Industry Event
LiGHT 24 described as “bigger and better than ever”
For the third year running, the UK’s only dedicated high-end lighting exhibition welcomed thousands of visitors to the Business Design Centre in London.
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iGHT 24 took place on the 20-21 November, bringing together a range of professionals from all areas of the lighting, interior design and architecture communities.
The lighting and design communities came out in full force to support the show once again – with over 5,500 attendees passing through the doors to see the latest offerings from over 160 high-end international lighting brands. Visitors also attended inspiring talks and presentations from over 50 speakers, all while making new industry connections through creatively curated networking opportunities.
Attended by a broad mix of designers working in architecture, interiors, lighting and product design, as well as engineers, end-users and specifiers, LiGHT 24 saw several new features introduced this year, including an additional talks programme and an exclusive art installation.
The ever popular [d]arc thoughts talks programme once again attracted a steady stream of guests across the two days, keen to learn more about the industry’s hot topics. Renowned professionals from all areas of the industry – lighting, interiors, architecture, specification, manufacturing and more – provided their expertise to the topics that really matter in the lighting and design communities.
With every talk well attended, the programme, included a wide variety of themes, focusing on the impact that interiors and lighting have on our environments through sustainable and human- centric designs. The two days were split into
themes, with Wednesday covering the Business of Design and Lighting + Interiors, while Thursday focused on Wellness, Sustainability and Planet. New for 2024, a splinter programme ran alongside [d]arc thoughts in the Associations Lounge, featuring talks run by leading industry associations The LIA, IALD, ILP and SLL. This programme also featured thought-provoking panel discussions in collaboration with Women in Lighting and the DALI Alliance. Meanwhile, The Institution of Lighting Professionals (ILP) once again brought their popular ‘How to be Brilliant’ talk. Unique for this year’s event, visitors had the exclusive opportunity to view the never- before-seen art installation ‘Intra-spectrum’ by
accomplished artist Frankie Boyle, powered by leading architectural lighting manufacturer formalighting.
Attendees also had countless networking opportunities, beginning with complimentary late-night welcome drinks during the first evening, and the popular LiGHT LUNCH on the second day. This year’s LiGHT LUNCH was centred around the Women in Industry networking event, hosted by representatives from associations Women in Lighting, Women Lighting Professionals, Women in Office Design, Women in Architecture and the Women in Furniture Network, offering an in- person opportunity to find out more about these empowering initiatives and how to get involved. [d]arc media managing director Paul James said: “We are thrilled once again with the positive response to the show - every year LiGHT grows in terms of both exhibitors and visitors and it just keeps getting bigger and better. With an increase in attendee numbers again this year, it’s been proven that the lighting, design and architectural communities are keen to come together and collaborate, raising the quality and sustainability of future projects.”
Helen Ankers, Head of Content at [d]arc media, added: “It was wonderful to see visitors from all corners of the design industry engaging with the new elements and I’m already excited to start planning 2025’s features and programme!” Next year’s show will be 19-20 November 2025.
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