Contests » Light on the Gesu An Ideas Competition

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Entry Deadline
Jan 14 2009

Website: Quartier des Spectacles

Competition Details

The Quartier des spectacles and the Gesù, in collaboration with Design Montréal of Ville de Montréal, invite you to submit your ideas for architectural and scenographic lighting that express this building’s living heritage.

Le Gesù – Centre de créativité (henceforth “the Gesù”), the Quartier des spectacles artnership and Design Montréal proudly announce the launch of the “Illumination Pof the Gesù Façade” competition.

This ideas competition will consist of a single round of judging, is open to all and is part of the Lighting Plan for Montreal’s Quartier des spectacles. The contest will be a collective reflection on the challenges of expressing the identity of a remarkable heritage building through the enhancement of its façade. For fifteen years, this uilding has been a centre for multidisciplinary cultural activities, including a bprogram that supports the creation of contemporary art.

The Gesù was recognized as a cultural asset in 1975 and has since continued to extend its activities, which contribute to the development of Montreal’s culture. It is a place of art and history, of performances and conferences, of the exposition of contemporary art, of research and creation in dance and intercultural relations – all longside its life as a religious site. The complexity of its program makes it an aatypical creative centre.

A jury composed of members known for their activities in the fields of architecture, heritage conservation, lighting and the arts will have the authority to evaluate projects submitted to the competition, along the following criteria: 1) The originality of the lighting submission in relation to the mandate of a contemporary creative centre; 2) The submission’s innovative participation in the Quartier des spectacles ighting Plan (developed by the Partnership); 3) The submission’s ability to Lenhance a major component of Montreal’s religious heritage.

The jury will judge all the submissions and select three entries. From a prize fund of 20,000, four awards will be distributed: $10,000 to the contest winner, $5,000 to $the runner-up, $3,000 to the third-place entry and $2,000 to the public’s choice.

In addition to this, the organizing committee of the Illumination of the Gesù Façade competition will be publicizing all the propositions submitted, through a public exposition as well as publications of various kinds, in order to reward the efforts of the entrants.
Alongside the judging process – the results of which will be final – an exposition will Abe held at the Gesù to allow the public to vote for its favorite proposition.

Website: Quartier des Spectacles

Contests » GE Edison Award 2008

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Entry Deadline:
Jan 12 2009

Website: GE Lighting

Call for Entries Details

The 2008 GE Edison Award competition is open to those lighting professionals who creatively employ significant use of GE light sources (lamps and/or LEDs) in a lighting design project completed during the 2008 calendar year (from 01 January 2008 through 31 December 2008).

Eligibility

The GE Edison Award competition is open to all professional designers, architects, engineers, and consultants (except GE employees) who have made significant use of GE lamps in the submitted project. Only installations completed between 1 January 2008 and 31 December 2008 may be submitted. Award winners and entrants in a previous GE Edison Award program may not resubmit previous entries, but are invited to submit new projects. Multiple projects may be submitted by the same entrant/entrants.

This competition is to find a work that makes significant and creative use of GE light sources (lamps and/or LEDs) in the submitted project. While the lighting installation need not be achieved exclusively through the use of GE light sources, the entry will be judged on the degree of achievement through the primary use of GE light sources.

Judging Criteria

A panel of lighting professionals, including one representative from GE, will judge qualifying entries using a point scale based on the following criteria:

• Functional excellence (15 points)
• Architectural compatibility (15 points)
• Effective use of state-of-the-art lighting products and techniques (15 points)
• Appropriate color, form and texture revelation (15 points)
• Energy effectiveness (15 points)
• Cost effectiveness (15 points)
• Additional features (10 points)

Projects scoring the highest number of points qualify to receive Awards of Excellence and Awards of Merit. The judges may also select Awards for Excellence in Environmental Design and an Award for Residential Design based on the presence of entries that encompass the exemplary and outstanding design features that support each category.

Awards for Excellence in Environmental Design are given to those projects that demonstrate exemplary lighting design that is sensitive to impacts on the environment. These designs, while providing high-quality lighting, should minimize the use of energy, maximize the use of daylighting, control light pollution, and ensure system durability and maintainability.

An Award for Residential Design may be presented to the project that best exemplifies excellence in a residential application. Expected features of this design would include innovative application(s) of light and the creative integration of lighting layers and controls.

Entries remain anonymous throughout the judging process and are evaluated equally, regardless of type or size of project. The decision of the judges is final.

Website: GE Lighting

Contests » BraunPrize 2009

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Website: BraunPrize 2009

Braun has launched the 17th edition of the BraunPrize.

This internationally recognized design competition is open to young industrial designers who are still studying or who have graduated within the last two years.

When it was established in 1968, the Braun- Prize was Germany’s first international competition to promote the work of young designers.

Braun’s commitment to this cause has been highly regarded by the design world and the design-aware public ever since.

In sponsoring the BraunPrize, Braun seeks to highlight the importance of industrial design and innovative products and to promote ideas for consumer items which help people in all aspects of their daily lives.

The BraunPrize seeks to promote the work of young designers from all over the world, to recognize the work of design schools and to help develop a greater appreciation of the factors and criteria which make for good product design.

Furthermore, it serves to make the ingenuity and creativity of young designers accessible to the public and to provide a link between young designers and industry or potential clients.

The total prize money amounts to € 36,000. The winner of the BraunPrize will receive € 12,000 in prize money and a (paid) six-month internship in the Design Department at Braun. The other finalists will each receive a prize of € 5,000. The remaining prize money will be distributed in the form of special recognition awards at the discretion of the jury.

Website: BraunPrize 2009