Preparing for its fifth annual gala event, L A M P has announced its top 10 lighting finalists in three categories for 2018. Judged by some of the world’s top lighting industry leaders, the lights were chosen from over 142 submissions worldwide, from 85 cities and 28 countries. This year, L A M P’s gala event will kick off the Offsite Programming for IDS Vancouver on Tuesday, September 18 and winners will be announced on event day.   

“IDS Vancouver has found a most ideal partner in the design forward, internationally recognized L A M P event. We couldn’t be more pleased to support the Gala and celebrated L A M P competition.” Jody Phillips, Director at IDS Vancouver.

In no specific order, L A M P’s top 10 established finalists are listed below, and emerging and student finalists can be viewed on L A M P's website

• OVO by Adrian Fisher from Vancouver, BC, Canada
• Boom by Stickbulb/RUX Studios from New York, NY, USA
• Apollo Chandelier by Taylor McKenzie-Veal from  Chicago, IL & New York, USA
• Just Another Lamp by David Grifols from Barcelona, Spain
• L n°004 by Pierric De Coster from Antwerp, Belgium
• Cube Petra by Stanev from Philadelphia, PA, USA
  
• Mito by by Tom Fereday and Rakumba Lighting of Melbourne, Australia 
  
• EastWest Light by Ákos Huber from Kecskemet, Hungary
• Portal by Mark Kinsley from Chicago, IL, USA
• Orbital Series by Michel Duvernet from Nelson, BC, Canada
  
  

L A M P aims to introduce a broader audience to lighting design while promoting and connecting emerging talent to new markets. Each year the competition challenges designers to approach their lamps with the guidance of a theme. The judges made their decisions based on a set evaluation ranging from aesthetics, marketability, innovation, and unique interpretation of this year’s theme, Balance.

The 2018 esteemed panel of judges include: Ingo Maurer, Michael Anastassiades, Jaime Derringer (Design Milk), Alex Josephson (PARTISANS), Tim Rundle (Tim Rundle Studio), Scott Bridgens (Resident), Rich Brilliant Willing, Bec Brittain, and Robyn York (Inform Contract). Read more about L A M P’s judges here.

L A M P’s gala event will be held on Tuesday, September 18 from 7 p.m. to 11 p.m. PST at Inform Contract, 405 Railway Street, Vancouver, BC, V6A 1A7.  To purchase tickets, visit IDS Vancouver.

About L A M P

Established in 2013, L A M P (Lighting Architecture Movement Project) is run by Vancouver founders Annika Siemsen and Nicole Fox. L A M P attracts the Pacific Northwest's top product designers, architects, business entrepreneurs and design enthusiasts to its unique event that celebrates the best in emerging, contemporary lighting design. Now in its fifth year,

L A M P looks forward to growing into an internationally recognizable institution for creative minds to showcase their lighting designs. 

About IDS Vancouver

IDS Vancouver has grown in size and in ambition at equal pace with the city it is so proud to support. Taking place once a year in September the IDS Vancouver design fair has grown to include; diverse programming and workshops for youth, for students and for the design trade as well as collaborative installations and experiences both off site and on. Drawing attention to the region as a heavy hitting design destination, IDS Vancouver actively engages with and participates at other international fairs all year long as a way to profile the talent of the region and to source and stay informed with design internationally.