Glittering Awards ceremony brings fitting finale to Light Middle East 2018
Added: (Sat Jan 19 2019)
Pressbox (Press Release) -
Dubai, UAE: A glittering gala awards ceremony celebrating the very best in global lighting design and technology has brought a successful end to three days of business networking and knowledge sharing at the Light Middle East 2018 exhibition in Dubai.
The 13th edition of the region’s dedicated trade show for the lighting design and technology industry featured 333 exhibitors from 30 countries at the Dubai International Convention and Exhibition Centre, and drew in 5,469 visitors from 74 countries.
The nine per cent year-on-year growth in exhibition space cemented the three-day event’s position as the annual must-attend gathering for the international lighting design community. This was further underlined by more than 600 industry professionals at the 6th Light Middle East Awards, which took place at the Hilton Al Habtoor City on 25th September. A shortlist of 53 finalists contested seven project and six product categories, selected from more than 230 submissions in 2018.
Among the big winners was The Constellation - The Founder’s Memorial Abu Dhabi, which took home two gongs: the Exterior & Public Lighting Project of the Year, and the Innovative Lighting Project of the Year.
Dubai-based dpa lighting consultants was assigned to illuminate The Constellation, a monumental public artwork that forms the centrepiece of The Founder’s Memorial in Abu Dhabi, a permanent national tribute to the UAE’s founding father, the late Sheikh Zayed bin Sultan Al Nahyan.
The artwork was conceptualised and designed by artist Ralph Helmick, with whom dpa collaborated closely with at both his studio in Boston and during extensive lighting trials conducted in Abu Dhabi to achieve the optical visual performance of the lighting scheme that enhances this world class artwork.