The Nominees
Here are the nominees who rose above the challenges of 2020 and did something unique. If you are nominated, you have made a difference in someone’s life and we celebrate you :-)
Nomination is now closed. The Favourites will be announced on 10th June.
WIL LATAM
Non-profit / LATIN AMERICA
As a supportive initiative for WIL global, all the latin america ambassadors started a sub group called WIL LATAM, they are workin together to increase the light culture and awareness in Latin America.
Nominated by
MACARENA GORTAREZ
Andrea Hartranft
Designer / USA
Andrea is the embodiment of leadership by example. She empowers her team of designers to create innovative lighting and solutions.
Nominated by
Jessica Krometis
Fay Greenhalgh
Designer / Australia
She is amazing, has and continues to contribute so much to our industry in a very caring, community focused way!!
Nominated by
Adam de Guara
Ligia Lanni
Architect / Canada
Ligia is a driven designer who combines her architectural background with her passion for creating beautiful environments through her designs.
Nominated by
Priyanka Aswani
Rie Sakata
Designer, Architect / Peru
Ella logro reinventarse abriendo RIE SAKATA LIGHTING EDUCATION. Su propia academia de iluminación.
Nominated by
Sabrina Mandel
Sabrina Mandel
Designer, Architect, Educator / Argentina
Sabri is passionate about lighting, and she manages to transmit that passion in architecture and in education.
Nominated by
Carolina Yonamine & Elena Longo
Kamila Staszczyszyn
Designer, Artist, Event Organiser / Poland
Kamila is a futurist creative director whose works blur the line between the real and virtual world.
Nominated by
Justyna Kosior
ZORICA MATIC
Artist, Educator, Event Organiser / France/ Serbia
Zorica initiative and engagement is focused on the development of the Light culture , in a professional sense and also for the public at large including decision-makers in the public and private sector
Nominated by
Laurent LOUYER
Chen-Lu Chloe Zhang
Designer / China/Shanghai
She is one of the few outstanding female lighting designers in China who has the ability to express and deliver her concept by giving a well-structured speech.
Nominated by
Jenna tsailin Liu
Danielle Mastro
Designer, Educator / Australia
I have nominated Danielle based on her level of support to the team and I. If not for her ability to keep us together I don't know where we'd be.
Nominated by
Elias Stavridis
Danielle Mastro
Designer / Australia
Despite being unable to tell the story of light face to face during the challenges of 2020, Danielle was determined to remain connected to her community and delivered her knowledge via the digital world.
Nominated by
George Stavridis
Diane Borys
Designer / United States
Diane is a passionate and intentional lighting designer, impactful business owner, and all-around champion for building up those around her.
Nominated by
Michelle Gallegos
Jimalee Beno
Product / United States
A tireless supporter of women throughout the lighting industry, Jimalee inspires with her amazing achievement, passion, and integrity.
Nominated by
Jill Cody
Chia Huei Lu
Designer, Blogger, Educator / Taiwan
Chia's passion for lighting design has inspired her to create a workshop that not only educate people on the values of lighting, and also brought together people from various walks of life.
Nominated by
Jenny Chien, Jenny Netz, Penny Pin-Jung Chen & Rena Wang
Carolina Yonamine
Designer, Architect / Argentina
Carolina's achievements are working with generosity, love and passion. Natural light inspires her every day.
Nominated by
Sabrina Mandel & Elena Longo
Elena Longo
Designer, Architect, Educator / Argentina
Elena's achievements have been to open her own lighting studio while she became a mother. She loves light.
Nominated by
Sabrina Mandel & Carolina Yonamine
Birgitta Persson
Designer, Architect, Non-profit / Sweden
"Shine" is a portable solar lamp that will bring light to communities in need, Birgitta has brought this initiative slowly to live.
Nominated by
Cristina Martinez
Ximena Muñoz
Designer, Architect, Educator, Event Organiser, Researcher / Chile
Ximena started Ciluz a research center on light and energy. From there, she has brought the community of Spanish-speaking lighting designers closer together through courses, publications, seminars and interviews always from very different perspectives.
Nominated by
Antonia Peón-Veiga
Uma Rawat
Non-profit, Outreach / India
The Operations Head at Design Matrix - a lighting design practice, Uma rose beyond work ties to initiate the ‘Masks for All’ campaign - making free masks accessible to the vulnerable and the under-privileged in a society grappling under the pandemic
Nominated by
Nivedita Sehrawat
Barbara Cianci Horton
Designer, Management, Outreach / USA
Awesome mentor, manager and leader, in 2020 Barbara retired as CEO, reaching the highest level in her 40+ years career
Nominated by
CHIARA CARUCCI
ANNA SBOKOU
Designer / Greece
Αnna has been amazingly supportive, embracing and connecting me with great warmth and enthusiasm with the Lighting Community in Europe! She is an open heart with an amazing passion and positivity about Lighting Design but primarily about Light in People!
Nominated by
MARA SPENTZA
Studio Mark
Designer / United Arab Emirates
Studio Mark has been involved in some amazing projects this year with outstanding success.
Nominated by
Lloyd Piersawl
Lisa Reed
Designer / United States
Lisa is a shining role-model for women, moms, and business owners - exemplified by her genuine altruistic character and selfless support.
Nominated by
Diane Borys
Sophie Charvein
Designer, Management / Canada
Professional achievement and recognition
Nominated by
Alicia Davila
Mara Villegas
Designer / United States
Despite immigration struggles and a worldwide pandemic, Mara persevered to start her own flourishing lighting design studio.
Nominated by
Wesley Burdett
Agneta & Jan Ejhed
Educator / Sweden
Founders of the KTH Lighting Laboratory, that in 2020 celebrated its 20th anniversary, with profound impact on a whole generation.
Nominated by
Diana Joels
Jo Harding
Blogger, Educator, Management, Outreach / UK
Jo is ethical, intelligent, patient, kind and a truly loyal person. In my most difficult times Jo has been there, understanding and supportive. Thank you Jo, you deserve a medal x
Nominated by
'Anon'
Motoko Ishii
Designer / Japan
Motoko Ishii is a pioneer in lighting design in Japan, and her contributions over the years have made people realize the importance of beautiful light.
Nominated by
Aki Hayakawa
Chandni Patel
Designer / UK
Chandni has been an inspiration in the past year as she has faced the pandemic very bravely: being a young designer during the lockdown is not easy, but she has not lost her smile and her positive attitude, showing how much women can be resilient!
Nominated by
Arianna Ghezzi
Mira Svanberg
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Mira is an inspiring driving force behind artistic lighting projects
Nominated by
Anastasia Angeli
Sunrise & Sunset Sessions - Semana da Luz 2020
Designer, Educator, Event Organiser, Publisher / Brazil
Meetings of light and art at dawn and dusk.
Nominated by
LEDforum (Brazil)
Light Drops
Educator / Brazil
Light Drops works as eyedrops enabling students to see magic in light, everywhere.
Nominated by
L+D Magazine (Brazil)
Martina Alagna
Designer, Educator / United Kingdom
For her passion for light and art and her positive energy and collaborative attitude. Martina has been constantly supporting the WIl project and massively contributing to the industry by sharing her knowledge on talks and virtual events in 2020
Nominated by
Anonymous
Thomas Schielke
Architect, Educator / Germany
For his continuous contribution to the lighting industry with the creation of valuable resources, archdaily articles, online and offline talks, and last but not least educational papers about light.
Nominated by
Anonymous
Bárbara Del Fabro
Designer / Argentina
Siempre activa para mantener los lazos en la Asociación Argentina de Luminotecnia, comunicando con pasión el arte de la luz
Nominated by
Alejandra Cer
Chiara Carucci
Designer / Sweden+Italy
Chiara has always been supportive, ready to encourage and celebrate my first steps in the lighting design world. She's a giver, a real mentor!
Nominated by
Giorgia Brusemini, Simona Cosentino, Carolina Levy, Elena Volpi & Martina Frattura
WIL BR’s Book Club
Designer, Educator, Event Organiser, Non-profit / Brasil
WIL BR’s Book Club was created to engage and reinforce the knowledge exchange among Brazilian women in lighting through reading
Nominated by
Ana Paula Laronga & Débora Torii
Fabiana Nery Pardhanani
Designer / United Kingdom
Leadership can be complex and difficult for some, but Fabiana lifts everyone up around her with her passion and positivity.
Nominated by
Sandra, Chris, Aliz, Ruxandra, Camila, Oliver, Katya, Eder
Eve Gaut, Founder of Parrot PR and Marketing
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Eve's much admired entrepreneurial spirit and passion for lighting has created an impressive portfolio enabling industry experts to thrive.
Nominated by
Charlotte Hendy
Nelca Roco
Designer, Architect, Blogger / Philippines
The name that pops up when anyone searches for anything about lighting design is Nelca Roco.
Nominated by
Engr Michael Santiago & Prasanth Stephen
Alisa Sheinson
Artist / Israel
Though this challenging year and years before, Alisa is driven by her art, spreading light in the darkness.
Nominated by
Zarissh Saadayev
Martina Frattura, Dipali Shirsat
Blogger / Portugal/UAE
I would like to nominate for a WIL Achievement Award Martina Frattura and Dipali Shirsat for their R.A.W blog and the work they do with me on the WIL survey - history of woman in lighting design
Nominated by
Karolina Zielinska-Dabkowska
Lara Knutson
Designer / USA
A utility patent for a 3D Lighting effect was issued last year whereby she created a sunset halo using sunlight.
Nominated by
Richard Saja & Edward Hogikyan
Luciana Borgatello
Architect / Argentina
Por su participación y contínuo entusiasmo en la Asociación Arg de Luminotecnia
Nominated by
Bárbara Del Fabro
Jo Bell
Non-profit / UK
An unsung hero of lighting CPD, working hard to provide webinars for everyone to enjoy and learn from.
Nominated by
Jess Gallacher
Parrot PR and Marketing
Designer, Artist, Blogger, Educator, Event Organiser, Journalist, Publisher / United Kingdom
It's time to focus the spotlight on Parrot PR and Marketing for all their hard work making others shine.
Nominated by
Anonymous
April Dorrian
Event Organiser / UK
Aside from being awesome, April is a consistent pillar of the lighting community, bringing people together and supporting positivity throughout the industry.
Nominated by
Rob Hall
Barry Crook
Designer, Educator, Engineer, Photographer / United Kingdom
Barry is a huge supporter of women in our industry and not just myself as his boss. He helps anyone he can, educates, supports and pushes others to the front, never thinking of himself.
Nominated by
Lorraine Calcott
Gemma Snelling
Blogger, Educator, Event Organiser, Journalist, Publisher, Researcher / United Kingdom
Gemma is flying high within the company she formed during the recession and is the wind beneath her clients wings. She is a huge advocate of women in the industry and helps us all shine.
Nominated by
Lorraine Calcott
Lorraine Calcott
Designer / United Kingdom
Dedicated to lighting for health & wellbeing; an educator on circadian design -Lorraine’s projects make a difference to people’s lives
Nominated by
Gemma Snelling
Jess Gallacher
Non-profit / UK
Keeping us all sane and being a volunteer vaccinator. She’s done so much for our industry throughout this pandemic!
Nominated by
Institution of Lighting Professionals
Michala Medcalf
Non-profit / UK
Almost died of Covid, beating it twice, and literally got back on her bike training and volunteering for the ILP.
Nominated by
Institution of Lighting Professionals
Kimberly Bartlett
Non-profit / UK
Kimberly volunteers as ILP Vice-President: Education. In 2020, her long-held dream launched: inclusive online courses for global lighting students.
Nominated by
Institution of Lighting Professionals
Rebecca Hatch
Non-profit / UK
Volunteer ILP Vice-President, Managing Director, and experienced consultant. In 2020 Rebecca led her company in manufacturing ventilators, supporting the NHS.
Nominated by
Institution of Lighting Professionals
Karen Van Biene
Non-profit / UK
Consistently lifting up others – a loyal, enthusiastic and encouraging ambassador for the lighting profession. Karen is utterly generous of spirit.
Nominated by
Institution of Lighting Professionals
Amanda Reece
Non-profit / UK
One of lighting’s most intelligent people - showing and sharing knowledge, skills and understanding -plus having a heart of gold.
Nominated by
Institution of Lighting Professionals
Sarah Lindley
Non-profit / UK
Welcoming others to the industry and relegating gender stereotypes to the past, being knowledgeable, professional and approachable.
Nominated by
Institution of Lighting Professionals
Claire Gough
Non-profit / UK
Volunteering for the lighting community, working for balance in a male orientated industry, demonstrating that women can and do succeed.
Nominated by
Institution of Lighting Professionals
Rebeca Sanchèz Pastor
Designer, Artist, Educator / Barcelona
Rebeca founder and CEO of a company dedicated 100% to the entertainment industry, inspired many people to continue to pursue lighting and adapt despite the change in the industry. Positivity is her strongest amazing character.
Nominated by
Jet Dayawon
Amanda Speight
Management / UK
Amanda boasts almost 40 years of experience in senior roles in the lighting sector and is highly regarded in the industry
Nominated by
Ellie MacDonald
Luna Lighting - Dañiel Luna-Fuller
Designer, Engineer, Management / United States
I am nominating Dañiel Luna-Fuller because she is such a strong woman in the industry. She went from being in military to owning her own lighting design company. And has accomplished so much in her business since it opened.
Nominated by
Eryn Bradburn
Helena Gentili
Designer / Brasil
I've decided to nominee Helena for 2 main reason. First of all for her resilience against professional and life adversity. And secondly, for her abilities as a professional and WIL supporter as well. Both skills that I've always admired.
Nominated by
Giacomo Rossi
David Gilbey
Designer, Educator, Researcher / Italy
David is the essence of real humanity. He always inspires and supports both men and women in the lighting world to truly believe in themselves. He continues to make a positive difference to so many people’s lives.
Nominated by
Karen Owens
RED T.E.M.I.D
Artist / Argentina
La red nació poco antes de la pandemia, pero los encuentros virtuales permitieron que creciera y se fortaleciera. Nace de la necesidad de visibilizar nuestra tarea artística en las diferentes áreas técnicas.
Nominated by
Mariela Ceballos
The feminine language of light
Designer, Architect, Artist / Spain
During the COVID-19 pandemic, Simon thought it was a good time to offering video testimonial from professional women of lighting design, architecture and art from around the world in order to promote lighting culture through a digital campaign.
Nominated by
Esther Torelló
Mary Rushton Beales
Designer / United Kingdom
Mary has shown her support to the lighting industry by being a formal educator in colleges and universities and by being an outstanding mentor to women.
Nominated by
Emma Cogswell
Suma Khandige
Designer / India
I would like to nominate her for the phenomenal contribution as well as achievement in lighting design profession handling everything all by herself and as an active participant in various industry forums.
Nominated by
Surbhi Jindal
Kelly Roberts
Designer, Non-profit / USA
Kelly has fostered Women in Lighting & Design (WILD) to grow exponentially, amplifying women's voices in the lighting industry.
Nominated by
Alana Shepherd
Giacomo Rossi
Designer / Italy
Giacomo is always there, ready to help and support on anything concerning lighting. A truly passionate believer. Of WIL as well!
Nominated by
Sarah Elise Sartore, Simona Cosentino & Serena Bisceglia
Zubair Ahmed
Architect / India
Lighting enthusiast who is ever so energetically supportive of the WIL Initiative.
Nominated by
Amardeep M. Dugar & Rayane Belkadi
As A Ceremony
Designer, Artist, Event Organiser / Germany
With their workshop "FREE LIGHTING SALON" As A Ceremony contribute to make lighting accessible to everyone.
Nominated by
Johannes Stahl
Ragne Aaviste
Management / United Kingdom
A go-getter, Ragne’s ambition exudes from every bone of her body and continues to drive sales for DH Liberty Lux.
Nominated by
Anonymous
Neil Knowles
Designer / UK
For standing up for real, positive change, within the lighting industry and for speaking up - live and direct.
Nominated by
SRH
Sulene Nascimento
Architect / Brasil
Sulene é uma grande profissional, ama o que faz, projetar, criar e explicar para o clientes e colegas de trabalho.
Nominated by
Vitória Neres Magalhães
Maedeh
Designer, Architect / Iran
Supportive not only for the people but also for the city.
Nominated by
Zoom light group Team
Nubi Leon Martínez
Designer, Architect, Researcher / Spain
Due of her organization and her initiative under work task, and her long career as a lighting designer
Nominated by
Francisco Perez Andrade, Marco Eugenio Teran Figueira, Tamara Hamideh, Herlys Pereira, Jesus Yepez & Macarena Risso
Alana Shepherd
Designer, Non-profit / USA
Alana started the North American Coalition of Lighting Industry Queers. NACLIQ is a beacon for anyone who needs a friend or advocate in lighting.
Nominated by
Lisa J. Reed
Alexandra Manson
Designer, Event Organiser / Sweden
During the cultural famine of the pandemic Alex and her team made a difference by starting nobelweeklights, a light festival in Stockholm
Nominated by
Birgitta Persson
Laura Duran
Designer, Educator, Researcher / Germany
Linking health, sustainability and wholeness, Laura is helping to build new paradigms for the lighting industry.
Nominated by
Ana Simar, Pedro García Calvo & Andrea Ortiz
Equity in Lighting
Non-profit / USA
Almost one year old, the active goal of Equity in Lighting is to increase the diversity within the lighting community of NYC so it may better reflect the diversity of the USA through the tools of outreach, educational events, and industry policy.
Nominated by
Anonymous
Nathalie Rozot
Non-profit / USA
Nathalie created Light Reach. It's a solar light initiative currently supporting the Light for Lebanon Program after the explosion in 2020.
Nominated by
Anonymous
Edward Bartholomew
Designer / USA
He has been steadfast and generous in his fight for diversity inclusion and equity in the lighting design industry.
Nominated by
Glenn Shrum
Juliet Rennie
Blogger, Event Organiser, Publisher, Management, Non-profit / United Kingdom
Juliet Rennie goes above and beyond to create a more informed and balanced lighting society
Nominated by
Brendan Keely
Florence Lam
Designer / United Kingdom
Not only is she a highly skilled designer, Florence has contributed much to our lighting community for many years and is such a great role model for designers such as myself.
Nominated by
Anne Truong
Marsha Turner
Non-profit / USA
For the outstanding 18 years of work on behalf of the strenght of the lighting design profession as CEO of the IALD
Nominated by
Monica Luz Lobo
Emma Cogswell
Educator, Outreach / United Kingdom
Emma's incredible initiative to create Skills Army - a tool for young designers to navigate their way around the lighting industry.
Nominated by
Lauren Lee Page
Maedeh Pourfathollah& Zahra Ghasemi
Designer, Architect, Researcher, Management / Iran
Bright in the pandemic! Following 4 years of lighting activities, they established a company in 2020. They played an effective role in acquainting Iranians with significance and promotion of lighting design by giving free lighting consultancy services.
Nominated by
Toktam Naimi
Ula Saniawa
Designer, Architect, Artist, Product / United Kingdom
Ula is a young, up and coming designer who started off with exploring clay in it's tactility, honesty and vulnerability and has managed to combine that with stunning lighting installations as she explores the union of the two further.
Nominated by
Anonymous
Lisa Hinderdael
Designer, Architect, Artist, Product, Management / United Kingdom
Trained in architecture and urban design, Lisa is the mastermind behind the creative vision of HagenHinderdael’s lighting range. She has exceptional eye for detail and delivery and is the wizard turning all HagenHinderdael’s ideas into stunning reality.
Nominated by
Anonymous
Soukaïna brarou
Artist / Belgium
Amazing Lighting designer, besides being a verry talented artist.
Nominated by
Brecht Nollet
Eugenia Cheng
Designer / Hong Kong
Eugenia Cheng, founder of LightOrigin Studio in Hong Kong, is an up and coming lighting design powerhouse.
Nominated by
John Chow
Emilio Hernandez & Anna Clara Sandgren
Designer, Non-profit / Sweden
Anna & Emilio have been key driving forces behind the Green Light Alliance Initiative. Their passion, dedication, and consistency have been key, and also greatly appreciated by their fellow alliance members.
Nominated by
The GLA Team
Nitika Agrawal
Designer, Architect / Germany
In 2020, Nitika bravely set up her own lighting consultancy in Germany and received a grant from German government for her start up.
Nominated by
Cehao Yu
Henrika Pihlajaniemi
Designer, Architect, Educator, Researcher / Finland
Henrika Pihlajaniemi is an Architect (M.Sc.) and D.Sc. (Tech), researcher, lighting designer and an initiator of a long needed education of architectural lighting design in Finland (2020-). Her influence on the lighting culture in Finland is significant!
Nominated by
Annukka Larsen
Splash of Light, Virginie Avrillon Dunne
Designer / UK
Virginie produces fantastic lighting scheme with a great attention to detail
Nominated by
helene dabrowski
Tina Aghassian
Designer / USA
As Fundraising Ambassador, Tina raised over US$50,000 for the Light for Lebanon program in 2020.
Nominated by
Miina Matsuoka
Linda Salamoun
Designer / Netherlands
Linda leads a committee of volunteers in planning how to spread the word about the importance of good lighting. She is dedicated and committed to supporting others and finding new ways to bring people in to the lighting community.
Nominated by
Anonymous
Mariela Ceballos
Designer / Argentina
Me enseña cada día lo valioso de su trabajo con la luz. Excelente profesional, dedicada y generosa. Comparte sus conocimientos.
Nominated by
Mónica González
Light Tribe
Non-profit / UK
The incredible duo, who started “The Light Tribe” to educate, inspire and bring the lighting community together.
Nominated by
Momena Saleem
Krishna Mistry
Designer / United Kingdom
Always remaining positive whilst bravely and successfully setting up her own company in the last year.
Nominated by
Linda Salamoun
Camila Fernández
Designer, Architect, Artist, Product, Researcher / Uruguay
Camila is one of the most powerful and innovative designers. She grew into the creative world and developed several products (objects, furniture, grafik content, etc.). The past year pushed her into the lighting world, developing and realizing amazing ligh
Nominated by
Elena Diena
Elena Diena
Designer / Uruguay
Elena is a light promoter, she inspires and expands the light language. I have seen her transform people's percepcion with her work and with herself.
Nominated by
Camila Fernñandez
Karen Owens
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Karen started The Corner Crew a WhatsApp group for the lighting community which has kept us all sane during the lock-downs. She is a great supporter of WIL.
Nominated by
David Gilbey
Gabriela Prochazka
Artist / Czechia
New media light artist with a focus on environmental and land art.
Nominated by
jakub pesek
Liz Peck
Designer, Educator / United Kingdom
Liz was a very passionate and talented designer who strived to inspire people daily. She dedicated her life and career to lighting and deserves to be recognised for all she did.
Nominated by
Rhiannon West & Kelli Zezulka
Manal Kahale
Designer / Lebanon
Initiated the “Light for Lebanon” program to support Lebanese communities with light after the 2020 explosion in Beirut.
Nominated by
Nathalie Rozot
Heid de Lucchi
Product, Management / United Kingdom
During a year that turned the world upside down, she inspired and drove the company forward, while hosting coffee chats virtually for anyone that need to talk.
Nominated by
anonymous
Bob Bohannon
Designer, Educator, Non-profit / United Kingdom
On top of being President of the SLL, writing guidance & delivering lighting training, Bob has continued to educate himself on the importance of inclusivity and diversity, transposing this knowledge into action and shaping the direction of the SLL.
Nominated by
Anonymous
Sonia Pepperell
Designer, Event Organiser, Product / United Kingdom
Sonia gives so much back to the lighting industry, in terms of organising events and webinars, delivering presentations or getting involved in competitions and STEM initiatives. She supports people in learning and having fun whilst doing it.
Nominated by
Anonymous
Sophie Parry
Educator, Engineer, Product / United Kingdom
Sophie was awarded the SLL Lighting Award 2020, recognising outstanding service to the Society and the lighting industry. Sophie has led the production of numerous lighting guides, working tirelessly to share lighting education and best practice guidance.
Nominated by
Anonymous
Bonnie Brooks
Designer, Educator, Engineer / United Kingdom
Bonnie organises regular webinars and events for Lighting Professionals in the South West of England. She has contributed to lighting guidance and professional bodies, along with running her own company. Her practical approach keeps us focused.
Nominated by
Anonymous
Tuğçe Turhan
Architect, Researcher / Turkey
Tuğçe is lighting designer who has thesis on "visual hierarchy and human perception"in lighting. When she finds something about "light", she goes after anywhere the world is. Nowadays, she's preparing for phd, her goal is to develop lighting in academic.
Nominated by
D.Oktay
Dilara Duygu DEDE
Architect / Turkey
DD was an architect with a passion for architecture until she met light 😊 since she started working in the field of lighting, she is doing advertisements and global image designs to support her company.
Nominated by
Tuğçe TURHAN
Margaret O Rorke
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Margaret O Rorke is a ceramic artist designing high class lighting in porcelain using led in a genius way.
Nominated by
Karin Widnäs
Natalia Markevich
Educator / Russian Federation
Natalia is a lighting designer with a huge professional background. After 7 years of successful work at Arup Natalia came back to Moscow to establish the lighting design course at Moscow Architecture School initiating a new age of lighting design in Russia
Nominated by
Anonymous
Jésica Elizondo
Designer, Artist, Researcher / MEXICO
Thinking about Jésica and her job is to think about light. In 2020 published “iluminando espacios”, with more than 50 artists talking about light and obtained an honorable mention by the LIT Lighting Design Awards.
Nominated by
Alfonso Lemus
Midory Esquer
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Midory has reached new career heights while keeping her work life balance and enthusiasm. Her passion fills a room.
Nominated by
Rachael Stoner
Katerina Konsta
Designer / Greece
Katerina actively contributes back to the lighting industry, volunteering for a professional body, organising countless events. She is generous with her time & advice, mentoring lighting professionals who want to apply for professional recognition.
Nominated by
Anonymous
Jess Gallacher
Educator, Event Organiser / UK
Jess has been the positive voice and constant throughout the pandemic, always on the end of the phone, email or linkedin to support anyone who needs it. Setting up and running hightlight sessions amongst several other successful events
Nominated by
Rebecca Hatch
Senay Celebi Sen
Designer / Turkey
Follow your passion even in pandemic! As an experienced architectural lighting designer, Senay had an amazing achievement in 2020 via following her passion about theatre/stage lighting and be a lead lighting designer for a zoom theatre, White Wings.
Nominated by
sebnem gemalmaz
Dr Shelley James
Designer, Artist, Educator, Researcher / UK
Dr Shelley James' research on light for education and the health of children is outstanding and her development of the character Luna to communicate better lighting habits is inspired.
Nominated by
David Gilbey
Valery Gorelova
Designer / Russia
A girl who is in love with light and inspires others, Architectural lighting designer, Co-founder of the [WAVELENGTH] magazine, Lecturer
Nominated by
Olga Tuzova
Alvaro Valdecantos
Artist, Photographer / Spain
Alvaro is a great professional. With his photographic work, He manages to communicate all the small details about the lighting design. The comprehension that he has about design and our way to work can be seen in his shoots.
Nominated by
Anonymous
LUZ SIN FRONTERAS
Non-profit / MEXICO
This is a great iniciative with the purpose of channeling social well-being experiences through light created by very talented women.
Nominated by
PATRICIA BERNAL LOPEZ
Bettina Pelz
Event Organiser / Germany / Tunesia
Bettina Pelz has been curating light-based exhibitions for over 20 years throughout Europe and also particularly in Tunisia. She is a pioneer of light art worldwide.
Nominated by
Dr. Helena Horn
Kael Gillam
Designer / United Kingdom
Kael's work with Designer's Mind continues the important task of helping to spread awareness about mental health and implement wellbeing policies in workplaces.
Nominated by
Sophie O'Rourke
Berry van Egten
Designer, Artist, Educator / the Netherlands (NL)
Sharing knowledge is Berry's passion! He loves the lighting design profession and wants nothing more than to get others enthusiastic about the profession too.
Nominated by
Ellen Goulmy
Sophya Acosta Lighting Design Studio
Designer, Artist, Researcher / Argentina
During the pandemic, the four designers of this studio showed an incredible amount of flexibility and creativity to reinvent themselves while continuing to create with light.
Nominated by
Emily A.
Eileen Pierce
Designer / United States of America
Eileen is not only a super talented lighting design but is also an incredibly supportive mentor. Over the past few years she has hired and encouraged some brilliant women. She deserves recognition for her work and constant support for women in design.
Nominated by
Saumya Monga
Bianca Gortárez
Educator / Mexico
Bianca is always positive, believes in Women in Lighting and spreads the word through education and her own means.
Nominated by
Magali Méndez
Liliana Gonzalez
Architect / Mexico
Lili has been an enthusiastic supporter of WIL MEXICO since the beginning , she always has a proactive and good attitude.
Nominated by
Magali Méndez
CoCo Ree Lemery
Designer / United States
CoCo took the initiative to launch a recycled lighting collection with Studio Kloak that put local artists to work while cleaning up the streets during the pandemic, all while working with students and as the senior lighting designer for Pottery Barn.
Nominated by
Kemlin Lee
Lauren Lever
Designer / UK
Lauren has supported me for over 12 years, across 3 different roles, by speaking at my events or by bringing along her teams and colleagues in a unique show of consistent solidarity. She will not let you fail. She is an ethical, kind and loyal supporter.
Nominated by
April Dorrian
Gemma Snelling
Outreach / UK
Gemma left a stable, full time role to set out on her own in the middle of a pandemic!
Nominated by
Brian Glynn
Dr. Armaghan Ahmadi Venhari
Designer, Educator, Researcher / Iran
She is the founder of Light-Life-academy, an online academy about lighting with online courses and free educational posts on Instagram. Dr. Ahmadi is an influential person to enhance public awareness about lighting and increase professional`s knowledge.
Nominated by
Elham Hedayati
Alison Ritter
Educator, Event Organiser, Journalist, Publisher / Germany
Alison Ritter has made an enormous impact on developing the lighting design profession through her work.
Nominated by
Annukka Larsen
Eve Gaut
Event Organiser / UK
Showing clear PR strategic direction within the Lighting Industry, during a pandemic
Nominated by
Emma Cogswell
Kristina Allison
Designer / United Kingdom
Kristina has shown incredible passion for lighting and ecology over 2020. She has been talking about the circular economy before it was fashionable to do so. In 2020 she has been using her influence to make our world a better place.
Nominated by
Anonymous
Ruth Kelly-Waskett
Designer / United Kingdom
Ruth will be the president of the Society of Light & Lighting from May 2021. And she is Great.
Nominated by
Jonathan Rush
Dr Amardeep Dugar
Designer / India
Formed IALD India. A great supporter of WIL and young lighters everywhere. A great researcher, collaborator and teacher to all.
Nominated by
David Gilbey
James Poore
Designer / United Kingdom
James has supported WIL from the beginning and introduced me to the wonderful initiative. He promotes it at every oppertunity on social media, in his work and that of the practice and within his positions within the SLL, CIBSE, ILP and the RSA
Nominated by
Hannah Poore
Marisa Teo
Product / Singapore
Former banker turned manufactucturer, Marisa is the CEO and Creator of Maerich - a lighting brand of Singapore. Maerich's G-Spot shorted for Lighting Design Awards 2020 and Darc Awards 2020. Winner of LIT Awards 2020.
Nominated by
Anonymous
Angela Woo Scott
Designer / Singapore
Angela is the design director of Light Collab. She leads the team on numerous challenging projects, A mother of 2 young children, keeping level-headed, having the interest of the team at heart, and also invited speakers for numerous talks.
Nominated by
Yah Li Toh
Monica Luz Lobo
Designer / Brazil
Monica has spent 34 years designing and promoting lighting. She is a light activist and the incoming president of the IALD.
Nominated by
Anonymous
Melissa Mak
Designer / UK
Melissa started a photo sharing initiative on LinkedIn called 'Let There Be Light' which bought people together in Lockdown.
Nominated by
Anonymous
Sarah Cullen
Journalist / UK
As acting editor of darc magazine, Sarah has championed the WIL project with regular WIL articles in each issue.
Nominated by
Anonymous
Matt Waring
Journalist / UK
As editor of arc magazine, Matt has supported the WIL project and therefore WIL from the very start.
Nominated by
Anonymous
