Extras

23 Oct 2019:

Pecha Kucha 2019 Rotterdam

At PLDC in Rotterdam, we had an amazing Pecha Kucha with 12 international female speakers. The stand was a great success. As was the social media challenge #inspirationisgenderblind which we plan to keep going in case you missed the chance to share your photo.

16 Oct 2019:

Light Middle East 2019

Women in Lighting Panel Discussion moderated by Light Collective, featuring WIL ambassadors & Interviewees Sakina Dugawalla-Moeller and Courtney Mark.

2 Oct 2019:

First Lighting Designers of Pakistan - Awareness News Interview

Momena and I were invited by well known news channel of our country to live boardcast being the first lighting designers. We are discussing importance of lighting and how we will raise its awareness in Pakistan. Sharing multiple ideas like teaching in institutes, working along with architectural and interior firm to make it a part of industry.

27 Sep 2019:

R.A.W: Eliza Alexandropoulou

Eliza's talent doesn’t rely on an strong academic background only, but also on her ability to explore, often rupturing the stage with non-conventional aesthetic suggestions.

21 Sep 2019:

First Italian roundtable of WIL

The first Italian round table of the international project WIL was held on September 24th in Milan. It was organised by the ambassador for the project in Italy, Giorgia Brusemini, designer and founder of the blog “Ogni casa è illuminata”. The meeting was hosted at the Italian headquarters of formalighting company, which supported the project from its inception. Twelve professionals working in the lighting sector sat around the same table. Their skills were: planning, teaching, journalism, production, art and research. Were present: Camila Blanco, lighting designer, Milan Giorgia Brusemini, designer and light designer blogger Daria Casciani, dottore di ricerca e lighting specialist, Milan Simona Cosentino, lighting designer, Turin Claudia Giacomobello, lighting designer, Milan Giusy Gallina, lighting designer, Turin Liliana Iadeluca, lighting designer, lecturer, artist, Genoa Marta Naddeo, decorative lighting fixture designer, Mogliano Veneto Tania Rossini, lighting designer, Turin Stefania Toro, lighting designer, Genoa Sarah Elise Sartore, lighting designer, Milan Giordana Arcesilai, lighting designer, Bologna Tania Rossini, lighting designer, Turin Giorgia Brusemini said: “This has been a meeting of comparison with a first part of the professionals who in these months, after the launch of March 8, have approached the project with interest. After months of contacts through the social platform, email and phone calls it was definitely time to meet and start working on possible future concrete steps aimed at the enhancement of Italian professionals in this field of work. For example, in past July, we were invited by the Order of Architects of Massa Carrara for an intervention within the “Donne e Architettura” (Women and Architecture") exhibition. In that exhibition we presented our international project and the lighting designer from Turin, Simona Cosentino, told to architects in there how a lighting design project is developed.” The ambassador also declares: “We are now over 64 ambassadors in the world and, thanks to the help of Light Collective, we are able to update ourselves and discuss the developments of the project in each country. During this first Italian meeting the primary objectives were clarified, which are: Contribute to creating and supporting an international database to give visibility to Italian professionals in the lighting sector. Given that almost 50% of lighting designers are Lighting Designer women, the main goal. Furthermore, we aim to ensure that they get 50% visibility and that there can be a balance of presence as conference speakers, committees and juries. The intent is to create models to follow, balance balances and encourage women to choose to work in lighting. Enhancing and raise awareness of the role of the Lighting Designer Projection already widely recognized in an international context, but still little known in Italy.” During the meeting, in support of the initiative, they connected using Skype: APIL President Susanna Antico and directly from Sweden, Lighting Designer Chiara Carucci. Milan, 27/9/2019 Photos courtesy of Simona Monfrinotti. More photos of the event can be found here.

19 Sep 2019:

[d]arcroom 2019 panel: Stepping out of the Shadows

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6 Sep 2019:

R.A.W Series

The R.A.W series is a set of blogs that will expose the trailblazing stories of our chosen ‘Radical' and ‘Ardent’ Women in Lighting for bringing pivotal change in the industry with their passion for light. We are looking to offer a fresh perspective on the contributions that these women have…

30 Aug 2019:

International Day of Light 2019

WIL created a social media campaign on the International Day of Light on May 16th where we asked women to post a shadow photo of themselves and a male colleague.

2 Aug 2019:

Accidental Feminist

Emilio Hernandez from Nulty on his discovery of being feminist, and some inspirational and easily digestible podcasts and videos.

17 Jul 2019:

PLDC Award at Large

We are very proud to announce Women In Lighting is shortlisted for the PLDC 2019 Award at Large!

25 Jun 2019:

WIL at Clerkenwell Design Week

"Women In Design" was hosted by WIL UK Ambassador Greta Smetoniute, with panelists Lauren Lever, Katia Kolovea, Faye Robinson and Anna Kharchenkova.

25 May 2019:

ILP and Women in lighting

The Institution of Lighting Professionals (ILP) supports the aim of the Women In Lighting platform to increase the profile of successful women working in lighting design to help encourage, support and inspire the next generation.

17 May 2019:

New Partnerships!

Women in Lighting is proud to be supported PLDC, ASBAI, APDI, STIR & Lighttecture.

3 Mar 2019:

8 Mar 2019 //  International Women’s Day: #BalanceforBetter

The International Women’s Day 2019 campaign theme of #BalanceforBetter is a call-to-action for driving gender balance across the world. This is completely in line with one of the outcomes we want to achieve with this project. As well as creating an inspiring digital platform for women working in lighting, we also…