LAMP Celebrates 3rd Annual International Design Competition Winners
From November 12 to 15, Vancouver-based LAMP (Lighting Architecture Movement Project) is recognizing the winners of this year’s International Design Competition with an exhibit showcasing 20 original jury-selected lighting entries.
LAMP received 90 submissions worldwide, from 48 cities and 21 countries. This year’s judges made their decisions based on a set evaluation ranging from aesthetics, marketability, innovation, and unique interpretation of this year’s theme: Crystallize.
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The judges included:
• Tom Dixon
• Michael Anastassiades
• Nancy Bendtsen, Inform Interiors
• Omer Arbel, Bocci Design
• John Patkau (Patkau Architects)
• Falken Reynolds (Chad Falkenberg, Kelly Reynolds)
• ANDLIGHT (Lukas Peet, Caine Heintzman and Matt Davis)
LAMP aims to introduce a broader audience to lighting design while promoting and connecting emerging talent to new markets. Run by Vancouver founders Annika Hagen and Nicole Fox, LAMP allows designers, architects, and those with an appreciation for design to be part of a growing must-see exhibition that connects the local community with dynamic design. Now in its third year, LAMP looks forward to growing into an internationally recognizable institution for creative minds to showcase their designs.
This year’s top three first place winners in each category appear below. All three are based in Toronto.
Established — Gweilo, by Alex Josephson
Concept statement: Gweilo is a new family of lighting that transforms the light source itself. We were obsessed with the idea of creating a light that is light itself rather than a fixture, housing or clothing for standard bulbs. Gweilo was about getting as close to the source as possible. We started asking why can’t light pool, drip or drape? How do we crystallize the ineffable beauty of light?
Each light is hand sculpted by an artist in its hot plastic state; each acrylic sheet is thermoformed by hand inside of a walk-in industrial oven. Thin strips of LED bulbs, encased in a perforated metal sheath, are adhered to the edge of these beautiful and dynamic sculptures. To date, the family of Gweilo lights includes floor and table lighting, as well as chandeliers; www.partisanprojects.com/shop/gweilo
Emerging — Eclipse, by Annie Tung
Concept statement: Eclipse is a collaboration between ECAL and Vacheron Constantin. As an ECAL student, I worked with Swiss craftsmen Vincent Du Bois to give a traditional practice a contemporary perspective.
I was interested in finding the balance and/or limits between traditional marble sculpting techniques and technology. At the same time, my aim was to apply my background in metal-smithing to lighting design. Recent technological innovations have made the process of working with marble easier and more accessible to artists and designers, resulting in a marble renaissance.
Approximately 300mm, 150mm deep. Hand-carved crystalline marble, copper and brass is shaped, soldered and chrome plated. One part of the electrical is soldered to the copper ‘cup’ with one wire cable running down the brass tube. 3W LED light; http://annietungcreative.com
Student — Diverge, by Christina Wilkinson and Danna Lei
Concept statement: Diverge is a collision of movement, aesthetics, and functionality through its simple form. It is an adaptable and multi-functional lamp that behaves as a rotating piece of art that can perform a variety of uses. As the light itself emulates from within the concrete block, through the layers of dichroic film and glass, the lamp becomes a representation of the development of crystals forming within earth’s natural bedrock.
The base form of the lamp is a cast concrete shell to represent the base-rock of the earth within which the crystals form; the shape was divided in half to create functionality and mobility. The two pure forms of crystals were then used to create the voids within the cast concrete blocks to introduce light into a seemingly impenetrable material.
The cast concrete shell is made of fibre-reinforced concrete to create the lightest yet solid structural form for the base of the lamp. The thickness of the shell is 3/4″. The inserted magnetized glass is a combination of low iron glass with an applied dichroic film to the interior faces. Located inside the concrete shell are the strips of LED lights connected to two embedded motion sensors within the concrete exterior. The magnetic removable component allows the user to access the LED lights, motion sensors and batteries within the concrete block. Dimensions: 18″ high, 18″ wide, 36″ long.
Find out more: www.welovelamp.ca/
