Contests

Italian citizens are ringing in the 150th anniversary of their homeland’s unification this year, and RGB LED strip lights will help them celebrate in style. Designed by architects from the Milan-based firm, Migliore + Servetto Architetti Associati, The Torino Lighting Installation consists of three large steel bars containing waterproof LED lights in the country’s colors: Learn More

Photo By Eran Hakim Here at Elemental LED, we are constantly inspired from the creativity of our customers as seen in our Projects section. So we thought a light painting photo contest would be the perfect way to showcase your creativity – in a different light. *wink* Wondering, “What is light painting?” – scroll down Learn More

Most cities have them: old buildings that are both important historical landmarks and antiquated eyesores. Dupont’s “Changing the Face” competition aims to solve this problem by redesigning existing buildings while maintaining their historical significance, using Dupont products like color-changing LED lights. According to the Changing the Face website, ““In every country, in every city there Learn More

Nothing’s wrong with a little friendly competition, or so we believe at Elemental LED. That’s why last month we kicked off the first in a monthly series of employee DIY LED competitions: to get the creative juices flowing and foster innovation! It goes like this: employees are given a little extra cash to put towards Learn More

Diane Dew, Rob Fix, Charlotte Parscal, Barsha Dahal, Esther Santos, Oliver Adria, David Kastner, Shana Dysert, Greg Spickard, Che A Mathews Hale. Thank you to all who participated!

First Runner Up: Diane Reed, http://ponderingsbydianereed.blogspot.com. Diane captures the late afternoon sun beautifully in this photo taken in a wheat field in Walla Walla, Washington. Second Runner Up: Andrew Neal, www.andrewnealphotography.com. Andrew’s photo really brings out the gold in California’s “golden hills” in this photo of the evening sun taken from his backyard in Brentwood, CA.

Happy Earth Day! Thank you for all who sent us their photos for the Earth Day photo contest celebrating the sun. We had many amazing submissions and our judges had a very difficult time casting their votes for the winners. Alas, we tallied them up, and here is the Grand-Prize winner: Vince Maes http://flic.kr/p/9ucujC The Learn More

Due to requests from many of our readers for more time, we are extending the deadline of the Earth Day Photo Contest until Wednesday April 20th. That gives you two extra days to send us your photo that captures the beauty of natural light. Celebrate Earth Day by celebrating the sun with us—the earth’s our Learn More

To celebrate the sun, we are offering a photo contest on capturing natural light. We want you to send us a photo of the sun’s beauty. You could capture the sun’s light reflected off surfaces or you could point your camera right into the sky. The light could be filtered through clouds, windows, air and spaces, or not filtered at all. The possibilities are limitless.