Holidazzle Announces Lighting Design Competition, Proposals Due June 24

The Minneapolis Downtown Council, along with the Intersections: The Downtown 2025 Plan Downtown Experience Committee, have announced a Request for Creativity (RFC) design competition for a creative lighting experience at the 2016 Holidazzle.

The Creative Lighting Experience aims to become a signature addition to the 2016 Holidazzle event in Loring Park—which will run Thursdays through Sundays from November 25 to December 23—through the creation of a one-of-a-kind spectacle that will create a sense of wonder unique to the City of Minneapolis.

The goal of the RFC is to entice creative teams with specific experience in the creation of lighting installations to apply. Creative teams could include students, designers, lighting specialists, architects, artists, urban designers or agencies with these capabilities. The RFC overview can be viewed here and proposals must be submitted to jblair@downtownminneapolis.com by Friday, June 24 at 5 pm.

For the Request for Creativity submissions, 3-4 finalists will be selected and invited to interview and discuss their concept with the review committee. From those design submissions and interviews, one winner will be awarded a contract to build their design.

Submissions for the RFC must include a statement describing your lighting concept, team member biographies, concept illustrations and examples of previous creative work.

Finalists will be announced on July 5, with final presentations to take place the week of July 25 and a winner selected the week of August 1. Design refinements will take place August through September, installation will take place in October and unveiling occurs in November. A budget provided by Holidazzle and sponsors will be allocated for this project.

For more information on Holidazzle, visit Holidazzle.com or follow along on social media via Facebook, Twitter or Instagram using the hashtag #Holidazzle.