LIT Lighting Design Awards 2023

The LIT Design Awards honor the best in Lighting Product Design, Architectural and Entertainment Lighting Design globally, advancing the appreciation of design worldwide.

Zurich, Switzerland – The LIT Lighting Design Awards is now accepting submissions for its annual event, recognizing and celebrating the best in lighting design from around the world.

For the 7th edition, the LIT Lighting Design Awards is now featuring a new section dedicated to Entertainment Lighting Design. This award is a powerful cross-disciplinary platform from which to promote your designs to a truly international market.

With 31 categories in Architectural Lighting Design, 15 categories in Entertainment Lighting Design and 44 categories in Lighting Product Design represented, the program is one of the most comprehensive lighting design competitions, uniting creativity, and innovation.

In 2022, the program received over 650 submissions from 51 countries, and the range of work was astonishing, L'Observatoire International was awarded the "Lighting Design of the Year" title for the Hermès’ collections at Milan Design Week 2022 and  Expolight won the "Lighting Product Design of the Year" award for the Chandelier in the B14 UNIT. City business space. Other winners in Lighting Design included Licht Kunst Licht, brandston partnership inc, dpa Lighting Consultants, Lucent Lighting Design and Consulting and Light Collab. Nominees in Lighting Product category were Maytoni, Ayrton,  Nulty Bespoke, BuzziSpace, A-Light and many more.

The LIT Design Awards also recognizes the importance of sustainability in lighting design and designers can now share their approach as a way to consider the long-term effects of lighting solutions on natural resources and the carbon footprint.

"At the LIT Lighting Design Awards, we strive to promote diversity and innovative designs globally; looking at new innovative Architectural Lighting solutions, contemporary Light Art Projects and latest Lighting product installations." said Program Director, Astrid Hébert. "We are proud to support professionals, both established and emerging, as they develop new sustainable approaches. Join us in 2023 as we continue to showcase Lighting excellence.."

The 2023 jury, composed of 35 experienced designers, lighting experts, academics and media representatives will select the winners in each category in November 2023. Past jurors have included Roland Greil from Roland Greil & The Black Project, Emmy Award Winner Peter Morse; Randy Reid, Editor at designing lighting (dl), Sally Storey, Creative Director at John Cullen Lighting and Founding Director at Lighting Design International, Martin Klaasen from Klaasen Lighting Design and Lighting Design of Things and Monica Luz Lobo, Creative Director at LD Studio and President-elect of IALD.

BENEFITS

The “Architectural Lighting Design of the Year”, “Lighting Product Design of the Year”, "Entertainment Lighting Design of the Year" professionals and students will receive the coveted LIT Design Awards Trophy, their winning projects will be showcased to the global audience and be featured in the Annual LIT Awards catalog. Winning the LIT Design Awards is an opportunity to step into the global spotlight, elevate the company profile or boost a starting career. Enter here!

ENTRY FEES: LIT DESIGN AWARDS 2022

• Professional CHF 220 incl. VAT (approx.: US$240)
  Same Product in additional categories at a 50% discount
• Student CHF 100  incl. VAT (approx.: US$110)
  Same Product in additional categories at a 50% discount

DEADLINES: LIT DESIGN AWARDS 2023

• 10% Early Bird discount until April 24th, 2023
• 5% Extended Early Bird discount until July, 15th, 2023
• Regular Deadline: September 2nd, 2023
• Final Deadline: September 30th (10% late fee applies) till October 22nd, 2023
• The program will close on October 22nd, 2023

ELIGIBILITY

The LIT Design Awards competition is open to anyone aged 18+ residing anywhere in the world. Professional entries will be judged against other professionals and student entries against other students.