Lamp Lighting Solutions Awards‘15 2015, the International Year of Light declared by UNESCO. A year in which light will finally begin to be appreciated in the manner it deserves. Many years have been spent fighting on behalf of the culture of light. And this year, for even greater reasons, I have the great honour of presenting the finalists of the Lamp Lighting Solutions Awards. Moreover, this edition will also be presenting the “Life of Light” award for a life dedicated to light. The Lamp Lighting team is enormously proud to have hosted the sixth edition of these awards which began quietly in...

“It is with light that we can bring soul and spirit back into architecture and perhaps find our own soul in the process”. Arthur Erickson What does it mean to win a Lamp Lighting award? The answer is simple: It means a lot. Why? Because your work has been judged by your peers and determined to be the best. This excellent awards scheme is fast establishing itself as a key part of the global lighting calendar. The proof of this lies not only in the number of entries received - 598 from over 54 countries - but more importantly in the rising quality of those schemes which saw the very best in lighting...

Lamp Lighting Solutions Awards‘15 una larga experiencia en el diseño de iluminación. También lo sé porque las discusiones han sido duras, las preguntas incisivas y el nivel de exigencia muy alto. Pero lo sé sobre todo porque en todos los casos la decisión de conceder un premio fue unánime. Al final todos llegamos a la misma conclusión: “¡sí, es éste!”. Y a la hora de seleccionar los proyectos ganadores, no nos sedujo la fotografía; prestamos una gran atención a la intención del diseño, a la respuesta creativa y a la ejecución técnica de todos y cada uno de los proyectos. Así que los ganadores...

Lamp Lighting Solutions Awards^15 Mark Major (United Kingdom) Douglas Leonard Anne Bureau Emma Cogswell Lighting Designer. Lighting Designer. Lighting Designer. Lighting Designer and IALD Europe Projects Manager. Anupama Kundoo Juan Carlos Sancho Ignasi Bonjoch Interior Designer.

International Year of Light Lamp Lighting Solutions Awards‘15 UNESCO proclaimed 2015 as the International Year of Light (IYL 2015). Light plays a vital role in our daily lives. It has revolutionized medicine, opened up international communication via the Internet, and continues to be central to linking cultural, economic and political aspects of the global society. The Lamp Lighting Solutions Awards 2015 had to be different to the previous years. On the first hand, the “Life of Light” is a recognition to a professional for a life dedicated to light. On the other hand, we wanted to single out...

Lamp Lighting Solutions Awards‘15 ARCHITECTURAL OUTDOOR LIGHTING Full Moon Philharmonic Hall INDOOR LIGHTING Museo Chileno de Arte Precolombino Light Garden URBAN AND LANDSCAPE LIGHTING Dolmen Light, Hondsrug Tunnel The Undulating Bridge Hoofddorp Memorial Víctimas de la Violencia en México Northern Lights Pole d’Echange Multimodal de la gare de Dax STUDENTS PROPOSALS Body Fabric Light Light of Ancestral Seas Lighting Umbrella Pow Light [Stingray Light]

Lamp Lighting Solutions Awards’15 Life Of Light Recognition

Agneta Ejhed and Jan Ejhed Life of Light Recognition Jury Evaluation: This special award is given to two people who have given their entire professional lives to the promotion of lighting education and the lighting profession. They have not only taught many generations of students the skills they needed at a vital time for the development of lighting design but have also acted as an inspiration to many fellow lighting designers. They have been ambassadors for light, continuously and generously devoting their lives to the betterment of lighting design. They are also the perfect expression of a...

Lamp Lighting Solutions Awards‘15 Life of Light Recognition

Lamp Lighting Solutions Awards‘15 4. The commitment to their colleagues: They promoted the first Interuniversities Symposium, the Light Symposium, organized with Wismar University. Also, they have done countless collaborations with other teachers. They are the strongest support among the former ELDA (later PLDA) to keep education within the priorities of the professionals. 5. Finally, and maybe the most important for teachers, they have been absolutely committed with... their students!!! Just talk with one of them. So, those are our five reasons: strong commitment with knowledge, to the profession,...

Lamp Lighting Solutions Awards’15 International Year Of Light Special Mention

Between Silence Lighting Project Author: reMM Michela Mezzavilla Roberto Eleuteri International Year of Light Developer: APDI, Llum Bcn Special Mention Jury Evaluation: The jury gave this subtle and beautiful temporary urban project a special mention for the simple and poetic manner in which it used light and darkness to bring people together to commemorate a tragic event. City / Country: Barcelona, Spain Something special and difficult to explain happens to you when you visit Plaça Sant Felip Neri; everyone senses it, even without knowing the dramatic historical events this place witnessed during...

Lamp Lighting Solutions Awards‘15 Photography: Roberto Eleuteri International Year Of Light Special Mention

Photography: Roberto Eleuteri

Lamp Lighting Solutions Awards‘15 Lighting Solution This light installation pays tribute to the historical memory of the square, and invites the citizens to put a small light in each one of the bullet wounds of its façades, using LEDs and candles. Public illumination is switched off, and visitors arrive on the scene after walking through narrow lanes illuminated only by candlelight. By the time they get to the square, their eyes are perfectly adapdted to darkness and ready to enjoy a new vision of this evocative place. In the darkness of the square, hundreds of small LED lights welcome us and...