As the exclusive media partner for the L A M P 2024 International Lighting Design Competition, we’re thrilled to unveil this year’s winning designs! The 2024 competition attracted submissions from over 77 cities across 31 countries, with entries evaluated by an esteemed jury including Cheryl S. Durst (HON. FIIDA Executive Vice President and CEO, IIDA), Rodrigo Fernández (Diez Company, The Light Report), and Brian Richer (Castor Design). Below, you’ll find the winners of each main category – Student, Professional, and People’s Choice. A huge congratulations to all. The competition exceeded all expectations and the incredible array of winning designs truly stole the spotlight – no pun intended!
Student Floor: Flesso by Jacopo Lonfernini (California, USA)
Flesso was born from aesthetic and functional research aimed at the creation of a lamp to be produced in very small quantities, reducing processing and production costs to an absolute minimum. The lamp, therefore, has no need for molds, has no components superfluous to operation, and uses the material as it presents itself, allowing it to become a lighting product in the most natural way possible, without “forcing” shape or processes.
Student Pendant: Lyft by Roman Freynhofer (Austria)
LYFT is a minimalist luminaire designed to balance functionality, durability, and environmental responsibility. The goal was to create a versatile lighting solution that blends into various settings, particularly as a reading light, while ensuring easy repair and long-term sustainability.
Student Portable and Student Overall: Entracte by Mathilde Piel (UK)
The word Entracte means ‘between acts’. This interlude occurred in the middle of a theater piece and was originally used to replace the candles to ensure decent lighting during the whole performance.
The Entracte lamp is inspired by this experience and aims to use light as a means of embodying and visualizing time.
Student Portable: V-Lamp by Josua Roters (Germany)
The V-Lamp is a playful reinterpretation of the classic lampshade design, creating the familiar cone of light while offering cordless flexibility. Its shade plugs directly into any electrical outlet, combining traditional form with modern functionality. Whether plugged into a wall socket or positioned freely with an extension cord, the V-Lamp encourages playful interaction and adapts effortlessly to your lighting needs, making it a versatile and stylish addition to any space.
Student Table: Gaia by Zoë Wilson (California, USA)
Gaia is an ambient table lamp designed as a sustainable lighting solution, focusing on innovative material design and research into compostable options. Made from Coffiber, a compostable material developed through extensive research on repurposing used coffee grounds. Gaia reimagines waste into functional art. Perfect for coffee enthusiasts, Gaia not only lights up a space but also releases a subtle coffee aroma. It’s a multi- sensory experience that blends eco-conscious design, functional art, and coffee culture, bringing the warmth of your favorite daily ritual into your home.
Student Table and People’s Choice Student: Sguardo by Vico Vercelloni (Italy)
Sguardo Lamp was born from an encounter and a simple gesture. During a trip to Asia, I met a man sitting outside a shop wearing a large straw farmer’s hat, with his gaze directed downward. He caught my attention, and I decided to go ask for some information. It was only when he bent part of the brim of his hat with his hand that our eyes met, leading to a conversation. It was from this small and simple gesture that this table lamp was born, from the simple glance of a person.
The fold of the lamp’s shade is designed to echo the movement of the brim of the large straw hat worn by the farmer, utilizing this fold to create directional side lighting. It is a portable, rechargeable lamp, charged via USB-C, and thought in three different colors.
Professional Floor: Pupa by Andrea Brugnera (Italy)
One day, I saw a butterfly gently resting on a small branch. Its light wings seemed to emit a soft glow, creating a harmonious balance between the fragility of the butterfly and the stability of the slender branch that supported it. This play of proportions and balance is reflected in the design of the Pupa lamp: a slim tubular aluminum structure holds and conceals the electric wiring inside, leading to the LED light source, placed between the laser-cut, bent aluminum wings.
Professional Outdoor: Spike by Ricardo Silva (Portugal)
SPIKE is a luminaire designed for outdoor gardens with the aim of illuminating small shrubs and plants. Installed on the ground using a spike, it can be configured to feature 1, 2 or 3 adjustable spotlights, at the customer’s discretion. Each spotlight is independent and has an anti- displacement mechanism so that it stays in the desired position under adverse wind, impact or rain conditions. Its simple, functional and elegant design allows it to blend in with the environment during the day and bring the garden to life at night.
Professional Pendant: A-Light by Amelia Jarvinen (Seattle, USA)
Oscillating between art and techne, the objective of A-Light is to insist on the wondrous potential of 3D ceramic printing, where innovation can be tied to beauty and functionality.
With A-Light, we developed a flexible parametric code to map a unique texture onto a traditional form to achieve a timeless lighting object.
Professional Portable: B Light by Alexandre Touguet (France)
The B Light lamp has been designed to be entirely 3D printed, with the latest technological advances and more environmentally friendly materials such as PLA or PETG. Our goal is to be able to offer an industrial quality product that is made to order, in order to avoid overproduction, waste and stock management. With this lamp, we want to prove to the world that another way of producing is now possible, even on technical products integrating electronics.
Professional Table: Shelf Angle by Melody Chen (Canada)
The Shelf Angle is a minimal table lamp that attends to life’s simple pleasures. Whether it’s the latest novel you can’t put down or a warm cup of bedside chamomile, the Shelf Angle provides both functionality and comfort for your home.
Professional Table and Professional Overall: Scraps by Octavio Asensio (Spain)
Scraps Lamps is a collection of lamps made from scraps of standard metal profiles from the construction industry. The series takes what was to be thrown away for scrap from the cutting shops and converts it with a few processes into a circular luminaire, with speech and beauty. The result is a collection of lamps with a contemporary aesthetic and with a great capacity to adapt to different spaces.
People’s Choice Professional: HaloFold by Xinyuan Yue (New York, USA)
The HaloFold lamp blends dynamic design with functional elegance through its distinctive opening and closing mechanism. It features curved sheet materials that form an adjustable circular structure, transitioning between open and closed states to create captivating light and shadow effects. Customizable materials provide clients with a range of options to personalize the lamp’s aesthetic, enhancing versatility and user experience.
People’s Choice Professional: Ramona by Federica de Lemos (Florida, USA)
The Ramona Lamp challenges boredom and embraces change, offering a playful exploration of adaptability in design. With rotatable components, the lamp transforms into various shapes, allowing it to stand, hang, or lay on surfaces, making it a versatile addition to any space. Its design encourages creativity, offering a new experience with every adjustment.
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