The Company / Fondation CLU
The CLU Foundation bestowed on itself the goal of encouraging young designers to develop innovative lighting concepts for exterior public spaces. To achieve this and serve its purpose, the CLU Foundation hatched the plans for a creative competition that it holds annually since then, attributing grants to numerous projects based on their merit.
The CLU Foundation aims excellence by encouraging conscious integration of the plastic quality of the products, technical advancements in exterior lighting and environmental respect.
Members of the CLU Foundation share a vision for the future: to open the CLU Foundation to the world and to encourage the industry’s next generation to question issues that require more than developing a product as a solution; we encourage the development of global solutions that link humans to their environment, thanks to light.
Mr Mathieu Casavant
Landscape Architect [Nip Paysage] & and President of the Foundation [CLU]
Mr Ernesto Quintana
Engineer and designer, specialist in mechanical feasibility [PHILIPS LUMEC]
Mrs Geneviève Rocheleau
Landscape Architect & Exterior Lighting Consultant, [PHILIPS LUMEC]
Mrs Pascale Savard
Marketing & Communications Manager [PHILIPS LUMEC]
Mr Jean-François Duquette
Industrial Designer [PHILIPS LUMEC]
Mr Alexandre Guilbeault
Intern in architecture [Cardinal et Hardy]
Mr Fabien Lasserre
Architect [Cardinal et Hardy]
Mr Jean-Philippe André
Landscape Architect [Cardinal et Hardy]
Challenging the next generation in such a positive approach and offering them a chance to be rewarded so early in their career has led to tremendous success. A multitude of captivating and impressive works have been submitted to the Competition.
2010-2011 Edition :: Interview with 1st prize winner of the CLU Foundation contest
2010-2011 Edition :: Interview with 2nd prize winners of the CLU Foundation contest
2010-2011 Edition :: Promising designer and architect wins 3rd prize of the CLU Foundation contest
2010-2011 Edition :: Interview with Originality Merit winner of the CLU Foundation contest
Luminous Magazine – Consult the editorial Blue Sky Thinking
2009-2010 Edition :: Interview with Lars Gäfvert, first prize winner of the CLU Foundation