Courtesy SDAGeometric Garden, the winning lighting installation designed by Eclectic Precision for the SDA Lighting Showcase 2014.
Stan Deutsch Associates (SDA) has selected Brooklyn, N.Y.-based lighting and creative design firm Eclectic Precision (EP) as the winner of its
#WorldofLight Design Competition. EP’s lighting installation will be on display Sept. 15 - 17 in the lobby of the Metropolitan Pavilion (125 West 18th St., New York City) during the SDA Lighting Showcase 2014.
Eclectic Precision was founded by Brian Fassett and Sepp Spenlinhauer in 2001. Their installation piece,
Geometric Garden, incorporates a series of panels embedded with controllable RGB lighting, which are supported by an architectural column-like structure that recalls the form of an abstracted tree. The panels are programmed to change color and pattern and provide a sense of movement in the otherwise static sculpture.
The
#WorldofLight Design Competition, sponsored by SDA, asked interior designers, architects, and lighting designers to re-imagine the Metropolitan Pavilion entry space as a “world of light” and to create an inviting focal point for the registration area. The SDA Lighting Showcase is open to New York City area architects, lighting designers, lighting specifiers, and other building and design industry professionals. Registration is required;
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Elizabeth Donoff is Editor-at-Large of Architectural Lighting (AL). She served as Editor-in-Chief from 2006 to 2017. She joined the editorial team in 2003 and is a leading voice in the lighting community speaking at industry events such as Lightfair and the International Association of Lighting Designers Annual Enlighten Conference, and has twice served as a judge for the Illuminating Engineering Society New York City Section’s (IESNYC) Lumen Award program. In 2009, she received the Brilliance Award from the IESNYC for dedicated service and contribution to the New York City lighting community.
Over the past 11 years, under her editorial direction, Architectural Lighting has received a number of prestigious B2B journalism awards. In 2017, Architectural Lighting was a Top Ten Finalist for Magazine of the Year from the American Society of Business Publication Editors' AZBEE Awards. In 2016, Donoff received the Jesse H. Neal Award for her Editor’s Comments in the category of Best Commentary/Blog, and in 2015, AL received a Jesse H. Neal Award for Best Media Brand (Overall Editorial Excellence).
Prior to her entry into design journalism, Donoff worked in New York City architectural offices including FXFowle where she was part of the project teams for the Reuters Building at Three Times Square and the New York Times Headquarters. She is a graduate of Bates College in Lewiston, Me., and she earned her Master of Architecture degree from the School of Architecture at Washington University in St. Louis.