A panel of industry experts has selected the winners of the annual LDI Awards, for excellence in the field of entertainment design and technology. Winners are selected from among LDI exhibiting companies and individual designers worldwide. The 2002 LDI Awards are the entertainment technology industry's highest accolade.
At this year's LDI, new product categories were created. There are now two different overall categories for the product awards; Product of the Year and Debuting Product/Promising Prototype. To qualify as a Product of the Year, the product must have been released in the past year and be shipping. If a product is introduced at LDI for the first time, it qualifies as a Debuting Product/Promising Prototype. This award will honor originality and daring conceptual leaps.
The following products, companies, and designers were honored at this year's LDI show as the best in the entertainment technology industry:
Wally Russell Award
James Fuller
Designers Tracy Eck, John Leonard, and Bill Klages
Lighting Designer of the Year, Entertainment
Bill Klages
Lighting Designer of the Year, Architecture
Steven Rosen
Lighting Designer of the Year, Themed Project
Tracy Eck
Sound Designer of the Year
John Leonard
Product of the Year, Lighting/Entertainment
Entertainment Technology (division of Genlyte Thomas Group) Intelligent Raceway
Gordon Pearlman
Product of the Year, Lighting Accessory
City Theatrical WDS Wireless Dimming System
Product of the Year, Lighting Tools and Software
Design and Drafting LD Assistant Ac with Vizlink
Product of the Year, Sound
Klark Teknik DN9340 Helix Digital Equalizer
Product of the Year, Rigging and Hardware
ACT Enterprises (distributed by City Theatrical) Moving Light Hanger
Gary Fails
Product of the Year, Rigging and Hardware, Honorable Mention
H & H Specialties Rope Lock and Safety Lockout
Product of the Year, Widget
TentTec, O-Bag
Debuting Product/Promising Prototype of the Year, Lighting/Entertainment
Philips Lighting Company ST250HR Lamp
Debuting Product/Promising Prototype of the Year, Lighting/Architecture
Lighting Services Inc BP150 Series Metal Halide Framing Projector
Debuting Product/Promising Prototype of the Year, Lighting Accessory
Derksen Lichttechnologie (distributed by Image Projection) Gobo Top
Debuting Product/Promising Prototype of the Year, Lighting Tools and Software
John McKernon (distributed by City Theatrical) Lightwright 4
Debuting Product/Promising Prototype of the Year, Scenic Effects
Pani Projection and Lighting Vertriebs GmbH E-Slide Video Accessory
Special Award for Product Innovation
Diagonal Research and Delicate Production NEV Series 6 Video Switcher
Debuting Product/Promising Prototype of the Year, Rigging and Hardware
ACT Enterprises Inc. (distributed by City Theatrical) Cheseborough
Debuting Product/Promising Prototype of the Year, Rigging and Hardware
Total Structures Inc. New Wave Truss
Cool New Product
Optispace, iball
Best Laser Display
OmniSistem Lights
Best Laser Display, Honorable Mention
Laser Fantasy International
Best Small Booth Design
Penn Fabrication
Best Large Booth Design, Honorable Mention
Robe
Best Large Booth Design
Coemar
Creative Use of Light
High End Systems