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Women in Lighting: Fanny Englund

Light Collective has initiated a project titled Women in Lighting to create greater awareness and encourage inclusion of women lighting design practitioners into the industry.

by Light CollectivePublished on : Aug 27, 2019

Fanny Englund is a lighting designer working for ÅF Lighting in Stockholm, Sweden. This video about the fascinating designer is a part of a larger series titled, Women in Lighting.

Women in Lighting (Logo) Image Credit: Courtesy of Light Collective

Women in Lighting (WIL) is a project that has set out to create an inspirational digital platform for women working in lighting to promote their passion and achievements, narrate their career path and goals, celebrate their work and elevate their profile in the lighting community. Although women make up at least 50 percent of the practising designers, their inclusion on judging panels, editorial boards, conferences and as keynote speakers is significantly lower than 50 percent. WIL attempts to change that.

Watch out for the next interview with Greta Smetoniute, Michael Grubb Studio.

To see interviews of other lighting design practitioners from this series, click here.

(Information has been taken from STIR’s partnership with Light Collective and Women in Lighting, the project which has been made possible by Formalighting)

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Light Collective consists of Sharon Stammers and Martin Lupton who are lighting designers with over 20 years of experience. Based in the UK, their work includes light activism, light art installations, marketing projects, competitions, curated exhibitions, lighting awards, branding, trade stands and shows, epic parties, pop up events, guerrilla lighting, community projects and light education.

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