Interior design student Poormehr Honarmand of Columbus, Ohio, won Luraline's second annual student design competition for his concept for a lighting fixture that actually becomes part of the architecture of a building.
   Honarmand, 24, of the Columbus College of Art and Design, took top honors for the luminous "Lucent," an interior fixture for corridor or room lighting in hospitality applications. The contest jury chose "Lucent" from more than 100 entries received from interior design schools and universities across the country. Honarmand received a $1,500 cash prize.
   "Not only is his design a true original," Luraline President Howard Levine said, "But it has real potential to be developed into a lighting fixture with great appeal for the hospitality market."
   The annual "It's Your Light" competition solicits concepts for interior, exterior, commercial and residential lighting fixtures from design and architecture students throughout the U.S. Entries will be sent out in late summer for the 2003-2004 edition of the contest.

Contest winner Poormehr Honarmand (right),
shown with his Columbus College of Art and Design professor, Tom Kier (on left)."

Luraline to Exhibit Once Again at 2003 Hospitality Design Expo

   Luraline has announced its second annual participation in HD Expo, which takes place May 1-3 in Las Vegas. Luraline will join more than 900 leading manufacturers of design products at the show, the premier event in the hospitality industry.
   The show, which covers 200,000 square feet of exhibition space, is attended by architects, interior designers, purchasing agents and owner/operators of hotels, resorts, casinos, cruise ships, spas and more. HD Expo is sponsored by Hospitality Design magazine in association with IIDA (International Interior Design Association) and NEWH (Network of Executive Women in Hospitality). For more information, please visit www.hdexpo.com.

HL Series Featured in Viking Culinary Arts Center Installation

   More than 40 cord- and stem-hung pendants from Luraline's HL Series will illuminate the new Viking Culinary Arts Center in Missouri. The clean, modern lines of the series make a perfect complement to the products of the prestigious Viking company, maker of the industry's finest professional kitchen appliances for the home. The Culinary Arts Centers take the Viking concept one step further, offering demonstration classes by skilled chefs coupled with a full selection of cookware, cutlery, tools and gourmet ingredients. Specifying agent for the job is Lighting Design Sales in Memphis, Tenn., and architect is Askew Nixon Ferguson Architects, also of Memphis.