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News, Events, Press & Interesting Reads about the Women in Lighting Project. 
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Drink spiking. My experience. A very frightening 48 hours.
28 Feb 2020:

Drink spiking. My experience. A very frightening 48 hours.

Sophie Hoyal recalls her experience of drink spiking at an industry event
The Chocolate Story
28 Feb 2020:

The Chocolate Story

Martina Frattura recounts her experience with premature forced menopause
R.A.W: Tamar Frank
31 Jan 2020:

R.A.W: Tamar Frank

Article about Tamar Frank from Lightspace, known for installations like Interlaced.
R.A.W: Sheila Kennedy
23 Jan 2020:

R.A.W: Sheila Kennedy

Kennedy is described as an “insightful and original thinker who is designing new ways of working, learning, leading and innovating”.
R.A.W: Jennifer Veitch
13 Dec 2019:

R.A.W: Jennifer Veitch

Dr. Jennifer Veitch believes that it takes cooperation: vision science, cognitive psychology, and physiology together for developing the basic knowledge about lighting.
R.A.W: Jean Rosenthal
8 Nov 2019:

R.A.W: Jean Rosenthal

Jean Rosenthal (1912-1969) a pioneer in the field of Theatre Lighting Design, it was during her thirty-three year career that the Lighting Designer joined the Scene and Costume Designer as a member of the production team.
WIL in Asia
8 Nov 2019:

WIL in Asia

As part of the Asia trip, we did 13 interviews with amazing female designers in four different countries and met up with some of our ambassadors.
Pecha Kucha 2019 Rotterdam
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…
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.
First Lighting Designers of Pakistan - Awareness News Interview
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…
R.A.W: Eliza Alexandropoulou
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.
First Italian roundtable of WIL
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…
[d]arcroom 2019 panel: Stepping out of the Shadows
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…
International Day of Light 2019
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.
PLDC Award at Large
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!
WIL at Clerkenwell Design Week
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.
ILP and Women in lighting
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.
8 Mar 2019 //  International Women’s Day: #BalanceforBetter
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…

#iamawomanoflight

According to International Women’s Day, I am very glad to tell to all the people who are engaging in lighting business that the highest position of Japanese mythology is a Goddess called Amaterasu. She is the Goddess of Light and her power is falling all over the world. Please read Japanese mythology and recognise women’s power.

Motoko Ishii, Lighting Designer
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