Since the competition began, the amount of submissions has been steadily increasing.  Last year, a record 90 submissions were on exhibit for one night only and they virtually occupied every available space at the Center for Architecture. As a result, the competition committee decided to move the event to a larger venue, Lotus Space in Chelsea.

Awards

First Place Award $3,000 , plus airfare, accommodations, and registration fee to attend Fall 2007 European Lighting Designers Association Workshop

Chung-Jung Liao , a candidate for an MFA in Lighting Design at Parsons The New School for Design, won first prize for his installation Madala in Light, an interactive installation that uses the translucency of sand to create a unique lighting experience for one user.  Sand is replaced with salt pouring down from funnels creating the pattern of the Mandala, a Tibetan Buddhist representation of the cosmos characterized by a concentric configuration of geometric shapes.  Lit from below, the white crystals gi ve different color values depending on the amount of accumulation. The user can also redraw the lines in the sand to create unique images.   (Instructor: Nelson Jenkins)

photos by Chung-Jung Liao

Second Place Award $1,000

Sara Elizabeth Foley , who is studying for her Bachelors of Engineering at Cooper Union for the Advancement of Science won second place for The Light Prism , a kaleidoscope that surrounds an individual viewer with light and color within the confines of a long, tent-like structure. The installation uses 15 one- watt color changing LEDs that produce intense color wit h minimal heat output.  The viewer can select from a series of differently patterned screens to change the mood inside. (Instructor: Professor Toby Cumberbatch)

photos by David Lara

Thi rd Place Award $500

Ross Guntert , an undergraduate majoring in architecture at Parsons The New School for Design took third prize and a $ 500 cash award from the IESNY for Refracted by Levers, a series of levers that when pulled and pushed change the intensity of the refraction of light in a black box. ( Instructors: Gundula Proksch, Michael Morris, and Randy Sabedra

photos by David Lara

Honora ble Mentions

                  photo by                               photo by Siriphot Manoch                         photo by David Lara

        Wanlop Chantarakolkit

Wanlop Chantarakolkit, MFA Lighting Parsons The New School for Design (Instructor: Nelson Jenkins)

Siriphot M anoch MFA Lighting Parsons The New School for Design (Instructor: Nelson Jenkins)

Ian Lotto BFA Architecture Parsons The New School for Design (Instructors: Gundula Proksch, Michael Morris, Randy Sabedra)

Jury

• Joachim Ritter Editor in Chief of Professional Lighting Magazine
• Alison Ritter Teacher, Lighting Technology and Design Text Translator, and Director of ELDA+
• Frank Conti President of Enterprise Lighting Sales and board member of the IESNY
• Molly McKnight Associate of Brandston Partnership Inc
• Coren Sharples Principal of SHoP Architects
• Dennis McKee Director of special projects and corporate affairs, Bartco Lighting

Keynote Speakers

Media artist Ben Rubin , who amazed the audience at the recent Speed of Light conference, founded EAR Studio in 1993.  The firm provides design, consulting, and production services to architects, museums, artists, producers and performers in the areas of video and projection design, interactive design, exhibition design, sound design and production, acoustics, audible interface design, and media in public space. Mr. Rubin has completed two major public artworks in 2006: "San Jose Semaphore" for the city of San Jose, and "Four Stories" for the Minneapolis Public Library. 

Joachim Ritter , FELDA is editor-in-chief and publisher of Professional Lighting Design magazine (PLD), the official magazine of the International Association of Lighting Designers (IALD) as well as of the European Lighting Designers’ Association (ELDA).  The magazine has a distribution of over 35,000 copies in more than 100 countries.  Mr. Ritter is a founding member of ELDA and is involved in practical lighting workshops and conferences for lighting professionals and architects worldwide.

2007 IESNY Student Grant Competition Committee

• Chair: Giselle Mercado , Cooley Monato Studio
• Vice-Chair: Renee Joosten , Cooley Monato Studio Committee
• Members:  Brian Belluomini , Brandston Partnership, Jeeyoun Park , Cooley Monato Studio, Robin Miller , Kugler Associates, Shelley Haniff , Brandston Partnership , Eleanor Macdonald , Tirschwell & Co.,Inc , Amer Maleh , L'Observatoire International, and Scott Thurm , Bartco Lighting
• IESNY Board Advisor: Randy Sabedra of RS Lighting Design, and Frank Conti of Enterprise Lighting Sales

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