Out of an unprecedented 160 student submissions from the New York City-area, “Livre Noir,” designed by Esli Teker, attending Parsons The New School of Design, won First Prize in the Illuminating Engineering Society New York City Section’s (IESNYC) 14th annual Student Lighting Competition. Teker’s project, “Livre Noir,” can be described as a book that’s full of secrets and these confidences can only be read once the book is touched and it becomes illuminated. The installation engages several of the senses and beckons interaction. By touching the “black book,” it produces different colors and elicits various moods. As viewer flip through the pages of the book, they are invited to share their own feelings. Teker will receive a cash award of $2,000 from the section.
Second prize was awarded to Pratt Institute’s Ia-Chi Pan and third prize went to Jordan Ringdahl also of Pratt, who will receive $1,000 and $500 respectively.
Additionally, four students and their projects received honorable mentions.
The Student Lighting Competition, which is one of the IESNYC’s signature events, demonstrates the section’s support for students and lighting programs. This year’s event was held in honor of Patricia DiMaggio (1964-2014), LC, a lighting project design manager at Osram Sylvania and a lighting educator at New York School of Interior Design (NYSID). DiMaggio started the Student Lighting Competition during her tenure as president of the IESNYC (2004-2005). The section is establishing a fund that will continue to give financial assistance to lighting students, a cause championed by DiMaggio.
As in previous years, students were tasked to apply their education, ingenuity, and skills in order to take an elusive concept and transform it into a three-dimensional illuminated visual experience. “This year’s theme asked students if they could ‘touch with their eyes’ and challenged them to consider how light conveys the sensation of touch,” says Erin Gussert, LEED AP, lighting designer at Kugler Ning Lighting Design and co-chair of the IESNYC Student Lighting Design Competition.
Check out the winners here:
IES 2014 Student Competition Winners from Colin Weber on Vimeo.
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