A.C. Special Projects' Peter Keiderling, the Jason Bruges Studio team and comedian and LDA host, Alun Cochrane
UK - David Atkinson of David Atkinson Lighting Design (DALD) won the Lighting Designer of The Year Award at the 2011 Lighting Design Awards (LDAs) for his consistently groundbreaking and varied architectural schemes over the years - many of which have been supplied by A.C. Special Projects.

A.C. Special Projects' MD Peter Keiderling comments, "Congratulations to David for his achievement in winning the Award, which deservedly recognises him as one of the industry's finest practitioners. A.C. Special Projects and David have worked together on many high profile installations, where his innovative and original approach is constantly inspiring, so it's always a pleasure helping to bring his pioneering lighting schemes to life."

This teamwork includes lighting the British Music Experience (BME) interactive music exhibition at the O2 Arena in London, which won the 2010 Lighting For Leisure LDA, and the Centre of The Cellinteractive science education centre in Whitechapel, London, which won the 2010 Low Carbon LDA.

A.C. Special Projects also sponsored the Special Projects category of the 2011 LDAs. Peter Keiderling presented the 2011 Special Projects LDA to the Jason Bruges Studio for their innovative video art installation on Platform 5 at Sunderland (railway) Station, a project commissioned by Nexus.

Peter Keiderling comments, "A.C. Special Projects is proud to have presented this Award to such an imaginative work. In sponsoring this category, we acknowledge the finest examples of our industry peers in delivering highly innovative and creative solutions for projects with restrictions to planning and budget."

(Jim Evans)


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