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[email protected] IALD WELCOMES NEW PROFESSIONAL MEMBERS CHICAGO, ILL. USA (25 March 2015) – The IALD is pleased to welcome the following Professional-level members to the IALD. IALD Professional membership is available to architectural lighting designers who have at least five years of experience in the field in the role of senior designer or above in an independent consulting practice. IALD members worldwide must meet the highest educational and ethical standards in order to belong to this prestigious community, and are accepted as Professional members on the strength of their portfolios and recommendations. The following members were accepted to the IALD between 20 February and 20 March 2015: TA-WEI LIN, IALD Principal CMA Lighting Design Taipei City, Taiwan www.cmalighting.com.tw Ta-Wei Lin is principal at CMA Lighting Design formerly CWI Lighting Design Inc. in Taipei City, Taiwan. He established CWI in 1993 and later embarked on a new era with a new name and perspective with CMA Lighting design in 2011. After receiving a Bachelor of Architecture from Chung Yuan Christian University in Taiwan and an M.S. in Interior Design from the Pratt Institute in Brooklyn, NY USA, Ta-Wei worked as project assistant at H.M. Brandston & Partners and later as a lighting designer at Fisher Marantz Stone, both in New York City, NY USA. He also studied industrial design at the Domus Academy in Milan, Italy. In his 25 years of lighting design expertise, Ta-Wei has received several international awards, including an IALD Award of Excellence in 2003 and two Awards of Excellence at the International Illumination Awards in 2006 and 2012.