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Live On Air After having to cancel [d]arc room in London this year, we at [d]arc media launched [d]arc room livestream, an online, global lighting design multi-track conference and exhibition held this September for specifiers, designers and suppliers in the lighting industry.
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eld over three days from 16-18 September, this year’s
[d]arc room looked very different to previous editions of the event. While we hoped to return to the Old Truman Brewery for the fourth edition of the
conference, created by [d]arc media in collaboration with Light
Collective, the continuing Covid-19 pandemic meant that this was sadly not possible.
However, as the old saying goes, “the show must go on”, and
although it was a huge shame to cancel the physical event in London, we were thrilled to be given the opportunity to bring the event online, and thus, [d]arc room livestream was born.
Although we’re living through some difficult and unusual times,
there are some positives to take out of the current situation, and the chance to bring [d]arc room to a global audience, and to include
speakers from a much wider geographical range than ever before, is certainly one of those positives.
The newly redubbed [d]arc room livestream featured 44
presentations across two streams over the three days, curated by
Light Collective, alongside three stellar keynote presentations from
Olympic Ceremony lighting designer Durham Marenghi, UNStudio’s Filippo Lodi, and light artist Aleksandra Stratimirovic. The
conference programme covered a vast array of topics, from project
case studies, professional research and inspiring stories, to pressing socio-political concerns, industry predicitons, and even a guided
group meditation session - all under the overarching theme of light. Speakers that participated in the event included: Keith Bradshaw
(Speirs + Major); Kaoru Mende (LPA); Monica Luz Lobo (LDStudio);
Carla Wilkins (Lichtvision); Dan Lister (Arup); Barbara Horton (HLB); Edward Bartholemew (Bartholemew Lighting Design); Claudia Paz; Victor Palacio (Ideas en Luz); Sophya Acosta; Sakina Dugawaller-
Moeller (Light.Func); Yah Li Toh (Light Collab); Dr. Kit Cuttle; Regina Santos (Godwin Austen Johnson); Nathalie Rozot (Phoscope); Brett Andersen (Focus Lighting); Francesca Bastianini (Sighte Studio);
Katia Kolovea (Archifos); Richard Taylor (Graphic Strategy); Ruth
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