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Eaton announced its 41st Annual Source Awards on May 7, 2018, during an awards luncheon at Lightfair, which took place in Chicago at McCormick Place. Hugh Herr, Professor of Media Arts and Sciences, at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology was the luncheon keynote speaker. His talk, titled “The New Era of Extreme Bionics,” described advances in and his groundbreaking work in the area of Biomechatronics, technology that marries human physiology with electromechanics.
The Source Awards program, which debuted in 1977, made a significant change in 2018, repositioning the awards program to focus only on student work, [link: http://www.archlighting.com/industry/eaton-announces-2018-source-awards_o] and eliminating the professional level categories.
“The future of lighting depends on the next generation of designers. Our awards program is designed to give students the opportunity to apply their creative thinking and education to achieve real-world experience,” said Kraig Kasler, president, Eaton’s Lighting Division. “We are committed to nurturing future lighting professionals and look forward to seeing how the talented winners of this year’s competition will impact the lighting industry.”
This year’s Source Awards included nine awards featuring one overall winner, five honorable mentions, and three awards recognition. The awards were as follows:
Winner
Project: Eclipse Studios (see image above), a conceptual lighting design of a remodeled barn serving as a contemporary design studio, which uses a sustainable and energy efficient lighting design
Student: Laura Blythe
School: Purdue University, West Lafayette, Indiana
Instructor: Kevin Woolley, Assistant Professor of Interior Design, Department of Art and Design, Purdue University
Honorable Mentions:
Project: Dynamic Design Firm (see image above), a conceptual lighting design for a lighting design firm’s office
Student: Hannah Bulow
School: Purdue University, West Lafayette, Indiana
Instructor: Kevin Woolley
Project: A Cultural “Twist” on Turkish Cuisine (see image above), a conceptual lighting design for a restaurant
Student: Ally Mangini
School: Appalachian State University, Boone, North Carolina
Instructor: Jeanne Mercer-Ballard, Associate Professor, Department of Applied Design, Interior Design, Appalachian State University
Project: Acclaim Arcade (see image above), a conceptual lighting design for an arcade
Student: Casey A. Hine
School: Ringling College of Art + Design, Sarasota, Florida
Instructor: Seongwoo Nam, senior adviser to the president for global initiatives, faculty interior design and office of the president at Ringling College of Art and Design
Project: The Infinity Room (see image above), a conceptual lighting design for a stress relieving facility
Student: Savanna Vega
School: Ringling College of Art + Design, Sarasota, Florida
Instructor: Seongwoo Nam
Project: The Winter Escape (see image above), a conceptual lighting design for a boutique hotel
Student: Gericel De Los Santos
School: Ringling College of Art + Design, Sarasota, Florida
Instructor: Seongwoo Nam
Award of Recognition – Judge’s Choice:
Project: New Beginnings, Bringing Light from the Outdoors a conceptual lighting design for an interior design firm office
Student: Cassandra Crawford
School: Purdue University, West Lafayette, Indiana
Instructor: Kevin Woolley
Award of Recognition – Sustainability:
Project: Valleydate Interiors a conceptual lighting design for an interior design firm office
Student: Mercedes Arenas
School: Purdue University, West Lafayette, Indiana
Instructor: Kevin Woolley
Award of Recognition:
Project: A Creative Building: Department on Architecture + Construction + Landscape Architecture a conceptual building lighting design project
Student: Isabel Leon Villasmil
School: University of North Carolina at Greensboro, Greensboro, North Carolina
Instructor: Dr. Amanda Gale, Assistant Professor, Interior Architecture at the University of North Carolina at Greensboro
Blythe received a prize of $2,000 and each of the honorable mention recipients received a prize of $500. All the winners are invited to attend a class at The Source, Eaton’s educational center in Peachtree City, Ga. For information about the annual Source Awards competition, go to TheLightingResouce.Eaton.com.
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