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Lighting
The NY Product Design Awards recognizes lighting that brings purpose and character to everyday life. From sculptural luminaires to architectural installations, discover a place for the thinking behind your light.
Lighting and product designers, architects, manufacturers, studios, independent creators, and students worldwide.
Concepts, work in progress, and completed products created within the last five years.
Submit online. Present your design through images and supporting materials. No physical samples.
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Exterior illumination enhancing artworks, monuments, cultural sites, and heritage structures.
Temporary exterior lighting supporting events, exhibitions, and short-term installations.
Lighting defining building forms, façades, materials, and architectural details.
Exterior lighting supporting safety and access around healthcare or institutional facilities.
Exterior lighting creating atmosphere and visibility for hospitality and dining venues.
Lighting enhancing landscapes, pathways, gardens, and outdoor gathering areas.
Exterior lighting supporting workplace entrances, circulation, safety, and identity.
Exterior lighting attracting visitors and supporting commercial spaces after dark.
Sensor-activated lighting improving security, visibility, and energy efficiency.
Interior lighting adapting brightness, color, or atmosphere to changing needs.
Lighting enhancing artworks, cultural spaces, and historic interior features.
Temporary interior lighting supporting exhibitions, events, and installations.
Integrated lighting coordinating interior spaces, façades, and entire buildings.
Lighting supporting comfort, safety, and tasks in healthcare or institutional spaces.
Interior lighting creating ambience for hotels, restaurants, and hospitality spaces.
Lighting supporting focus, comfort, collaboration, and workplace wellbeing.
Lighting enhancing products, customer journeys, and commercial environments.
Lighting shaping atmosphere through adjustable color, brightness, or movement.
Ceiling-mounted and suspended lighting providing general or focused illumination.
Bespoke lighting distinguished by original form, materials, or craftsmanship.
Expressive lighting created for decorative, thematic, or specialized applications.
Lighting supporting evacuation, visibility, and safety during emergencies.
Lighting reducing energy use, waste, and environmental impact.
Lighting supporting performances, projections, entertainment, and theatrical effects.
Durable luminaires designed for demanding commercial and industrial environments.
Connected lighting using sensors, schedules, automation, or remote controls.
Adjustable lighting mounted along tracks or interior wall surfaces.
Fixtures mounted directly to ceilings for general or focused illumination.
Decorative suspended fixtures featuring multiple lights or branching structures.
Luminaires primarily designed to enhance interior character and atmosphere.
Compact task lamps providing focused illumination across work surfaces.
Freestanding tall lamps providing ambient, task, or accent lighting.
Illuminated systems supporting navigation, orientation, and directional guidance.
Suspended lamps providing illumination above tables, counters, or open spaces.
Coordinated families of lighting products sharing a consistent design language.
Suspended luminaires directing focused or ambient light from above.
Moveable lamps providing flexible illumination across different spaces.
Elevated outdoor lanterns mounted on posts for pathways and landscapes.
Task lamps providing comfortable, directed light for reading.
Compact lamps providing ambient or task lighting from raised surfaces.
Wall-mounted lamps providing ambient, accent, or directional illumination.
Connected lighting products responding to users, environments, or digital controls.
Structural and functional parts supporting lighting assembly and installation.
Cables, connectors, sockets, and accessories delivering power to lighting products.
Bulbs, tubes, modules, and specialized sources producing illumination.
Lighting supporting visual comfort, wellbeing, and natural biological rhythms.
Shades and related components shaping, diffusing, or directing light.
Technologies generating light through conventional or advanced illumination methods.
Systems managing brightness, color, timing, energy use, and lighting behavior.
Lighting engineered for specialized environments, tasks, or technical requirements.
Lighting reducing emissions, energy consumption, materials, and lifecycle impact.
Integrated lighting incorporated into architecture, furniture, or built surfaces.
Exterior lighting using outdoor-rated or solar-powered illumination technologies.
Connected systems coordinating lighting through sensors, automation, and remote controls.
Lighting systems developed for specific commercial, technical, or operational needs.
Outdoor lighting shaping atmosphere through adjustable color, brightness, or movement.
Overhead, recessed, and suspended lighting designed for covered outdoor spaces.
Bespoke outdoor lighting combining illumination with expressive visual design.
Outdoor lighting reducing energy use, waste, and environmental impact.
Lighting supporting outdoor performances, projections, events, and theatrical effects.
Lighting supporting landscapes, pathways, roads, public spaces, and urban safety.
Connected and portable lighting using sensors, automation, or remote controls.
Durable lighting engineered for specialized outdoor or industrial applications.
Outdoor lighting mounted along tracks, façades, or exterior walls.
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2027 · Entry information
Early Bird rate. A $30 annual administrative fee applies per entrant.
Early Bird
Dec 9, 2026Regular
Jan 20, 2027Final
Feb 17, 2027Final Extension
Mar 17, 2027Full results announcementMay 14, 2027
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Judging & criteria
Through blind judging, an international jury evaluates the submitted design across four criteria.
Visual character, proportions, and composition.
Originality and the thinking behind the solution.
Quality, usability, safety, and execution.
The effect on people and the environment.
Award-winning lighting design
Why enter
A winner profile brings your product, entrant details, and design story together in the NY Product Design Awards gallery.
Digital certificates, winner badges, and promotional materials help communicate your award.
Winner interview access offers a way to share the people, process, and decisions behind your work.
Explain the problem, intended users, and decisions that make the design work. Keep your written description to 350 words or less.
Show the fixture and its light in context, including scale, materials, optical details, and the atmosphere it creates. For installations, include overall and close-up views.
Use drawings, a PDF, or a video link to explain light distribution, controls, installation, or technical features that still images cannot show.
Lighting and product designers, architects, manufacturers, studios, independent creators, and students worldwide may enter.
Yes. Concepts, work in progress, and completed products are eligible. Explain the project’s development stage clearly. Work submitted must have been created within the last 5 years.
No. Entries are submitted and judged online using your images, description, and supporting materials. Physical samples are not required.
Yes. Select each relevant subcategory when submitting. Additional-category pricing applies when submitted with your first entry; later submissions are charged at the first-entry rate.
Show the design both illuminated and in its intended setting. Explain the purpose, materials, and lighting approach, with close-up images of important details. For architectural projects, show how the lighting shapes the space. Include supporting drawings or a video where helpful.
An international jury evaluates entries through blind judging using Form, Creativity & Innovation, Finishing & Functionality, and Impact. See the Awards page for the judging process and award levels.
NY Lighting Design Awards