Winners of the 2020 edition of the LIT Lighting Design Awards announced

The LIT Lighting Design Awards was created to recognize the efforts of talented international lighting product designers and lighting implementers. The organization believes lighting is both and art and a science, and that it is one of the most important elements of design. LIT was envisioned to celebrate creativity and innovation in the fields of lighting products and applications.

The LIT Jury board members evaluated all submissions from 43 countries, based not only on the highest of current lighting design standards and trends but also seeking out truly visionary designers showcasing creativity and innovation.

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Chicago Union Station Hall restoration, in the category of Interior Architectural Illumination, is a project led by Erin Held in partnership with Goettsch Partners, winner of the lighting designer of the year category

The Artist’s Hand, designed by Namh Barry based in Dublin, wins in the category of Designer and Custom Lighting

The Artist’s Hand, designed by Namh Barry based in Dublin, wins in the category of Designer and Custom Lighting

The Artist’s Hand, designed by Namh Barry based in Dublin, wins in the category of Designer and Custom Lighting

A student project from Politecnico di Milano, Italy, designed by Swathi Madhi, Luca Gregorini, and Micaela Malusa wins the category of Interior Architectural Illumination

A student project from Politecnico di Milano, Italy, designed by Swathi Madhi, Luca Gregorini, and Micaela Malusa wins the category of Interior Architectural Illumination

ORI – your everyday light, in the category of Mood Lighting, is a student project from the National Insitute of Design in Gandhinagar, India

ORI – your everyday light, in the category of Mood Lighting, is a student project from the National Insitute of Design in Gandhinagar, India

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“As we struggle this year with an unprecedented challenge. The lighting product designers and lighting designer actions global kept with their excellence in designing. With more than 350 designs submitted this year, you will find some incredible designs by both professional designers and students. This collection of winning works will set new standards in best of best in lighting design.” Said Mr Hossein Farmani – Founder.

LIT Design Awards was assembled by the Farmani Group as the sister initiative of the IDA International Design Awards, which has been recognizing and celebrating smart and sustainable multidisciplinary design since 2007.

The Farmani Group, established in 1985, is responsible for many successful awards around the globe. Farmani Group organizes the International Design Awards (IDA), Architecture Masterprize, DNA Paris Design Awards, London International Creative Awards, Prix de la Photographie in Paris, and the Annual Lucie Awards for Photography, which has emerged as one of the world’s most prestigious awards.

Here are the winners of the LIT Lighting Design Awards 2020 edition in the professional and student categories:

• Lighting designer of the year – Union Station Great Hall Restoration by CharterSills
• Lighting product design of the year – Artist’s Hand by Namh Barry Studio
• Emerging lighting designer of the year – Interior lighting: Office, Stockholm, Sweden
• Emerging lighting product design of the year – ORI – your everyday light by Neeraj R Jawale and Samriti Gosain