Your humble editor attended the 50th anniversary of the IESNYC Lumen Gala On June 14, 2018 at Chelsea Piers, and we conducted on-camera interviews with the winning Lighting Designers.
The IESNYC announced the recipients of the 2018 Lumen Awards at the 50th annual Lumen Gala at Pier 60, Chelsea Piers. Eleven Lumen Awards were presented and the winners were publicly recognized for their professionalism, excellence and originality in lighting design. Approximately 900 members of the lighting community and affiliated design industries from all over the country attended the gala. The Gala was the winners night to shine and everyone’s night to bask in the glow of all the festivities of a most illuminating evening!
Congratulations to the Winners for their Outstanding Achievements!
Award of Excellence
London Mithraeum
London, United Kingdom
LIGHTING DESIGN
Tillotson Design Associates
Suzan Tillotson, Mitul Parekh, and Shan Jiang
Schreiber Studio
Matthew Schreiber
Award of Excellence
Bloomberg European Headquarters
London, United Kingdom
LIGHTING DESIGN
Tillotson Design Associates
Suzan Tillotson, Mitul Parekh, Erin Dreyfous, Sara McElroy, and Krista Kennedy
Award of Merit
The Roy and Diana Vagelos Education Center
New York, NY
LIGHTING DESIGN
Tillotson Design Associates
Suzan Tillotson, Erin Dreyfous, Scott Baillie-Hinojosa, and Christopher Cheap
Award of Merit
1 Hotel Brooklyn Bridge
Brooklyn, NY
LIGHTING DESIGN
Lighting Workshop
Doug Russell and Jeeyoung Park
Award of Merit
Longwood Gardens Renovation
Kennett Square, PA
LIGHTING DESIGN
L’Observatoire International
Hervé Descottes, Jason Neches, and Natalia Priwin
Award of Merit
McKim, Mead & White Dining Room Restoration
New York, NY
LIGHTING DESIGN
Kugler Ning Lighting
Jerry Kugler, Burr Rutledge, Junrui Wang, and Jackson Ning
CITATION for Ceiling Feature
George S. and Dolores Dore Eccles Theater
Salt Lake City, UT
LIGHTING DESIGN
Cline Bettridge Bernstein Lighting Design
Francesca Bettridge, Michael Hennes, Nira Wattanachote, and Glenn Fujimura
CITATION for Humanitarian Action
Solar Lighting in Martissant
Port-Au-Prince, Haiti
LIGHTING DESIGN
PhoScope
Nathalie Rozot
CITATION for Design Preservation
The Grill at the Seagram Building
New York, NY
LIGHTING DESIGN
L’Observatoire International
Hervé Descottes, Wei Jien, and Jenny Ivansson
CITATION for Art Installation
Wave/Cave
Milan, Italy
LIGHTING DESIGN
PHT Lighting Design
Peiheng Tsai and Mariana Basilio Verdeja
CITATION for Public Art
Whiteout
New York, NY
LIGHTING DESIGN
Paramedia LLC
Erwin Redl