5th Anniversary

March 8th 2024
Light + Building Frankfurt

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Ksenia KosayaBeata DentonSofija ColakovicClaudia GiacomobelloCHARLENE RADOVICAnne MilitelloFederica OrselliYumiko NagashimaLara ElbazNikki Escalona-TayagVictoria JerramMomoko KamemotoAoi HondaJemima Unwin TejiAbeer NowailatyAnastasia ProdromouMelissa Deutsch SteinBetty AtineChila Kumari Singh BurmanAnne BureauXimena CabezasPauline DibsClementine Fletcher-SmithPatricia MateoIris DijkstraRina Pradnya PusthikaLuz Mariela Zacarias

“When we talk about women in design, we should not turn it into a minority issue. We need to honour our heroines because unless they are visible, we will not encourage the next generation of female designers.”

Ilse Crawford

WOMEN IN LIGHTING is an inspirational and global digital platform that profiles women working in the field of lighting and lighting design. It aims to promote their passion and achievements, narrate their career path and goals. It aims to celebrate their work and increase the profile of women working in lighting to help encourage, support and inspire the next generation.

WIL has used social activism to highlight and challenge unconscious bias in the industry via a strong social media presence that has built a large following. The project is also supported by individual women in 75+ different countries. Ambassadors for WIL are a driving force for the project and create stand alone local initiatives and partner globally for broader initiatives. They are also a point of contact in each location for anyone seeking to find out more about the project.

Together, the project has evolved to form an international connected community that shares information, support and knowledge.  Alongside the website resource, WIL hosts an international conference annually on the 8th March and has an ongoing awards program to celebrate women in the industry.
Newsletter   The Team


LIT 2020 Spotlight Recipient

Exhibition & Book

Collected Light Volume Three is now available!

About the Book

New Project Interviews

Extras

5 Feb 2025:

WIL Entertainment × Rosa Stunde

Everyone is invited to the Rosa Stunde event which will be held at ISE on Feb 5th.This gathering of women in the entertainment industry was founded by Marc Lorenz and Solveig Busler in 2011. This initiative primarily aims to unite women from various departments within the industry—including lighting technicians,…
28 February 2025:

Book Review of “Collected light -Volume 3 – Women in entertainment lighting”

This is the book I wish existed when I graduated from my lighting design degree in 2003. The book would have been a welcome and empowering read, as I moved into my working life in backstage lighting surrounded then, largely by a landscape of men.
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