The Student Lighting Designer for 2009 is

Telford, United Kingdom, August 20, 2009 --(PR.com)-- Sponsored by a number of big industry names: Energy Saving Trust, Spearmark International Dar Lighting Ltd, Total Lighting Magazine, Philips, OSRAM, ACID and The Lighting Association.

16 finalists were chosen from over 500 entries. Working prototypes were presented to a panel of esteemed Judges.

New for 2009 was the introduction of a special award for Best Children’s design, sponsored by Spearmark International Ltd

Student Lighting Designer 2009
Beth Jackson, Edinburgh College of Art with a ceiling light called Air

Children's Student Lighting Designer 2009
Faye Whitear, Coventry University with a children's table light called Nuno

Second Place
Chris Natt, Brunel Universitywith a table light called Stimuli Light 3.0

Third Place
Fergus Taylor, Buckinghamshire New University with a table light called Poised

Philips Award
Catherine Gibbins, Nottingham Trent University with a table light called tom dick and harry. Catherine also was awarded best flatwork.
Chris Natt, Brunel University with a table light called Stimuli Light 3.0

Highly Commended
Bo Liang, Central Saint Martins College of Art and Design with a table light called Floating work lamp
Cristiana Ionescu, Buckinghamshire New University with a ceiling light called No. 8
James Griffiths, Aston University with a table light called Hub

The awards were presented by Dids Macdonald from ACID (anti copying in design) Ltd.

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