Dean Skira

Dean Skira (born 20 October 1962) is a Croatian lighting designer.[1] Skira founded his own lighting design practice in 1990 in New York City, USA.[2] He lives and works in Pula, Croatia.

Skiras light design on cranes in Pula harbour

In 1986 Skira studied lighting and interior design at the Fashion Institute of Technology in New York City. Since 1995 he and his team of designers and engineers have based their work in Croatia.

Skira is a Certified Lighting Designer (CLD), a member of IALD (International Association of Lighting Designers) and the IES (The Illuminating Engineering Society) of North America, New York section. He is also affiliated with the Croatian Lighting Association.

One of Skira's best-known projects is the "Lighting Giants", in Pula, Croatia, which changed the shipping cranes at the Uljanik Shipyard into a moving lighted art installation.[3]

Notable projects
  • GTC Matrix, Zagreb, Croatia (2020)
  • Technical Museum Nikola Tesla, Zagreb, Croatia (2020)
  • Villa Sheherezade, Dubrovnik, Croatia (2020)
  • Swimming Pool, Pula, Croatia (2019)
  • Evolution Tower, Moscow, Russia (2018)
  • Eurasia Tunnel, Istanbul, Turkey (2016)
  • TSUM, Kyiv, Ukraine (2017)
  • Roundabout Pula, Croatia (2017)
  • Hendrix Bridge, Zagreb, Croatia (2017)
  • Twisted, installation (2016)
  • Eggotrick, installation (2018)
  • Cikat Bay Resort, Losinj, Croatia (2015)
  • Postojna Cave, Postojna, Slovenia (2013)
  • Biennale Arte, Italian, pavilion, Venice (2013)
  • Hooked up installation, Milano (2013)
  • Parco della Luna, Recanati, Italy (2012)
  • Design hotel Lone landscape, Rovinj, Croatia (2011)
  • Policlinic Novamed, Zagreb, Croatia (2010)
  • Park Eden landscape, Rovinj, Croatia
  • Novamed polyclinic, Zagreb, Croatia[4][5]
  • Rident polyclinic, Poreč, Croatia
  • Novi Spa & Resort, Novi Vinodolski, Croatia[6]
  • Hotel Argentina, Dubrovnik, Croatia
  • Four Seasons Hotel, Baku, Azerbaijan
  • Hotel Kempinski, Savudrija, Croatia (2009)
  • Spa&Hotel Novi Resort, Novi Vinodolski, Croatia (2008)
  • Memorial Centre Dražen Petrović, Zagreb, Croatia (2006)
  • Town of Buzet, Croatia (2001)
  • Cranes Pula, Croatia (2014) [7][8]

Awards and recognitions
  • IES Award, New York, GTC Matrix Award of Distinction (2020)[9]
  • LIT Awards, Evolution Tower, winner (2019)
  • German Design Award, Polesano winner (2019)
  • IALD Award, Roundabout Pula, Special Citation (2018)
  • IES Award, New York, Eurasia tunnel Award of Merit (2017)
  • Darc Award, London, Twisted Winner (2017)
  • Red Dot Award, Best Product Design, Trick (2015)
  • Blueprint Award, London, Trick (2015)
  • "Delta of Gold" Prize at the 2014 Festival of Art and Design.[10]
  • Codega Prize for best LED installation[11]
  • Illumni Infinity award (2013)
  • iF product design award (2013)
  • 29th IALD Special citation Award (2012)[12][13]
  • LDA Winner External Luminaire (2012)
  • The ARC Show Innovation Award (2012)
  • IESNA Award of Merit (2009)
  • International prize Dedalo Minosse for Commissioning a Building (2007-2008)
  • Lutron most Unusual Installation in Europe (2006)
  • IESNA Award of Merit (2002)

Bibliography

In 2010 Dean Skira authored the book My light, about some of the lighting installations and artistic pieces that he has designed during the previous twenty years. The preface was written by Piero Castiglioni. The book was published by Italian publisher Lupetti Editori di Comunicazione and Croatian publisher Arhitekst.

  • Dean Skira (2010). My light. Lupetti Editori di Comunicazione.Arhitekst.ISBN 978-8883913303

Notes and references
  1. Jim Powell. "The Observer's 20 photographs of the week | From the Observer". theguardian.com. Retrieved 2018-09-06.
  2. "4aMagazine: A sustainable talk with the lighting designer Dean Skira". New4amagazine.com. Retrieved 2018-09-06.
  3. "Shipyard Cranes Come Alive in Mesmerizing Croatian Light Projection". ArtNetNews.
  4. "Novamed Polyclinic by Skira lighting design". Enlighter Magazine. Retrieved 2018-09-06.
  5. "CPD 6 2014: Sustainable lighting | Features | Building Design". Bdonline.co.uk. Retrieved 2018-09-06.
  6. "Snapshot" Mondo*Arc, Oct/Nov2012 Issue 69
  7. Hawkins, Si. "Lighting the Way". Let's Go with Rynair.
  8. "Croatian designer creates giant light show by illuminating shipyard cranes. De Zeen.
  9. https://www.croatiaweek.com/croatian-company-skira-wins-biggest-lighting-design-award-in-the-united-states/
  10. ""Prizes Delta 2014: the light Trick, of the designer Dean Skira for iGuzzini, wins the Delta of Gold". ICANDELA.
  11. "Designer Dean Skira wins inaugural Codega Prize". MondoArc, 25 October 2013
  12. "Broken Light wins IALD Radiance Award | News | Lighting". Archived from the original on 2014-02-04. Retrieved 2014-03-04.
  13. "29th IALD Awards: Daglicht & Vorm Win Radiance". lighting.com. Retrieved 2018-09-06.
  • Skira, Dean (2010). My light. Croatia: Oris and Lupetti. pp. 68–69. ISBN 9788883913303.
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