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2011 Jurors
Frank Conti, President, Enterprise Lighting Sales and former IESNYC president
Marty Salzberg, Senior Associate, Cline Bettridge Bernstein Lighting Designers
Joern Siebke, Associate, Arc Lighting Design
Kumi Yamashita, Artist
Keynote Speakers
Larry Kagan, Sculptor and Professor of art at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
Kumi Yamashita, Artist
Winners of the 2011 New York City Student Lighting Competition
PeaceBomb, designed by Kevin Lee, an industrial design major at Pratt Institute, won first prize and received a $2,000 cash prize along with the opportunity to take part in the Guerilla Lighting (guerrillalighting.net) event in Beirut. In second place, Rebecca Bost, a student of Parsons The New School, received a cash prize of $1,000 for her design "Shadow Ripples in a Pond of Light." Another Parsons’ student, Brandon Lenoir, was awarded third place and a $500 cash prize for his design "Was It a Rat I Saw?"
“This competition is not necessarily a design exercise,” stated Brian Belluomini, lighting consultant and co-chair of the Student Lighting Competition Committee. “It is really about exploration and discovery. Each year we try to focus on some specific aspect or property of light, and themes are kept intentionally abstract so as not to limit the boundaries of a student’s creativity. Regardless of whatever career path a student chooses to pursue, if we can get them thinking about the many intricacies of light instead of just taking it all for granted, then we as lighting professionals, have done a good thing.”
2011 Winners Projects

First Prize
Pratt Institute
Industrial Design
Jeanne Pfordresher, instructor
PeaceBomb consisted of a paper cut-out in the shape of a cold-war era bomb that looks like a modern table lamp. When illuminated from within, a shadow in the form of the “ban the bomb” symbol, which subsequently became known as the symbol for peace, is cast on the wall. The jury felt Peace Bomb not only demonstrated originality, but realized an idea that has international and historical significance. They were impressed with the way the placement of the light source gave the design a fragile, ethereal quality.

Second Prize
Parsons The New School for Design
MFA Lighting Design and Architecture
Nelson Jenkins, instructor

Third Prize
Parsons The New School for Design
AAS Interior Design
Randy Sabedra, Instructor

Honorable Mention
Pratt Institute
Master of Industrial Design

Honorable Mention
Fordham University
BA Theater Design Production

Honorable Mention
Fordham University
Visual Arts
Colin Cathcart, Instructor