March 2, 2012

Marcel Wanders, YLighting Select Pattern Play Winners


To launch his latest lighting element

Can Can

in partnership with

Flos

, whimsical Dutch designer

Marcel Wanders

and Can Can’s exclusive online lighting retailer

YLighting.com

held the

Pattern Play Design Contest

last fall for which entrants were asked to submit offbeat applications of the Can Can’s inner lighting pattern. Having received hundreds of submissions from around the globe, Wanders, along with Flos CEO Piero Gandini and YLighting.com CEO Sean Callahan, recently selected the competition’s top three winning entries and five runners up. The winners will be awarded with a monetary prize and their very own Can Can pendant light, while the runners up will also receive Can Can fixtures.

See below for the winning entries.




Can Can Labyrinth Gregory Marcel Wanders Flos YLighting





First Place: Can Can Labyrinth by Gregory in Los Angeles






Dalmaticancan Jeddah Marcel Wanders Flos YLighting



Second Place: Dalmaticancan by Jeddah in Australia






Can Can tea bag Alexey Marcel Wanders Flos YLighting



Third Place: Can Can tea bag by Alexey in Russia


Ant Glue Trap Oscar Marcel Wanders Flos YLighting



Runner Up: Ant Glue Trap by Oscar in Virginia






Drain cover Mahsa Marcel Wanders Flos YLighting



Runner Up: Drain cover by Mahsa in Oakland





Can Can Living Wall Lauren Marcel Wanders Flos YLighting



Runner Up: Can Can Living Wall by Lauren in Pittsburgh





A Marcel Wanders bicycle Melanie Flos YLighting



Runner Up: A Marcel Wanders bicycle by Melanie in New York





The forgotten Pac-Man level Bradley Marcel Wanders Flos YLighting



Runner Up: The forgotten Pac-Man level by Bradley in Indiana

Images courtesy of YLighting.com.


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