing, studying and lecturing about “balancing the positive effects of lighting on living beings with the negative impact of that lighting on the environment.
Prof. Wout Van Bommel – CIE President in 2007
Prof. Wout Van Bommel obtained his academic degree (MSc) in physics, at the University of Technology in Eindhoven, the Netherlands in 1970. His specialization was in applied lighting under the guidance of Prof. J.B. de Boer and Dr-Ing. H.J. Schmidt-Clausen. This resulted in a detailed insight in, and publications about, the potential possibilities of the use of polarized light for vehicle lighting and ship lighting.
Prof. Wout Van Bommel has over 50 years of experience in Lighting research, of which he spent 37 years with “Philips Lighting” in different lighting application functions such as road lighting, sports lighting, and indoor lighting.
He has carried out research into many different lighting subjects; some of the concepts he proposed, on the basis of his research, are now used in international and national standards for lighting. He was responsible for Philips’ International Lighting Design and Application Centre (LiDAC).
After his retirement from Philips Lighting and with his vast international experience in lighting application, Prof. Wout Van Bommel is now an independent Lighting Consultant to lighting designers, researchers, companies’ municipalities, and governmental bodies. He assesses the quality of specifications of lighting installations (certification).
For 20 years, He is also specialized in non-visual biological aspects of lighting influencing in turn our health and wellbeing. He was responsible for the first two international lighting expert symposia (Vienna 2004, Ottawa 2006) where medical, biological, and lighting experts set the way for putting the new knowledge into practical use. Prof. Wout Van Bommel gives basic and advanced lectures about lighting, health, and wellbeing for both professional and laymen groups of people.
Prof. Wout Van Bommel has been a member and President of CIE – “International Lighting Commission”, the chairman and now an honorary member of the Dutch “Light and Health Research Foundation” and has been involved with many other commissions and associations throughout his career (see list below).
In 2004, He was appointed Consulting Professor at the Fudan University of Shanghai and in 2008 External Examiner of the Master Course “Light and Lighting” at the University College of London (UCL‐ Bartlett Institute).
Prof. Wout Van Bommel has published more than 150 papers in national and international lighting journals in various languages as well as books. As a young lighting professional, He wrote, together with Prof. de Boer, in 1980 the book “Road Lighting”, then 35 years later, in 2015, “Road Lighting, fundamentals, technology and application” and in 2019, “Interior Lighting, fundamentals, technology and application”. These books became “standards” in their fields.
All over the world and throughout his career, Prof. Wout Van Bommel has presented papers, taught, given invited lectures at different conferences, and participated in workshops.
Professor Wout Van Bommel – Philips Lab Van
Open-air Road lighting Laboratory
Professor Wout Van Bommel – Philips Road Reflectometer in 1970s
Commissions & Associations
From 1988 to 2008, Prof. Wout van Bommel was the Dutch representative of the European Lighting Normalization Committee CEN TC 169.
From 2003 to 2007, Prof. Wout van Bommel has been President of the International Lighting Commission, CIE. During his presidency, he visited nearly 40 different National CIE Committees all over the world to learn about their needs and to support them in their local activities.
From 2008 to 2011, Prof. Wout van Bommel was a Board member of the International Dark-Sky Association (IDA).
Prof. Wout van Bommel was the chairman and is now an honorary member of the Dutch “Light and Health Research Foundation”.
Prof. Wout van Bommel was for eight years the Chairman of the Lighting Commission of the Standardization Institute of the Netherlands (NEN).
Prof. Wout van Bommel is a member of the Lighting Society of the Netherlands and the Lighting Society of North America (IESNA).
Prof. Wout van Bommel was Chairman of the “Tunnel Lighting” and “Glare for Outdoor Areas” Committees of the CIE. For slightly more than eight years, He was Director of CIE’s Division 5 (Outdoor lighting and other applications).
Recognition & Award
Prof. Wout van Bommel was the first recipient of the “NSVV Wout van Bommel Award”, named after him. The Dutch Lighting Society, NSVV who created this award, will award it annually to a person who has as a volunteer contributed exceptionally to the work and mission of the Dutch Lighting Society.
Most Relevant Publications:
Van Bommel, Wout
Discomfort glare and LEDs: an empirical and a fundamental approach
Israel Lighting Journal,82/8, 2020
Van Bommel, Wout
Topics important for the up-to-date interior lighting professional
Light & Engineering, Vol. 28, No 1, 4-22, 2020
Svetotekhnika #2, 2020
Van Bommel, Wout
Interior Lighting, fundamentals, technology and application
Springer Publishers, 2019
Van Bommel, Wout
Street Lighting Innovation: Sensor Sensibility
Lighting Journal (ILE), February 2017
Van Bommel, Wout
Een uitdaging tot innovatie, optimaliseren van Ledspectrum voor de kleur van objecten en ruimteoppervlakken.
Ruimte en Licht, 3, 2016
Van Bommel, Wout
In: Luo MR (ed) Encyclopedia of Color Science and Technology, Springer Science + Business Media, New York, 2016
Van Bommel, Wout
Age, light perception, and street lighting
Dekra Road safety Report, 2016
Arshia Architects, a Los Angeles-based architecture and design studio has designed the LIT Lighting Design Awards Trophy … Arshia Architects team is looking back at the original Trophy idea and creative process.
Can you please share more about your company and work?
Founded in 2006, Arshia Architects is a Los Angeles-based architecture and design studio. Arshia Architects’ studio is dedicated to the exploration of space and the built environment. We are committed to new ways of thinking in space that provide unique solutions to the complex challenges and parameters that affect architecture.
The practice has been recognized with citations and awards from the American Institute of Architects, the Los Angeles Architecture Award, the International Interior Design Association, and the Japan Architect Award. This body of work has been published internationally and was selected by ACADIA and the Museum of Contemporary Art (MOCA) as one of the participants in the first retrospective exhibition on Contemporary Architecture in Southern California – focused on the top 35 radical practices to emerge within the past twenty-five years.
What does the LIT trophy represent? What did you want to achieve?
In 1704 Isaac Newton in his book Optiks, concluded through experiments with prisms that colors must already be present in white light and that the effect of prism dispersion was qualitative. “In them, there is nothing else than a certain power and disposition to stir up a sensation of this or that color.” Newton’s assessment became the seed of a fundamental transformation in metaphysics leading to John Locke’s assessment of primary vs secondary quality distinction concerning the nature of reality itself.
To Locke, the reality was made of two characteristics, the primary quality which are qualities that are independent of the observer such as solidity, extension, motion, number and figure; and secondary qualities, which are those properties that produce sensations in observers, such as color, taste, smell, and sound.
Using light as the denominator of this distinguished award, we centered our thought on the query of light itself as an elusive object. Our principal objective was to extract the primary quality of light and provide it with a corporeal form. The question leading us to the final product was the “how”. Although light can certainly be categorized by its dense secondary qualities, it still bears a primary quality as a physical object that behaves in wave and particle duality. We were interested to capture this quality in the most basic form.
What was the creative process behind designing LIT Awards Trophy?
We started with the logo base of the award, which we thought was a very well designed and appropriate object. The logo represented spectral characteristics of light beautifully in a minimal design. We extruded this object in three dimensions and looked at ways of incorporating this into a design. Our main objective was to capture the fleeting quality of light, so the resulting object could not be anything solid or weighted. We thought crystals aptly represent such quality through their purity of material that allows light to trespass without a tax. Laser engraving technology allowed us to enhance the lightness of the concept by floating the resulting extruded shape inside the crystal object.
To remove the obvious characteristics of the crystal form, we used the dichroic film by 3M, which was applied to the surface of the crystal body in order to shape-shift the resulting product in response to ambient light factors. Dichroic films are a multi-layer optical film technology that reflects colors different than the colors in transmission, thus dissecting the general white light into the spectral range. The dichroic film achieves this quality, on a flat surface, without the need for a prismatic extrusion.
This quality allowed us to eliminate the need for an embedded artificial light source inside the object and utilize the natural ambient light to create the lighting effect.
Learn more about Arshia Architects projects, design and achievements: https://www.arshia.net/
Arshia Architects Logo
LIT Design Awards Trophy Designed by Arshia Architects
LIT Awards is proud to present a new LIT Lighting Design Awards winner certificates for 2020!
All winners & honorable mentions will receive a certificate of Achievement and LIT Winner Seal as well as be featured on the LIT winner online directory and benefit from the all-year-round media coverage.
LIT Design Awards gives also 5 winning titles per year:
Selected by our esteemed jury of designers and leaders in the lighting, interior design, and architectural fields, the annual winners will receive the LIT trophy, extensive publicity showcasing their designs and products to an international audience, and more.
A new generation of lighting designers is coming into light. From living spaces to performing stages, lighting designs for the future are more organic, interactive, and tapped on innovative technologies available today. Discover the following four fascinating lighting creations among our LIT Emerging winners from 2018 to 2019.
Prizes: Winner in Interior Architectural Illumination 2017
Lead Designer: ZIH-JING JHANG-JIAN
As idyllic green spaces are emerging, so as new designers who conceive innovative approaches to be created into real built environments.
The Meditate Rainwater is an embodiment of this concept of integrating natural resources into living spaces, and one of the most critical elements for the functionality of green spaces is lighting. The play of natural and man-made lighting enhances the oasis, especially with the bathroom area where a live tree is beautifully anchored and surrounded by equally enchanting illuminated spaces.
The encapsulated organic space welcomes natural light with its ceiling-high windows. The cascading windows allow daylighting to cast interesting angles of illumination into the loft interior. This perfect surreal touch shifts as the day pass through the flowing plan seeping through dramatically into the unpretentious surfaces.
Designers Zih-Jing and Jhang-Jian compare the home to a fallen leaf on a pond of water, where the interior elements mirror this natural process of life. The building represents the leaf, and the pond is the pool of water. Just as raindrops bring new life, the home is a representation of nature’s continuous cycle of life.
Link: https://litawards.com/winners/winner.php?id=2492&mode=win
Prizes: Winner in Light Art Project
Lead Designer: Massimiliano Moro
Utilizing light’s entrancing spectrum is the winning light art project Monstera Deliciosa. Backdropped in Palazzo di Napoli the autochthone plant lights and shadows are projected onto the surrounding ruins rejuvenating the historical space.
To attempt to define the display will depend on one’s perception of the beguiling showcase of lights and shadows making the visual experience more esoteric. Massimiliano Moro provided a space for the past and present to converge, a mingling of the inside and out, and a blur on truth and imagined.
The projected showcase of varying lights and shadows is a site-specific project made for Palazzo di Napoli. Plants cast a variety of imaginative forms and hues. Are you wondering about the name? Monstera Deliciosa interpreted as Delicious Monster is actually one of the plant displays. Also known as the Swiss cheese plant it sounds like the designer’s inspiration.
Link: https://litawards.com/winners/winner.php?id=2495&mode=win
Prizes: Winner in Interactive Lighting Projects
Lead Designer: Josephine Wang
A peek into the future of sound interpretation via illumination the SPECTRUM is a multimedia installation where a 15’ x 8’ curved wall consisting of 800 LEDs is animated by sound. A microphone at the center is used for sound input. The sound frequency is then transformed into a light wavelength based on a set of algorithms. This means everyone will have a different lighting display, and musicians can see their creations from a visual perspective.
Designed by Josephine Wang, the SPECTRUM is a part of an experiment where its goal is to develop advanced lighting consoles and discover innovative applications of light and sound combination.
The project aims to develop an application beyond existing lighting consoles, to explore the potential characteristics of luminous and sonic environments, to experiment with the possibilities of human perception affected by light and sound.
Link: https://litawards.com/winners/winner.php?id=2675&mode=win
Prizes: Winner in Interactive Lighting Products / LED Lighting Products and Fixtures
Lead Designer: Idan Herbet
Another novel application of the light and sound convergence is the E Drum is an interactive kinetic Electronic Drum set with a 330 cm diameter stage and 60 cm height. The E Drum has 3 metal rings where an outer ring is equipped with the latest ROBE lighting beam, 150 moving lights, and light blinders to add a punch to the already visually exhilarating experience. Each drum is highlighted with RGBW neon flex – dynamic pixel control (via DMX ).
Pounding in performance the drummer is amidst the three interlocking rings and under the stage are added effects such as cold fire pyro, smoke gazers, and Par LED that set the stage to illuminate. For a successful synced performance, a time code and MIDI notes are programmed. The whole setup of connecting light and sound created a stage to truly climax the drummer’s performance that is an immersive experience.
Link: https://litawards.com/winners/winner.php?id=2804&mode=win
As its most basic, interior lighting enhances spaces to create the desired function and ambiance, evoking emotions and responses unmatched by any other element of design. When you play a video of a lighted candle in a dark room, you are just looking at a candle, but if you are in a similar dark room, and you light one candle, you create a mood.
When it comes to live musical performances, light is designed to a whole new level. Where stage lighting is not so much about the story but instead focuses on the emotional responses of audiences. In collaboration with the performing artists and elements of sound, choreography, timing, and stage design, lighting in musical concerts are mesmerizing, spectacular, and visually entrancing.
Design production companies know too well this formidable task, and the audible reaction from the audience is a rewarding experience. The LIT recognizes how these various artists and designers come together to create creative minds to create these magnificent lighting spectacles.
Categories: Winner in Stage Lighting
Winner: Silent House Productions
Lead Designer: Baz Halpin & Alex Reardon
Location: United States Leg/Europe Leg, United States
A team of creatives, Silent House Productions has an impressive list of projects with collaborations from famous musical artists such as Jeniffer Lopez, Kelly Clarkson, Katy Perry, Taylor Swift, and more.
For the Khalid Free Spirit Tour 2019, the bi-parting curtain was incepted by Alex Reardon and inspired Khalid’s white wig as it swayed and went around as he danced. Tamlyn Wright was credited with the string material used that was scaled into a large curtain of strings enabling it to be used as a surface to project the lighting needed. LED tiles were also used in stage lighting.
Category: Live Design Lighting / Music Event Lighting (DJ/Video)
Winner: Design One Lighting Design
Lead Designer : Christien Methot
Location: New York, New York, United States
Kicked off with a stellar performance by Clarkson, the U.S. open was an unforgettable event where Kelly Clarkson was positioned right at the center of Arthur Ashe Stadium. Stacks of cubes with LED lights surrounded the performers which effectively filled out the massive court space. Enhancing the lit cubes are projected beams of light which created an amazing visual spectacle that matched the strong live performances.
Category: Winner in Stage Lighting
Winner: Sinclair / Wilkinson
Lead Designer: Rob Sinclair
Location: World tour, Broadway, United Kingdom
The simple yet effective illumination was quite unusual for the typical rock genre performances that were used to. No dance cues or architecture just a 3d space that allowed lighting designers liberty to lit performers where ever they are at stage.
The cosmic lighting matches Byrne’s philosophy perfectly where creating a modern rock concert that’s formal, more conversational, and heartfelt.
Category: Music Event Lighting (DJ/Video) / Stage Lighting
Winner: Design One Lighting Design
Lead Designer: Weston Wetzel
Location: New York, New York, United States
New York celebrated its 50th Anniversary of Stonewall where the colorful lighting design was able to capture the electric vibe of excitement and groove. Spectators enjoyed performances of famous artists with the likes of Mel C, Jake Shears, and Deborah Cox.
The lighting design includes large-faced lighting fixtures and is surrounded by pixel controlled structures vertically in place. The illuminated backdrop effectively draws the eyes to the tight stage and further highlighting the performers. Moving spotlights and washes were also added to create a movement that effectively energized both the talents and spectators. The result was a bright, colorful, psychedelic, and joyous celebration at the heart of Times Square.
Category: Winner in Stage Lighting
Winner: Sinclair / Wilkinson
Lead Designer Rob Sinclair
Location Coachella Festival, United Kingdom
The 1960’s liquid light shows’ psychedelic, electronic and avant-garde theatre were a rave in rock and disco shows and now is relived on stage.
The modern take of the psychedelic lighting utilizes sophisticated lighting consoles where stored sequences are on cue to each beat of the music. An array of neon and colorful lights swirls through the three-dimensional surround lighting while beams of light and blinding strobes further adds to the dancing lights. Right at the center of the backdrop is an iconic 40’ wide ring of light which was descended down creating a dramatic effect as it hovers down onto the performing band.
Commercial lighting has come a long way from the use of incandescent lighting to today’s modern lighting. With LED lights, sophisticated lighting controls and the availability of lightweight and even seamless luminaire materials gives lighting an array of design possibilities.
Though smart lighting has evolved the main goal of the design element has remained the same, and that is to evoke emotions to its spectators. In architectural lighting of commercial and retail spaces, its task and ability to encourage occupants, direct consumers, and showcase products in the illuminated surface and spaces.
To recognize the outstanding work of lighting designers LIT has named their winners for 2019. We’ve listed some of the winners here.
Categories: Winner in Conceptual Project/In Development
Winner: PRISM DESIGN
Lead Designer: TOMOHIRO KATSUKI
Location: Huzhou, China, China
Inspired by the iridescence of fish scales, the lighting concept of the flagship concept store of Fast Fish is a fresh approach to retail display. A fitting design choice as the such as scales are fished’ important protection such as the garments designed and sold by the clothing retailer. The flagship store is also a representation of the resiliency and innovation of the family-run fast-fashion retailer. It is based in Hangzhou, China that has 2,400 stores and 14,000 employees.
The bright lighting design employs mostly cool colors of aquamarine and white integrated with wood to add a welcoming atmosphere. Just like fish scales, the newly designed fashion store boasts hues of blue in small triangular-shaped forms intricately woven to create a stunning façade.
Similar triangular shapes are punched out on the mirror-like surface of the suspended ceiling draping over the interior. To illuminate displays track lighting is installed where the light effectively bounces on the metallic ceilings, making the shop highly illuminated.
Categories: Winner in Hotel and Restaurants Lighting
Winner: Tillotson Design Associates
Lead Designer: Suzan Tillotson, Erin Dreyfous, Megan Trimarchi
Location: New York, NY, United States
Four Seasons restaurant plays with subtle lighting to achieve a high-end dining experience. Beginning with the small pin lights, tucked in the rows of brass tubes that give a sense of coziness and a welcoming ambiance. The pin lights make the room look cleaner and uncluttered all the while having the room look wider and uncluttered. the traditional restaurant lighting… The bronze materials, along with the pin lights, are capable of emitting light for a variety of ranges from 1 to 20 foot-candles. The purpose is to adjust the room’s atmosphere for lunch to dinner.
The lighting gave the high-end restaurant a sophisticated and elegant ambiance as soft indirect lighting was used instead of the typical intensity of downlighting. To add a relaxed and warm atmosphere are intersecting bronze tubes that provide indirect illumination to the dining area.
A different approach is applied at the bar space where it features a softer and diffused quality of lighting. For a smooth transition from the bar, pass through the dimly-lit oxidized brass tunnel and just like a runway has miniature point lights opening to a larger and brighter main dining room.
The hundreds of gold-flecked glass beads hang from the ceiling to act as curtains for the windows to create that sparkling look that plays well with the light physics.
Categories: Winner in Ambient Lighting
Winner: LIGHTALLIANCE
Lead Designer: Kevin Grant
Location: Katara, Qatar, United Kingdom
Nordic traditions are used to inspire health, design, and hospitality, coupled with the smooth integration of local Arabic influences. The idea was to come up with this unique place that is able to provide the atmosphere necessary for the aforementioned Nordic experience while taking into consideration the limitations brought about by the existing conditions of the building in which the renovation took place. By playing around with the lights, specifically, the implementation of different lighting techniques such as filtering, blocking, or shadow management.
Dynamic elements in design that respond to time also help to set up the mood. Manipulating these different elements changes how it affects the environment and psychology of the guests: the darkness of winter and the brightness of summer or the lights shows of the Northern lights are simulated inside of the structure.
Categories: Winner in Ambient Lighting
Winner: Kris Lin International Design
Lead Designer: Kris Lin
Location: Changsha, China, China
Land space is becoming a huge concern for urban development as population growth is expected to grow in the next few decades. Thus, the creation of city complexes is seen as the solution for conserving space. But such structures don’t need to be solely functional, the integration of artistic elements is seen as beneficial to future residents. The designers for the Hive city project used a hive structure where hexagonal shapes are modeled into the ceiling at different heights and are distorted to create a rhythm to the space.
The beauty of Architecture-Time Tunnel
In this example image, the white geometry stairs leading to the second story is designed to be elegant and modern by playing with the lights. To create a dimensional structure, the light and the angles of the geometry and the materials are arranged the way shown, while taking into consideration an architectural design approach. In this manner, the field of architecture is able to emphasize its beauty in the interior space.
Categories: Winner in Ambient Lighting
Winner: Kris Lin International Design
Lead Designer: Kris Lin
Location: Zhejiang China, China
Fusing the old with the new, the Textile project’s main structure follows the existing architectural envelope of the old factory building while using architectural symbols of the broken lines to integrate the building into the interior. This respect to the history and original cultural style has been the main concern of its designer right from the premise of the project.
For the lighting, light strips are located above the reception desk that follows the roof form, just like a huge textile machine. The designer wanted to integrate the yarn elements of the textile machines as a modern design language integrated with the light to present the top and façade designs of the space.
LIT Design Awards has renewed its partnership with LED Forum Brazil;
LEDforum.20 ( Digital) taking place on the 6th of November 2020 and LEDforum.21 on the 19th and 20th of August 2021 in São Paulo.
As a partner, LIT Design Awards, “Designers of the Year” 2019 winners will receive a free ticket to join the event while some LIT winning projects will be presented during the event.
LEDforum 2020: The 11th edition of the largest lighting design congress in Latin America will take place online!
For the first time on a digital platform, LEDforum reaffirms its mission: to offer quality content in an environment of exchange and intense networking.
Aware of its relevance in strengthening the sense of community in the world of lighting, the LEDforum organization maintained its enthusiasm and dedication, in the face of all the challenges imposed by the pandemic, to recalculate the route and reconstruct the 2020 edition.
The event brings together an audience of lighting designers, architects, product designers, urban planners, landscapers, academics, developers and providers of lighting solutions, coming from different regions of Brazil and Latin America.
Learn more about https://www.ledforum.com.br