Caroline Jonsson
Caroline Jonsson is an experienced Lighting Designer with over a decade in the industry, combining design management and technical expertise to deliver refined, creative solutions. As part of the Creative Lighting team at Ideaworks since 2020, Caroline specialises in high-end residences and superyachts in the UK and overseas. Her work reflects a passion for detail, collaboration, and the transformative power of light.
Amy Lamé
Amy has a long and successful track record as a leader and collaborator in culture and creative industries, communities and broadcasting. She is the Founding Director of 24hr Cities, a global consultancy dedicated to transforming the way we live, work and play in cities at night. Appointed by the Mayor of London Sir Sadiq Khan, she served as London’s first Night Czar from 2016-2024, putting the UK and London on the map as a global leader of night time advocacy, policy and research.
The co- founder of club night and artist collective Duckie, Amy created, promoted and hosted groundbreaking Olivier-award winning LGBTQ+ events for over 27 years. Her broadcasting career began in 1995 on BBC2 and has taken in all major UK TV and radio stations. She currently presents weekend mornings on BBC Radio 6Music. Her debut book, From Prejudice to Pride – the first LGBTQ+ history book for young people – was published by Hachette in June 2017. Amy served as Mayoress of the London Borough of Camden in 2010-11 and spent her year highlighting the history and culture of local live music and nightlife. She currently serves on the English Heritage London Blue Plaques Panel, advising and supporting staff working on the scheme and considering recommendations suitable for commemoration.
In 2018, Amy was awarded an Honorary Doctorate in Business Administration from University of East London, and appointed Honorary Professor at UCL/University College London. She has received numerous awards, including recognition as a National Treasure as part of the Queen’s Platinum Jubilee; the Freedom of the City of London; the Music Week / Women in Music Champion Award, and the Washington College Alumni Citation. Originally from New Jersey USA, Amy is a dual citisen and has been a Londoner for over 33 years.
Teresa Beazley
Teresa Beazley is the Commercial & Training Manager at The LIA and leads a wide-ranging portfolio of industry education, with a focus on competency, behavioural development, and sector-wide standards. With a background in organisational development, HR, and behavioural leadership, her work challenges conventional CPD and focuses on shifting how capability is measured and developed across lighting and manufacturing.
Luke Cook
Luke has worked in the electrical industry for over 20 years, he has managed the Quality Assurance and Commissioning department before transitioning to lead the Integrated Systems Department following this he went on to lead the Health & Safety department.
A technically qualified electrical engineer, he also holds a NEBOSH certificate and is a Technical IOSH member. Bringing extensive expertise in compliance, safety, and operational excellence. Luke has displayed his excellent cross functional team leadership skills as well as time management throughout his career at Darke & Taylor, additionally Luke is Vice Chair of the Electrical Contractors Association Skills committee which plays a vital role in influencing skills policy and operation of skills systems across England, Wales and northern Ireland.
Tricia Smikle
Tricia's journey with the RNIB began in 2015 as a Partnerships Manager, collaborating with the NHS in London and representing RNIB on the Board of Governors at Moorfields Eye Hospital. As a Senior Project Manager, Triciaspearheaded the award-winning Grimaldi Building Project, ensuring that inclusive design was at the forefront of this groundbreaking retrofit.
Now, Tricia is a key member of the CEO Office at RNIB, driving strategic cross-organizational programs and continuing to showcase tours of the Grimaldi Building. Through these tours, Tricia shares the inspiring story of the power of stakeholder engagement in accessible design.
With a deep passion for addressing health inequality, Tricia has dedicated many years to making a difference in the charity and disability sectors.
OLIVELAB
Founded in 2017 in Turin, Olivelab is an Italian lighting studio dedicated to creating poetic yet practical luminaires. The team, led by designer Giulia Liverani, combines a fascination for physics, materiality, and atmosphere with a clear commitment to working hand-in-hand with the design community.
For architects and interior designers, Olivelab offers more than beautiful fixtures. Each product is conceived as part of a dialogue — adaptable and open to interpretation. From pendants and ceiling luminaires to wall and floor solutions, their range is intentionally designed to be configurable. Options such as LED colour temperature, material finishes, movable elements, and modular compositions allow each light to respond to the needs of a project rather than impose a fixed solution.
Signature collections such as Ali di Luce or Stoccolma demonstrate this flexibility: re-positionable sources, tensioned cables, and modular elements allow creative freedom while maintaining refined, minimal aesthetics. More experimental pieces like Equilibrio bring a sense of wonder and spectacle, making lighting not only functional but also a design feature.
Equally important is Olivelab’s support for specifiers. Every product is backed by technical resources — data sheets, 2D/3D files, and responsive project consultation.
For Olivelab, lighting is not just about objects but about partnerships — distributed in UK by Lumen Loom the brand can offer hands on support with samples or specific project collaboration with architects and designers to deliver bespoke solutions that elevate space, mood, and experience.
AQFORM
For over 30 years, AQForm has been shaping the way we experience interiors with light. Founded in 1992 and based in Czernichów near Kraków, Poland, the company has become a trusted partner for architects and designers across Europe and beyond.
As part of the Delta Light Group, AQForm combines global reach with the agility of a specialist manufacturer. At the heart of AQForm’s work is a belief: lighting is never just about illumination. It guides direction in the dark, creates mood and atmosphere, stimulates productivity, and brings interiors to life. This passion is explored every day at the company’s Research and Development Center, where a dedicated team of engineers design, test and refine each fixture. The result? Products that go far beyond modern forms – fixtures that surprise, inspire, and above all, add a unique brilliance to interiors.
The AQForm portfolio is broad yet focused: recessed downlights, tracks, architectural systems, decorative pendants and suspended luminaires. What unites them is adaptability. Designers can tailor optics, colour temperatures, finishes and modular systems to suit their projects, confident that AQForm’s local production ensures both quality and flexibility. Collaboration is central to the brand’s ethos.
By engaging closely with architects and designers during the creative process, AQForm develops fixtures that not only look striking but perform flawlessly. Each luminaire is a demonstration of how technology and design work in harmony, creating lighting that is both a design statement and a reliable tool. Over three decades of dedication, award-winning design and relentless R&D; have made AQForm a leading voice in architectural lighting.
Today, they invite you to explore the world of modern lighting solutions – where precision meets atmosphere, and every project finds its light. Sold and distributed in UK exclusively by Lumen Loom the brand offers full commercial and technical support to all UK clients.
Benz Roos
Benz studied Architectural Design at the Royal Art Academy, The Hague in The Netherlands.
During this time he developed a passion for lighting design and consequently went on to study for a Masters in Architectural Lighting Design at the University of Wismar in Germany. In 2008 Benz joined Speirs Major Light Architecture as an Assistant Designer and was promoted to Design Associate in 2017. In 2020 he was made Associate Partner. His ambition is to bring more imagination into the experience of a space – if applied to fantastic architecture and public
realm, light can make the experience for people even better.
Benz has worked on a number of projects including the multi-award winning Gasholders London in the King’s Cross development, the City of London Lighting Strategy, and the innovative Lights over Kruunuvuorenranta in Helsinki, Finland. He was also integral to the design for ‘In Lumine Tuo’, an animated light installation in Utrecht, The Netherlands which won the top prize in lighting design, the IALD Radiance Award, in 2014 as well as the recently completed reimagining of the
design which has now become permanent. Other recently completed projects include Taikoo Place development in Hong Kong, Broadgate Estate in London and the public realm lighting design at Canada Water.
Benz has a keen interest in research and development, helping to design the award-winning street lighting luminaire Aeroblades which was developed with Cree Inc. He also collaborated on the Eira luminaire with Fagerhult, and most recently, on the new lighting fixture ‘CELLS’ with manufacturer Reggiani. He was a key member of the design team for the Third Age of Light research project and led the design for the ground-breaking ‘Our Time on Earth’ climate exhibition
at The Barbican Centre.
Kit Thavaseelan
Kit studied Architecture Part 1 and Part 2 at the University of Creative Arts in the UK where he gained a passion for designing story-driven spaces and realised light to be an important tool to express stories and the experience of different spaces.
Kit joined Speirs Major Light Architecture in 2022 as an Assistant Designer and has worked on a major retail development in China as well as two workplace developments in London.
Kit appreciates how designers at Speirs Major Light Architecture are encouraged to explore their interests through the different projects the studio works on. He has been able to work on installations and projects that work on combining sound and light.
Kit can speak Tamil and enjoys music production, creating and editing short films, and exploring different creating outlets.
David Atkinson
David Atkinson Lighting Design (DALD)’s founder, David Atkinson, was named Lighting Designer of the Year (UK Lighting Design Awards, 2011) and has won numerous international awards since forming practice more than 30 years ago. Many of its architectural schemes are informed by Atkinson’s early background in theatre, film, music and fashion lighting.
He studied at the London Academy of Music & Dramatic Art and worked in disciplines such as television and commercial presentations before entering the architectural lighting field. He still has an active interest in these areas in addition to being an Associate of the International Association of Lighting Designers and his many international public-speaking engagements.