L A M P (Lighting Architecture Movement Project) is preparing for its fourth annual international lighting design competition and exhibition, set to run this November 3rd to 6th in Vancouver, British Columbia. L A M P aims to introduce a broader audience to lighting design while promoting and connecting emerging talent to new markets.
The finalists of the competition have been announced ? including four finalists from Canada. Judged by some of the world?s top industry design leaders, submissions from around the globe were voted under three categories, including student, emerging and established designers. Each year the competition challenges designers to approach their lamps with the guidance of a theme. This year?s judges made their decisions based on a set evaluation ranging from aesthetics, marketability, innovation, and unique interpretation of this year?s theme, Cosmic. The esteemed panel of judges included: Niels Bendtsen (Bensen); Jakub Zak(Patricia Urquiola Studio); Joana Bover (Bover); Rosie Li (Rosie Li Studio); Andrea McLean  (Andrea McLean Design); Allison Mills (Owner, Inform Interiors – Seattle); Ellie Niakan (B. Interior Architecture, LC, CLD); and Phillip K. Smith, III (PKS3).
L A M P?s Canadian finalists include:

Diaphanous by Matthew Kennedy from Chilliwack, B.C., Canada

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Diaphanous by Matthew Kennedy. Photo courtesy of L A M P.
Diaphanous lights the night hours with starlight.
The ancients believed a firmament separated ...