Extras:Activities
7 February 2025:
Erika Baffico // Ora Blu
Erika Baffico talks about her new innovation and research project “ora blu” - a particular tone of blue found just before sunset.
7 February 2025:
Carla Jardim // The Flaming Beacon // Now You See Me (do you?)
Carla Jardim on light and dark skin tones throughout history and how they have been interpreted in different times and fields.
17 June 2023:
Live Light Podcast
The Live Light Podcast is brought to you by two curious minds in the lighting design field Maryam Aghajani and Dana Moazenie. The primary aim of this podcast is to have an open conversation with fellow lighties and discuss the dark spots within this field.
23 February 2023:
Pretty in Pink on a Dark Street
The live performance, Pretty in Pink on a Dark Street, is a collaboration between designer Marina Menéndez-Pidal and dance artist Anastasia Bezruchko. The work is just as much about femininity as it is about the role lighting plays at night.15 August 2022:
1ST INTERNATIONAL MEETING OF LIGHT ART
Paulina Villalobos, the WIL ambassador in Chile speaks with UK based Liz West, Aleksandra Stratimirovic in Sweden and Jen Lewin in the USA in an online session.20 December 2021:
2021 WIL Activities
As 2021 draws to a close and we can put all the challenges of the year behind us, we look back proudly on what the WIL community has achieved and also forward with excitement to our plans for 2022.
20 September 2021:
#womeninlightingUKfacts
The majority of us in the UK lighting industry believe there is a fair gender balance in our workplaces. Is it true?
9 April 2021:
Logo competition - WIL Mexico
WIL Mexico held a competition to create a new version of the WIL Logo specifically for local activities, and also created an amazing booklet inspired by UN Women with 12 small actions with big impacts to help us get to equality.
18 February 2021:
WIL Russia Brochure
The WIL Russia group has created a book profiling women working in lighting in Russia.
8 March 2020:
8 Mar 2020 // International Women’s Day: #WILforEqual
Join the International campaign EachforEqual by posting a picture using the equal sign with your hands.
8 November 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.
30 August 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.
25 June 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.
