2025 Amsterdam Light Festival
Every year, the city’s canals host some stunning light installations from renowned artists and design studios.
The brief for this year’s edition was: "Legacy for the future: How will we be remembered?"
Nick and the designer Maria Suarez decided to take part in the festival. Two of their concepts made it to the final round. They collaborated with product designers, lighting experts and producers to bring their visions to life. Following is an overview of each installation, Garden of the Sea and Leap into the Unknown.
GARDEN OF THE SEA
A dynamic light installation
inviting us to protect
our fragile and beautiful ecosystems.
Installation 01
Several coral clusters floating across Amsterdam’s canals will go through changing states to show the impact we inflict upon nature.
From bleached lifeless tones, the corals will slowly come back to life with their regained colour, conveying a message of hope.
Working with product designers and lighting specialists, we decided that every coral cluster would be fixed to a floating platform, slightly submerged, allowing the light-up branches to reflect on the surface.
The LEDs will be embedded within the hollow branches, creating a diffused and organic lighting.
The textured coral branches would be achieved thanks to recycled resin to minimise the footprint of the installation.
LEAP INTO THE UNKNOWN
To leave a legacy you can’t stand still.
Installation 02
An anthropomorphic statue with abstract, yet human features fearlessly leaps through a portal of light; symbolising the passage between the past and whatever lies ahead.
Our ‘faceless hero’ shows no sign of hesitation as he leaps into the light, conveying a sense of hope and optimism for the future.