Extras

9 Sep 2021:

Hacking With Light… When Evening Comes

During Milan Design Week, the light installation "Hacking With Light...when evening comes" - in collaboration with Moroso and formalighting, will be the stage for the meeting organised by Women in Lighting ITALY within the Alcova Public Programme. Italian designer and ambassador for the International Women in Lighting project Giorgia Brusemini with Lighting Designer Lisa Marchesi, will be presented. Meeting moderated by journalist Paolo Casicci. The evening will be an opportunity for WIL project supporters and the entire Milan lighting community to meet in person.

5 Aug 2021:

Women & The Lighting Profession – Understanding their role

What is it about the lighting profession that has helped women to succeed? It could be argued that in lighting, unlike other design disciplines like architecture or interior design, women have played a greater role in shaping the profession. This session provides a deeper understanding about the role of women and their experiences in the Indian lighting industry from the IALD India and WIL India.

29 Jul 2021:

R.A.W: Gae Aulenti

17 Jun 2021:

How Very Queer: LGBTQ+ Identities in the Lighting Industry

This program is presented in partnership with: NORTH AMERICAN COALITION OF LIGHTING INDUSTRY QUEERS (NACLIQ) WOMEN IN LIGHTING (WIL) WOMEN IN LIGHTING + DESIGN (WILD) Thank you Francesca, Sophie, Marien, and Alana for educating us and telling your stories!! We want to take time to acknowledge the role and experience of Queer/LGTBQ+ identities within the lighting industry, and to make sure that we are inclusive of all women and gender non-conforming individuals that form part of our community. Panelists shared from their experience and also provided history of the queer perspective, current struggles, and definitions for any who are curious to better understand their friends and colleagues under the LGTBQ+ umbrella and to open pathways of communication across our global community.  “It’s important to create spaces to diversify, and not only to diversify but to advance the industry as much as we can, and not only to diversify but to humanize it also. … We have to hold the industry accountable for not creating, in the past, spaces in which queer communities can feel safe and represented, but looking forward into the future – we’re here and let’s keep this discussion alive.” – Marién “I started NACLIQ for that reason – to create a space for us … to make that space safe everywhere, particularly in the reps office, in the distributor’s office, in the contracting company – [a space] to exist, to be ourselves.” – Alana “We are not living just as individuals within our different firms or companies, but also [the actions and reactions within these spaces shows] the impact that our employers and community members have on our existence.” – Francesca How to be an ally: “Much like what we’ve been learning through conversations about Black Lives Matter, we can apply those sorts of things to queerness as well, and to feminism. Like rather than just not being homophobic – be actively anti-homophobic. If someone says a slur in front of you, maybe you’re not gay – maybe no one in the room is gay, but be brave enough to stand up and say ‘actually, I don’t find that funny, and why are you saying that, what’s the joke? I don’t get it.’ And also just listen and promote those voices when people speak out because I think it’s very difficult for other people to speak out about it.” – Sophie RESOURCES Women in Lighting – https://womeninlighting.com/  NACLIQ – http://nacliq.org/  Women in Lighting + Design – https://womeninlightingdesign.wordpress.com/   Pronouns – https://www.mypronouns.org/ Queeries – https://queeries.xyz/  Stonewall – https://www.nyclgbtsites.org/site/stonewall-inn-christopher-park/ Be an ally – https://www.glaad.org/resources/ally  Queer etymology – https://www.theallusionist.org/allusionist/queer  Kimberlé Crenshaw on Intersectionality https://www.ted.com/talks/kimberle_crenshaw_the_urgency_of_intersectionality https://www.instagram.com/soyouwanttotalkabout/ https://www.instagram.com/feminist/ https://www.instagram.com/blairimani/ https://www.instagram.com/mattxiv/ https://www.instagram.com/blackandembodied/ Check out WILD

10 Jun 2021:

The WIL Awards 2021

We celebrate the WIL Award recipients with an online event – watch live and share your comments on YouTube.

9 Apr 2021:

Logo competition - WIL Mexico

9 Apr 2021:

R.A.W: Jacqueline Hen

2 Apr 2021:

History of Women in Lighting

8 Mar 2021:

WIL Global Gathering

The Global Gathering event is an online event to celebrate International Women’s Day, the 2nd anniversary of the project and to connect our growing network and community together.  All are welcome.

5 Mar 2021:

Hablando Luz

18 Feb 2021:

WIL Russia Brochure

28 Jan 2021:

Light on the brain: the science of light and learning in lock-down

Women in Lighting are proud to host Dr Shelley James on her mission to share the latest research and, more importantly, practical solutions, so that you can stop your lighting harming your kids - and help them to learn at home. Dr Shelley James has a PhD from the Royal College of Art and is an international expert on light and well-being. She recently appeared on the award-winning BBC series Innovations that Changed the World and on the webinar series the Neuroscience of Light.

15 Jan 2021:

R.A.W: Marta Viana

8 Dec 2020:

WIL Social Roulette #4

Following on from the massive success of our first 3 events we are taking this one global - no geographical aim, just join from everywhere. This event on Tuesday December 8th is aimed at lighting designers and in the festive spirit we will be giving away some amazing Women in Lighting T-shirt prizes to participants selected on the random wheel of fortune! We are sorry to limit this to lighting designers only but we are planning a manufacturers only event early in the new year which we hope will create some interesting and thought provoking exchanges. 

26 Nov 2020:

R.A.W Talks

16 Nov 2020:

Women’s rights: Are we there yet?

13 Nov 2020:

R.A.W: Marina Zumi

12 Nov 2020:

WIL Sessions at LuxLive 2020

WIL sessions at Lux Live are supported by SLL and ILP Video-on-Demand   Programme   Roundtables 12th Nov 2020 14:00 — 14:40 Roundtable with live Q&A moderated by Juliet Rennie Kael Gillam, Kaye Preston and Rhiannon Laurie Anna Kharchenkova Eve Gaut 14:40 — 15:20 Roundtable with live Q&A moderated by Dipali Shirsat Kristina Allison Katia Kolovea and Deniz Ural 15:20 — 16:00 Light Space with live Q&A Elettra Bordonaro Manal Kahale HOW TO LOOK AFTER YOUR MENTAL HEALTH Kael Gillam Bio Kael is an architectural lighting designer with a background in theatre and a thirst for tackling the difficult things in life. With brilliant doctors and nurses in her family, she has always been obsessed with learning how the mind and body work. Through her sporadic psychology study and her own first-hand experiences with talk therapy, Kael wants to broaden people’s minds and teach them to be more attuned to their environment, their emotions, and their bodies. She currently works at Nulty+ in London as a Senior Designer. Synopsis As designers, we have unique pressures from countless different sources in our professional lives, all seemingly centred on creating the best and being the best. Clients expect nothing but excellence from the consultants they employ, and designers are notorious for never being quite satisfied with even their most accomplished works. We are also a pretty tireless lot; late nights, weekends, and holidays are often no boundary to ensuring that projects get the attention they so rightly need. Our aim at Designers Mind is to cut through the status quo and help designers establish habits that benefit themselves across all areas of their lives. We know that there are damaging yet long-established norms in the design industry that wear people down and cause burnout. Our mission is to shake off stereotypes and rewrite potentially damaging proscriptive routes to success. This presentation will address how designers and our employers can better address mental and physical wellbeing; we’ll be sharing strategies and personal stories that we hope everyone can learn from and add to their wellness toolboxes. Twitter: @designersmind_ // Insta: @designersmindforum HOW TO BECOME FASTER BY SLOWING DOWN Anna Kharchenkova (Intangible.world) Bio Anna started her career in lighting in Moscow in 2006, where she co-founded a lighting practice and led it to become the top 3 on the local market. She moved to London to join Light Bureau in 2014. In 5 years Anna helped turn around the business, became a director of the London office and the board member of the practice upon acquisition by AFRY. After spending 13 years in the industry and several burn-outs Anna left on a quest for a more balanced lifestyle. Recovering workaholic and perfectionist, she now works independently consulting both in lighting design and management in the design industry with the goal to help creative businesses built better working environments and financial sustainability. Synopsis Imagine the world where every morning you wake up looking forward to the day ahead. The world, where you are full of energy, where you enjoy what you do, and there is time for everything that is important to you. Imagine, that it actually could be possible, even though it seems unlikely. The architecture and design industry is famous for long hours, perfectionism and workaholism. So many of us consistently find ourselves by computers and night time and over weekends, feeling more overwhelmed than excited by what we do.  It’s time to make the change. Whether you are just starting out, or have been running your own company for years – if you always feel busy, but not much is getting done, if you are stressed and you wish for more hours in a day,  join us. We’ll show you how the magic of slowing down the pace can make much more fulfilled, and much faster as a bonus. HOW TO BECOME A SOCIAL BUTTERFLY Eve Gaut Bio Eve is the founder of Parrot PR and Marketing, a creative marketing agency working across a range of sectors. A highly motivated, successful and experienced marketing and PR professional, Eve has built up an enviable reputation. Having worked primarily in the specification industry for more than 15 years, her expertise has been proven in a variety of roles, across numerous disciplines and with leading brands. Synopsis “Before people buy from you, they need to buy into you”. This simple yet powerful statement encapsulates the importance of marketing yourself. Thanks to the arrival of social media and digital communication, there have never been more opportunities to sell yourself and what you have to offer. Yet many of us don’t make the most of what is available to us. The good news is that by implementing just a handful of simple changes to your online presence, you can make a big difference to how you sell yourself. In this presentation, delivered by Eve Gaut, Founder of Parrot PR and Marketing you will learn how to capitalise on the opportunities presented by the online world. You will also gain an insight into how to make online connections, and how to bring together your personal profiles and your overarching organisational channels. Eve brings 15 years of experience, combined with a passion for all things social to this talk, as she aims to help you become a social butterfly by the end of it. HOW TO GET PROFESSIONAL RECOGNITION AS A LIGHTING DESIGNER Kristina Allison Bio Kristina has worked in the lighting industry as a designer and consultant for 14 years, currently working as a senior lighting designer in the Atkins specialist lighting team in London. Currently working as a senior lighting designer for Atkins Global within the lighting team; her recent projects have included London City Airport expansion project, Euston Station redevelopment and Southampton Cruise Terminal. During her time at Zumotbel (ZG) Lighting projects with the End User retail team included Jaguar Landrover, London Olympia, Dixons, Bentley Motor and large roll out projects for LIDL retail, Sainsbury''s and ASDA. Previously, Kristina ran her own design consultancy practice, with clients such as the Carbon Trust and the Electrical Contractors Association (ECA). Her experience as consultant included advice for the Building Research Establishment (BRE), Lancaster House, Edinburgh airport, BAA, Greenwich University and lighting designer for the Dementia Services Development Centre (DSDC) and continues to be a guest lecturer at City University London. Kristina is a Chartered Engineer, Member of the Society of Light and Lighting (MSLL), Member of CIBSE (MCIBSE) and Chair of the Society of Light and Lighting (SLL) Education committee. Synopsis Lighting designers can get a bit of a rough ride at times and do not often get the recognition from other architectural or building service industries as being technical or fobbed off with 'an electrical engineer can do that' type comments. The SLL / CIBSE offers a route to Chartership (as do the ILP) that can give us the credentials equal to other disciplines that demonstrate we are on an equal playing field. Kristina will discuss her own route to chartership - the reasons why she was so motivated to take on the challenge and why other lighting professionals should also seek professional status too. SLL Light Lines Article: Chance to Charter a New Course SLL Webinar: The Alternative Route to CEng CIBSE MCIBSE / CEng: Fact Sheet M20 CIBSE: Competency Criteria M21 Engineering Council: UK-SPEC Competency Criteria Engineering Council: Pocket Guide to Registration 2020 Engineering Council: UK-SPEC, Fourth Edition, 2021 HOW TO BE IN THE MOMENT THROUGH LIGHT  Katia Kolovea & Deniz Ural Bio Deniz is a designer, researcher, and a storyteller, fascinated by the power of presence and senses in healing people’s lives. She now works as a researcher and designer at Humanistic. Katia is a lighting enthusiast, designer, a communication strategist, and the founder of Archifos. She loves creating and collaborating with brilliant minds. With their mutual passion to bring people together, they will share their journey of living in the moment through light. Synopsis Living in the moment is the most powerful thing that we can do in a world filled with anxiety and uncertainty, especially during a world health crisis like a pandemic. It has become more important than ever to teach mindfulness as a way of experiencing, where people’s sensory awareness is maximized to absorb the full effects of a moment. Light has the power to expand our sense of presence by bringing our attention to the moment as it holds a powerful place in our lives, evoking emotions, transforming spaces, providing a sense of sight and safety, and overall making us see our surrounding environment. Light can be natural or artificial and both can be manipulated in many different forms and combinations to achieve the intended result. In this presentation, Deniz and Katia will take you through a virtual, sensory, and interactive experience, introducing the concept of presence through light and defining immersive experiences. In the end, the presenters will share three practical tools on how to practice presence in our everyday lives and invite all the participants to join them in the search of magic in everyday life. LIGHT FOR SOCIAL IMPACT Elettra Bordonaro Bio She is founder and creative director at Light Follows Behaviour, lighting design studio with the aim to design with people and for people. With a PhD in urban lighting, Elettra has a background as architect. She has focused her attention on light and worked as lighting designer consultant on masterplan, exterior and public realm lighting. She has been teaching at the University of Rome, Milan and Turin and she has been four years visiting professor at Rhode Island School of Art and Design, Providence, USA. She is also co-founder of the Social Light Movement (SLM) with aim to bring lighting to less affluent communities. She is Visiting Fellow at the London School of Economics at the Sociology Department as part of the Configuring Light / Staging the Social research group working on various research projects integrating social research in lighting design. Synopsis At Light Follows Behaviour, we have extensive experience in social housing estates and council works. We believe through lighting we can evaluate and see inequalities in the public space. As well through lighting we can tackle this issue and improve the society we live in. We have been involved in the full range of community engagement, consultation and social research processes, with a particular track record in developing new approaches to conducting and integrating social research. Our design approach and methodology aim at deep analysis of both the lighting space and the social space, in order to base lighting on integrated technical and stakeholder understanding. Some examples and case studies will be presented to show how it is possible to improve and to have a social impact on housing estates, new public spaces and common areas. Furthermore, the pandemic has raised some questions that we are all aware of. We deem it important to understand which issues we need to tackle and urgently address to move forward in the right direction. LIGHT For LEBANON  Manal Kahale Bio Raised in Lebanon, Manal studied Landscape Architecture at the American University of Beirut and holds a master’s degree in Lighting Design from Parsons. Thereafter, she worked in the USA for four years before deciding to come back to Lebanon to try and bridge both worlds through lighting. However, her return to to Lebanon was more difficult than anticipated with the unfolding of an economic, financial, and monetary crisis as well as the COVID-19 pandemic, and finally on the 4th of August 2020, the biggest non-nuclear explosion ever recorded. This catastrophe unlocked feelings of communal support triggered by the complete absence of any relief efforts on the part of the Lebanese government. As a result, Manal decided to use her knowledge and experience to partake in relief efforts both as an active citizen and a lighting activist. Synopsis On August 4th 2020, Beirut underwent a terrible catastrophe. Taking place in a year that included protests, economic collapse and Covid, the blast devastated the city and its people. Manal will share how the project Light for Lebanon began. She will speak about the need for the project and how as lighting designers, we can influence situations on a social, political and economic level using light to create solutions in the short and long term.

26 Oct 2020 — 6 Nov 2020:

LIT Fest

Celebration of Light in Mexico, with Light Collective and WIL Ambassador to Chile, Paulina Villalobos.

14 Oct 2020:

Night-time Traveller