Hugo Awards and Lodestar Award Base Designers Announced
Article excerpt
LAcon V has tapped Scott Lefton to design the Hugo Awards base and H. Emiko Ogasawara to design the Lodestar Award base. Lefton, who works across metal, glass, wood, electronics, and digital design, previously created the 2004 Hugo base and a Hugo rocket that flew aboard the International Space Station. He brings engineering credentials to the role alongside his artistic practice.
LAcon V has announced the Hugo Awards Base will be designed by Scott Lefton, and the Lodestar Award Base will be designed by H. Emiko Ogasawara.
Lefton specializes in multiple artistic forms, including metal, glass, wood, electronics, and digital design. He designed the 2004 Hugo Award base and the Hugo rocket displayed on the International Space Station. He is also an engineer. He says, “I’m honored to have been chosen to craft this year’s Hugo base design, and hope that it will remind people about LAcon V and about what our community values in creativity.”
Ogasawara is an artist and art instructor who works in traditional media, such as ceramics, sculpture, printmaking, and paper engineering. Her work often “emphasizes interactive, functional, and kinetic elements that invite people to become participants rather than mere viewers.”
For more information, see the LAcon V website, Lefton’s website, or Ogasawara’s website.