ABOUT UNOLAI DESIGN

Uno Lai is an influential lighting designer in Asia and the principal of UnoLai Design, which he established in New York in 2005. A practising lighting designer for nearly two decades, Uno draws inspiration from a lively creative professional background including photography, theater and interior design. Uno’s work has received media attention and lighting design awards from organizations both at home and abroad. He has long promoted lighting design through public lectures, articles and online seminars.
In 2015, Uno opened UnoLab as an ambitious, future-driven exploration of new lighting frontiers, rethinking the role of light in our lives. His conceptual lighting art installations have been featured in festivals and exhibitions around the world. Uno most recently founded UnoLife, rooted in his personal philosophy, bringing the concepts of nature and sustainability in harmony with easeful living: design for life, so that life can be more than design.

- 2022 Muse Design Awards Gold Winner (Kaohsiung Love River Environment)
- 2021 IES Award of Merit (Puyang World House Exhibition)
- 2020 IALD Award of Merit (The Bund, Shanghai)
- 2019 Cred Award Merit Award (Taipei 101)
- 2019 IES Award of Merit (Taipei 101)
- 2019 LDA Winner of Leisure Project of the Year (New Shanghai Theatre)
- 2019 Lux Award Multi-Specialty Lighting Design Experts of the Year
- 2018 AALD Award of Asian Light (Taipei 101)
- 2018 Credaward Merit Award (Suzhou Harmony Hotel - Sangha by Octave)
- 2018 IALD Award of Excellence (New Shanghai Theatre)
- 2017 IES Award Merit (The Hub Performance and Exhibition Center)
- 2015 10th International Hotel Platinum Award, Best Business Conference Hotel (Chongqing Marriott Hotel)
- 2011 IES Award of Merit (China Airlines Headquarter Complex)
- 2011 IES Section Award international section (China Airlines Headquarter Complex)
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