ENIGMA
Founded in 2010, Enigma Lighting has established itself as one of Europe’s leading commercial lighting solutions providers, supplying a wide range of light fittings and lighting equipment.
We produce extensive collections of well-engineered and competitively priced fittings, designed for the retail, workplace and leisure markets.
We specialise in the supply of light fittings for roll-out projects worldwide, and subsequently, hold a high level of stock to provide for fast track programs. We pride ourselves on delivering high quality light fittings on time and on budget and we tailor our services to each client’s needs.
BRIGHT SPECIAL LIGHTING
Bright Special Lighting is a leading European manufacturing company in the lighting industry and was founded in 1984. Our headquarters, production unit, and five showrooms are located in Greece. Our wide range of architectural lighting systems mirrors our deep technical knowledge of lighting technology, our boundless creativity, and our devotion to manufacturing excellence. For 40 years, we have worked closely with architects and engineers to integrate unique lighting concepts into the final built form towards the highly demanding European standards.
INTRA LIGHTING
Besides creating architectural luminaires, Intra lighting offers mostly complete, user centric and energy efficient lighting solutions. It is a global supplier of innovative lighting for all kind of interiors, focusing green from a wholesome perspective and on many levels: from the choice of the materials and packaging, the way of production, energy consumption, transport, to the health of the employees.
Intra lighting's philospophy is: light where it is needed, when it is needed, and as much as needed which warns about the energy wastefulness and improves people's well-being.
Intra lighting works closely with architects, lighting designers, engineers, and interior designers around the globe to co-create ambitious engaging lighting solutions and the most vibrant spaces.
What places the company among the leaders in our field is focusing on the user, the thirty-year tradition, constant investments into growth and development, innovativeness, feel for aesthetics, and nonetheless a responsibility for the environment.
The headquarters of the company is in Slovenia. It has three production plants – in Slovenia, in Croatia and in Serbia besides seven offices – in Croatia, in Serbia, in Bosnia and Herzegovina, at the Netherlands, in Italy, in the United Arab Emirates and in the USA. It is constantly strengthening its presence on the international markets.
Gary Thornton
Krishna Mistry
Krishna Mistry has been working within the lighting industry for over 12 years and in 2020 set up her own independent lighting design consultancy, Mistry Lighting.
Krishna has worked across all sectors of design and some her notable projects include Tottenham Stadium, Tattu Edinburgh and over 25 Nando’s across the UK.
She is extremely passionate about lighting and occasionally gives talks at the university of Portsmouth sharing her knowledge of lighting from the place where she graduated as an interior designer.
Dan Oakley
Dan is the Dark Skies Officer at the South Downs National Park Authority and International Dark Sky Reserve. He was responsible for creating and submitting the South Downs application to the IDA and continues to manages the National Parks delivery of dark skies. Dan uses his position to promote IDA messages, light pollution and astronomical opportunities to the residents and visitors of the South Downs. Originally a Physicist with an interest in astrophysics, Dan has further degrees in Wildlife Management, and a Masters in Environment, Policy and Society, but has happily swapped his time as a ranger with a chainsaw to delivery dark skies outreach behind a telescope. Dan is actively involved in enhancing lighting policy in the UK and is coordinating the establishment of a UK Dark Sky partnership with protected landscape partners with a goal of developing specific policies for dark skies. He also currently sits on the IDA Dark Sky Places Committee, is a director of IDA-UK Chapter and is the director Darkscape Consulting that provides specialist services for dark skies and light pollution.
Miguel Aguado
Miguel Aguado is the EMEA Marketing and Technology Manager for Lutron based in London. He joined Lutron in 2005 with two bachelor’s degrees in engineering. During his career at Lutron, he has held several positions, ranging from product development to marketing and product management. He is currently a senior manager at Lutron and holds several positions of leadership in several organisations, such as the LIA, the DALI Alliance and Lighting Europe.
Matt Waring
An NCTJ qualified journalist, Matt Waring is Editor of arc magazine - the world's leading publication for lighting design in architecture.
With a background in journalism that has seen him work across various trade publications, Matt joined Mondiale Publishing as Assistant Editor of arc magazine in 2017, Matt has since risen to the role of Editor. In this position, he leads the publication, sourcing, co-ordinating, writing and editing the creative output for the publication, while also managing the day-to-day activity across its website and various social media accounts. Matt's role also sees him support [d]arc media's events, the [d]arc awards, and [d]arc sessions, liaising with specifiers and hosting panel discussions and awards presentations. Matt also represents arc magazine and [d]arc media at exhibitions and lighting design events and conferences around the world, meeting with clients and designers, and has regularly moderated panels on the myriad aspects of lighting design. Although still relatively new to the world of lighting and lighting design, Matt now considers himself a lighting enthusiast; through his work at arc, he loves nothing more than speaking to designers who are passionate about light and lighting.