{"id":1055,"date":"2026-04-03T18:32:44","date_gmt":"2026-04-03T13:02:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/itmgroupmedia.com\/demo\/acelightingupdate\/?p=1055"},"modified":"2026-04-05T13:08:21","modified_gmt":"2026-04-05T07:38:21","slug":"designplus-award-2026-jury-concludes-selection-process","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/itmgroupmedia.com\/demo\/acelightingupdate\/luminaire-designs\/designplus-award-2026-jury-concludes-selection-process\/","title":{"rendered":"Designplus Award 2026 Jury concludes selection process"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong><em>\u201cThe Designplus Award by Light + Building has named 13 winners, to be honoured at the expo.\u201d<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The renowned expert jury of the Designplus Award by Light + Building has selected 13 outstanding design achievements as award winners. The official award ceremony will take place on the first day of Light + Building,&nbsp;8 March 2026 at 1:00 p.m., at the Design Plaza in Hall 3.1. Additionally, the award-winning products will be displayed on the exhibition grounds in the foyer of Hall 5.1\/6.1 and in Hall 9.0 D74 via digital info hubs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Taking sustainability, innovative strength, and functional and design quality as the key evaluation criteria, the independent jury has thoughtfully come up with 13 outstanding winners from a total of 91 submissions. The expert panel comprised renowned industry figures: Amandus Sams\u00f8e Sattler, President of DGNB e.V. and Founder of ens\u00f8mble Studio Architektur; Andreas Habermehl, Managing Director of Technology and Vocational Training at ZVEH \u2013 Central Association of German Electricians; Annika Egloff-Schoenen, Managing Director of Fachverlag Dr. H. Arnold GmbH; Ulrike Brandi, Managing Director of Ulrike Brandi Licht; Franziska von Schumann, Publisher and Member of the Executive Board at Stylepark AG; Robert Volhard, Founder, Publisher and Member of the Executive Board at Stylepark AG; and Anna Moldenhauer, Editor-in-Chief of Stylepark Magazine and Platform for Architecture and Design.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Describing the quality and range of the submissions as \u201cTimely, diverse and exciting,\u201d Ulrike Brandi noted that the entries reflected the whole gamut of topics covered at Light + Building\u2014spanning technical luminaires and lighting components to smart building technologies and innovative security solutions\u2014while their international breadth underscored the global relevance of the award.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cWhat makes Light + Building special is that we meet the people behind their luminous products. Within just a few days, we gain a comprehensive overview of the entire product world \u2013 hands-on and ready to explore.\u201d, said Amandus Sams\u00f8e Sattler, looking forward to the upcoming trade fair.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em><strong>For more information, visit:&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.light-building.com\/designplus\">http:\/\/www.light-building.com\/designplus<\/a><\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Designplus Award by Light + Building has named 13 winners, to be honoured at the expo.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1056,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[114,118,113],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1055","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-events","category-light-experts","category-luminaire-designs"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/itmgroupmedia.com\/demo\/acelightingupdate\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1055","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/itmgroupmedia.com\/demo\/acelightingupdate\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/itmgroupmedia.com\/demo\/acelightingupdate\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/itmgroupmedia.com\/demo\/acelightingupdate\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/itmgroupmedia.com\/demo\/acelightingupdate\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1055"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/itmgroupmedia.com\/demo\/acelightingupdate\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1055\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1257,"href":"https:\/\/itmgroupmedia.com\/demo\/acelightingupdate\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1055\/revisions\/1257"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/itmgroupmedia.com\/demo\/acelightingupdate\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1056"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/itmgroupmedia.com\/demo\/acelightingupdate\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1055"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/itmgroupmedia.com\/demo\/acelightingupdate\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1055"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/itmgroupmedia.com\/demo\/acelightingupdate\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1055"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}