Team Light

Light.Func’s annual workshop, light.ication, completed its fourth year with six international teams of lighting students.

Light.ication v4.0 is the fourth instalment of the lighting workshops, founded by Light. Func’s Sakina Dugawalla-Moeller. The programme’s aim is to educate and inspire new designers from colleges and universities, through mentorship and creativity within the lighting design community.

Experienced lighting design firms take part as mentors, dedicating their time and experience to the students and their installations.

“We are forever grateful to everyone who has been a huge supporter and aim to go further this year. To name but a few, the likes of CD+M, Nathan Savage Lighting Design, dpa lighting consultants, Heba Hani Lighting Design, LW, Studio Lumen, Delta Lighting Consultants, DTS and Nulty; without forgetting the universities, Heriot-Watt, AUD, Manipal University, PSU and Zayed University, and not forgetting during the first edition, Canadian University,” commented Dugawalla-Moeller. Each year, the workshop sessions are based around a theme, and this year’s was based on a dual concept of the UAE’s Year of Tolerance and the Women in Lighting (WiL) project.

“As we progress in society, this year’s theme of the UAE’s mission is to highlight the impact of tolerance and to expand the scope and opportunities for communication and dialogue. The WiL initiative is not about gender inequality but about inclusivity and how this is beneficial to the profession as a whole,” added Dugawalla-Moeller.

This year, the initiative was opened up globally and the students were required to use the Light.ication project to interpret their concept of the two topics and explain it through a journey of light.

There were five teams taking part this year: Team one from the UAE was mentored by Nathan Savage, Team two, also from the UAE, was mentored by Studio Mark, Team three was from Pakistan and mentored by Ana Tanveer and Momena Saleem, Team four was from Argentina and mentored by Barbra Del Fabro of Lighting Design Studio La Candela, Team five, was from Lebanon and mentored by IdepConsult and Alba Cherine Saroufim and the final team, Team six, was from Saudi Arabia with DTS Arabia and PSU. The winning team of the workshop’s installations was team five from Lebanon.

“As we educate the Architects, Engineers and Interior Designers of tomorrow, the Light.ication initiative will transform the design thinking of these students who will one day be responsible for the development of our nation, and theirs.

“We invite you all to join this initiative by getting in touch with, where a brief will be shared, and teams can be registered, and confirmed. The installations will then be displayed digitally at Light Middle East 2020, where attendees can experience the installations first hand at the Light.ication pavilion,” further added Dugawalla-Moeller.

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