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04/30/2006
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Lights of the Future
Lights of the Future: jury awards prizes to luminaires distinguished by extraordinary design
Presentation of prizes and exhibition of prize-winning designs at Light+Building 2006
'Lights of the Future' is a European design competition that revolves around tomorrow's lighting trends and singles out energy-saving luminaires and energy-efficient lighting systems distinguished by extraordinary design for the private and, for the first time, the business sphere. The winning luminaires combine seemingly contradictory features, i.e., design and functionality, comfort and energy efficiency. This year, prizes have been awarded to 17 products and objects from 16 manufacturers from six countries – Germany, Finland, Italy, Switzerland, Sweden and Austria.
The prize winners include five suspended / pendant lamps made by Ateljé Lyktan ab from Sweden, two German manufacturers, Grimmeisen Vertriebs GmbH and Lumex Lichttechnik, and two Swiss manufacturers, Ribag Licht AG and Lightwave B Flury.
Extremely interesting is the design and finish of the prize-winning table lamps made by Industrial Micro Systems from Switzerland and Luceplan from Italy. Italian manufacturer Artemide has been singled out for two of the coveted 'Light of the Future 2006' awards for products in the table-lamp category.
The jury was also impressed by the Artic Sun wall luminaire made by the Finish manufacturer Artequa Oy and the Asteria range of luminaires produced by Spectral Gesellschaft für Lichttechnik mbH from Germany.
The Millennio outdoor luminaire from Hess Form + Licht (Germany) attracts attention through its unusual and, hence, striking design. Another highlight among the prize-winning luminaires is a standard lamp created by Ingo Maurer (Germany), which fully lives up to its name: 'Knüller' (sensation).
Reggiani S.p.A. Illuminazione from Italy has been awarded a prize for its 'biSio' fitted luminaire, as has Ludwig Leuchten from Germany for its fitted luminaire No. 421-388 FC10. Zweibrüder Optoelectronics from Germany have been honoured for the LED Lenser dot.spot while Austria's Zumtobel Staff took the only prize awarded in the chandelier category for its VORTEXX chandelier.
Five judging criteria were used to select products worthy of a prize: innovativeness, overall design concept, illuminant, materials employed and technical quality. Common to all prize-winning objects is the use of compact fluorescent lamps with a pin base, rod-type three-band fluorescent lamps, halogen metal-vapour lamps or LED. Additionally, all products must already be available on the European market or due to be launched in the very near future.
Lights of the Future also gives young designers the chance to present their ideas to a broad audience. The first, second and third prizes are worth a total of € 5,000 and are awarded to designs that impress the jury through, in particular, their prospects for realisation. Young designers from all over Europe – Germany, Finland, France, Great Britain, Italy, Austria and Switzerland – submitted twelve prototypes and models of luminaires and lighting systems. The winner of the first prize is the Spiralight by Robin Carpenter from Germany. The second prize for young designers goes to the Luna luminaire von Bettina Wassermann from France. Third prize has been awarded twice: for the Blattwerk luminaire by Henning Bögershausen and L!ight-Me by Sabrina Catrin Meyer, both from Germany.
The Lights of the Future prizes will be presented during Light+Building, at 2 p.m. on 24 April 2006. Additionally, all prize-winning luminaires and lighting systems will be exhibited at a special show in Hall 6.2 (stand B 80).
The design competition was founded by the European Commission Joint Research Centre (JRC) in 1999 and has been organised by Messe Frankfurt alone since 2004. The European Commission continues to be associated with the competition as cooperation partner and notional sponsor. The German Design Council (Rat für Formgebung) has also contributed its experience in organising and holding competitions to Lights of the Future.
With around 114,000 square metres of exhibition space (net) and some 2,000 exhibitors, Light+Building, International Trade Fair for Architecture and Technology, is the biggest international trade event for lighting, electrical engineering and house and building automation. In 2006, it will open its doors from 23 to 27 April and present the whole world of technical innovations and highlights for buildings to an estimated audience of 116,000 trade visitors.
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(Source: Messe Frankfurt)
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