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Emerging Criteria:

  • Designers and design firms from all disciplines including but not limited to Artists, Industrial Designers, Architects and architectural firms are eligible to enter so long as:
  • Submissions must have been developed and submitted by the eligible artist, architect or industrial designer whose business or professional career launched within the last 3 years and within 3 years of a graduate program, or, NO EARLIER than November 1st 2012.
  • Entry must be a working PROTOTYPE by OCTOBER 26th 2015.
  • Eligible prototypes must have been completed no earlier than December 31, 2012 but must not have gone into any wide-scale production anywhere nor have any contract to do so.
  • Work must be of original creation, not infringing on any creative copyright anywhere. 
  • 2-5 photographs of the actual prototype + 1-3 sketches and/or renderings totalling no more than 6 images.
  • Prototype MUST NOT exceed 4' x 4' x 4' & final design must be intended for 1:1 scale. 
  • Eligible prototype must be a working indoor PENDANT, WALL, TABLE or FLOOR light. 
  • If the design is intended to be hard-wired, for exhibition purposes they must be able to be plugged in. 
  • All lights adaptable to 120v, North American Standard.

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