35th Annual Call For Entries
The 35th Annual SOURCE Awards national lighting design competition is open to all lighting designers, architects, engineers, professional designers and consultants who use Cooper Lighting fixtures in an interior or exterior design project.
Students currently enrolled in any of these disciplines are also eligible to enter projects based on conceptual lighting designs utilizing Cooper Lighting fixtures, and are judged in a separate student category.
The competition requires the primary and predominant use of any or all of the Cooper Lighting brands, which include Halo, Metalux, Portfolio, Neo-Ray, Corelite, Sure-Lites, Lumark, McGraw-Edison, Fail-Safe, Lumière, Shaper, IRiS, Ametrix, RSA, io, Invue, MWS, PDS and Streetworks. Cooper Lighting product information can be obtained at www.cooperlighting.com.
This year’s competition will once again seek a creative use of fixtures providing energy-efficient design solutions in addition to standard projects.
The competition was established to further the understanding, knowledge and function of lighting as a primary element of design.
Entries must be postmarked on or before January 31, 2012.
JUDGING CRITERIA
Projects will be judged on the blending of aesthetics, creative achievement, and technical performance and to the degree which the lighting met project constraints and design concept goals. There will be no minimum or maximum number of awards given, as each project will be judged on its own merit. Award categories will include: Winner, Honorable Mention and Award of Recognition. Special consideration may be given to projects displaying energy savings and sustainability as a result of the lighting.
Judging for the 35th Annual SOURCE Awards competition will take place February 2012, by a professional, independent panel of lighting and design professionals as well as a representative of the SOURCE, Cooper Lighting’s premier lighting education center.
AWARDS
Professionals
- Crystal trophy in recognition of the project’s excellence and the application of Cooper Lighting products
- $2,000.00 cash award
- Local and national recognition through publicity and advertising
- Invitation to attend a lighting seminar of choice at the SOURCE-Cooper Lighting Center located in Peachtree City, Georgia (many seminars qualify for CEU/LEU credits)
Students
- Crystal trophy in recognition of the project’s conceptual design excellence and the application of Cooper Lighting products
- $1,500.00 cash award
- Invitation to attend a lighting seminar of choice (along with their faculty advisor) at the SOURCE-Cooper Lighting Center
AWARDS CEREMONY
The winners of the 35th Annual SOURCE Awards will be recognized in May, 2012, at LIGHTFAIR INTERNATIONAL in Las Vegas, Nevada.
HOW TO ENTER
