LAMP has announced its 2018 international lighting design winners. The awards were presented in Vancouver, honouring the best in established, emerging and student designers from around the globe. Two Canadians were among the winners.

“BALANCE was a clever subject and we were very impressed by the diversity of lights,” says Ingo Maurer. “LED is certainly a big improvement in our daily technical life, but it is very important not to miss the following element of light: The essence of light. Congratulations to the winners. Keep on going and think of the light that pleases its core and our souls!”

This year’s first place winners and runners-up in each category are:

Established
First place – Mito by by Tom Fereday and Rakumba Lighting of Melbourne, Australia
Runner-up – Boom by Stickbulb/RUX Studios from New York City, USA

Emerging
First place – Highwire by Anony Studio, Toronto, ON, Canada (Photo above)
Runner-up – Bolla by Giulia Liverani for OliveLab from Turin, Italy

Student
First place – Driftwood by Nathan Sui from Mississauga, ON, Canada
Runner-up – Arch by Noah Howells from Boone, North Carolina, USA

“We are excited to be recognized by such an incredible panel of judges, whose work we greatly admire. We are honoured to win the Emerging Designers Award; it’s very encouraging for us as we hope to expand the Anony line,” said Anony Studio co-founder Christian Lo.

The student first place winner receives a $500 Award & Professional Internship/Mentorship with ANDLIGHT, the emerging winner receives the $1,000 Light Resource Award, and the established winner receives Inform Interiors $2,000 Grand Prize Award.