We have posted all entries into 2011 LightCycle competition to our web site. Perhaps you were at the opening. If not, you can check out all entries by clicking here.
Have a look, decide which one you like best and leave a comment on our Facebook page stating which one you liked best and you’re done. Easy.
We had a fantastic opening for LightCycle on Friday night at Donkey Wheel House. A great crowd turned up to see the entries and of course to hear who the winners were.
For those unable to attend, the winners were:
5th – Filter by Liquid Architecture
4th – Pomegranite by Nick Stevenson
3rd – 1664 by Lucas Chirnside and Bianca Looney
2nd – Nest by Antony Di Mase
AND THE WINNER: Beeswax by Hassell
I witnessed the judging process and their job was not an easy one. Many thanks to James Staughton, Mim Holmes and Jess Perry for their efforts in this department.
We were pleased to see a good many of the crowd hang around for the party afterwards. It was all great fun until the neon got broken.
The winner: Beeswax Light by Hassell
John Aiello works the room
We can unveil the prizes for this year’s LightCycle competition…
Through the generous sponsorship of Eagle Lighting, Erco, ECC and Dean Phillips we have the following prizes:
- An Erco Lucy Table lamp
- A ‘Falling in Love’ table lamp from Tobias Grau
- A planet desk lamp in retro red
In addition to the above we have the Dean Phillips Prize – the winner will enter into negotiations with Melbourne Lighting Designer and Manufacturer Dean Phillips with a view to having your light put into production in their range (imagine how good that will look on your CV).
And a people’s choice award.
Erco Lucy desk lamp
Thank you to all of our sponsors for LightCycle
We really appreciate the following contributions:
Lightmoves for helping stage the event
Erco, ECC and Eagle for the fabulous prizes
Dean Phillips for making the gorgeous entry kits and sponsoring the Dean Phillips Prize
Osram for giving us 50 very special LED lamps
Moonlighting, SLA, JSB, Light Project, Euroluce and Zumtobel for sponsoring the venue, food, drinks and entertainment for the opening party.
We couldn’t have done it without you, thank you.
Architectural lighting design is something of a fledgling profession compared with some of our peers in architecture, interior design, landscape architecture, etc. That’s OK, we accept that.
Many people who enter our profession come from disparate backgrounds – at Electrolight our team comprises designers with backgrounds in architecture, industrial design, theatre and engineering. But we are all now architectural lighting designers now because we have applied this background learning to our craft, have gained additional specific lighting qualifications, obtained peer-reviewed certification and practice our trade on a daily basis.
We’ve noticed a number of our contemporaries of late calling themselves ‘Lighting architects’, ‘Designers that work with light’, ‘Visual planners’. We’ve even come across ‘Brightness arrangers’, for goodness sake! What’s wrong with calling yourself a lighting designer if you are a lighting designer? It’s hard enough getting lighting design included as a specialist consultant in project briefs as it is without confusing potential clients further with ambiguous titles.
We’re lighting designers and we’re proud to be called lighting designers.
Our LightCycle competition has an exciting development – we are stoked to announce the Dean Phillips Prize.
So aside from the fabulous prizes of exotic light fixtures that will go to the winning entries, the Dean Phillips prize-winner will have their entry featured in Dean Phillips’ range (along with the immeasurable kudos that would be associated with that, not to meantion royalties). Click here for more on Dean Phillips Lighting.
There are just 3 weeks in which to enter LightCycle so if you are keen and have not yet entered we want to hear from you.
What’s LightCycle?
LightCycle is a sustainable light fixture design competition. Entrants are given a new LED light-bulb and are asked to create a light fixture that is beautiful while embodying the principles of environmental sustainability. Entries will form an exhibition as part of the 2011 State of Design festival - Australia’s largest design festival. Not only that, selected entries may go on permanent display for the fantastic good cause which is our venue partner Donkey Wheel House.
As usual, there will be fantastic prizes to be won, there will be a great big opening night party and money-can’t-buy kudos on your CV if you are amongst the winners.
Check out the entries for LightCycle 2007 and LightCycle 2009 if you are looking for inspiration.
Better get in quick, time is ticking and entries strictly limited to 50. Good luck!
The third and final event of our ‘Socialight’ series of events was the Meaning of Light which was held this week at ACMI in Fed Square.
We asked 7 (yes 7) people, whose backgrounds could not have been more different a simple question: “What does light mean to you?”
We heard from leading aboriginal artist and advocate Vicki Couzens about light in the context of dreamtime and her culture generally.
Then Shannon McGrath shared some beautiful images from her portfolio including some never before published new works which were sublime.
Then prolific visual artist Alexander Knox showed us some amazing images and movies of his work which is all about light in all its forms, natural, artificial, direct, reflected.
Monash University’s scientist Dr Tracey Sletten then blew us all away with her research into the effects of blue light on the human circadian system.
Next up was Kirsten Bauer, leader of Aspect Landscape Architecture studio who showed photos that demonstrate a profound appreciation of natural daylight, of shadows and the changes in light over time and the effect of this on landscape.
Marc Pascal showed us the inner workings of his mind as well as his workshop in giving us the back-story behind his wonderful lighting creations.
Finally architect, broadcaster and academic Stuart Harrison concluded by taking us a whirlwind journey from 2001 A Space Odyssey, to houses from the Northern Territory to the south of New Zealand via Tron.
It one one of those magical nights where each and every one of the speakers were wonderful, their content extraordinary. The audience realised how special it was and was suitably engaged and appreciative. Makes me smile to think of it; was certainly worth the effort to organise.
Shannon McGrath finds Nirvana
I had the pleasure on Friday night of attending the Victorian chapter of the Australian Institute of Architects awards presentation dinner.
AAMI Park pretty much swept the board winning the Victorian Architectural Medal, The William Wardle Award for Public Architecture, the Colorbond Award for Steel in Architecture and the Melbourne Prize. Our congratulation to Cox Architects and everybody associated with the project.
500 Bourke Street also did very well winning the Commercial Architecture award and the Joseph Reed Award for urban design. Congratulations to John Wardle Architects.
For us both projects represented considerable technical and aesthetic challenges. The integration of light in both projects was particularly pleasing and we are delighted to have played a small part in the overall success of each project.
AAMI Park
It’s great to live in Melbourne
July 20th, 2011 by paulIt might be the middle of the winter. But, undoubtedly, it’s one of the best times of the year to be in Melbourne.
That’s because when the weather turns gnarly, it design, design, design down Melbourne way.
First we had the Light in Winter festival which gets better every year. And now, starting today, it’s State of Design; Australia’s premier design festival with over 100 events over the next 11 days. Of course we’re excited most about LightCycle but there are so many other great things to check out as well – well worth a visit to the festival’s website.
And look out for AAMI Park stadium – our lights will turn red for the duration of the festival which will be VERY cool…
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