Congratulations to the Winners of the 2021
IESNYC Student Lighting Competition

This year’s theme, Practically Speaking, challenged students to create a lighting installation that engages with the idea of using light in environmental storytelling — whether that is a fixture, a scene, an experience, or something beyond. Use lighting to transform and transport, to immerse and to engage — using materials and light sources common to the home.

Since 2000, the IESNYC has invited students from New York City Art and Design schools to participate in a city wide design competition. The competition empowers students to explore light as an art form, demonstrate light as a stimulus, and prove light as a valuable medium.

Participating Schools
Fashion Institute of Technology (FIT), Westchester Community College (SUNY), New York School of Interior Design (NYSID), Parsons New School for Design, Pratt Institute

Grand Prize Winner

"In Transit" by Asilbek Akmalov
Pratt Institute

Instructor: Amanda Huynh

Second Place

"February 4, 2021" by Rose Moon
Pratt Institute

Instructor: Willy Schwenzfeier

Third Place TIE

"After Life" by Hongxuan Wu
Pratt Institute

Instructor: Hannah Berkin-Harper

Third Place TIE

"Light Tunnels" by Jackson Dooner
Pratt Institute

Instructor: Amanda Huynh

Honorable Mention

"Jupiter 2072" by Nelson Duque-Lozano
Pratt Institute

Honorable Mention

"Rainy Window" by Yuming Hu
Pratt Institute

Honorable Mention

"You're on Mute" by Jonny Retsky
New York School of Interior Design

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About the IESNYC Student Competition

The IESNYC Student Lighting Competition is dedicated to our founder, Patricia DiMaggio. As an NYC educator and past president of IESNYC, we uphold Patricia’s goals of education, community, and friendly competition. Having grown from 8 students in 2000 to over 200 students today, it is a legacy which will continue to grow with all your support.

One of the goals of the IESNYC is to promote education and greater awareness about the importance of lighting and the Student Competition is one of the contributors towards these efforts. Since 2000, they have invited students from New York City Art and Design schools to participate in a city wide design competition. The competition empowers students to explore light as an art form, demonstrate light as a stimulus, and prove light as a valuable medium. Every year, students in lighting, architecture, interior design, art, product design, photography and electrical engineering programs have submitted projects, resulting in a diverse showcase of ideas and interpretations on a single theme. The IESNYC Student Competition has been incorporated into the curriculum lighting classes in several area schools and has piqued an interest in lighting design of close to a thousand design students to date.

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