Vox Juventa

Vox Juventa – a PLDA event

Where knowledge ends and expertise begins

Newcomers to the lighting design community have a key advantage vis-à-vis experienced designers. They can build on existing and established knowledge and supplement it with their new findings and their own expertise. Hearing the young designers’ papers is more than refreshing. It is like taking a dose of vitamins. “I can acquire that kind of know-how myself”, you will say, “if only I knew where and when”.

Vox Juventa is the conference for the new generation. PLDA has been organising this speakers’ competition for lighting designers under the age of 35 for six years. An independent jury selects the six best submissions from numerous submissions, offering the authors a platform to present in front of an international audience of professionals at PLDC. The best speaker is awarded € 1,000 in prize money. Speakers are required to present only cutting-edge topics and research findings. In addition to the content the jury also evaluates the speakers’ professionalism and presentation skills.

PLDA aims at using Vox Juventa to support the young designers’ integration into the market and to acknowledge their professionalism. Previous years have demonstrated that the young generation of lighting designers can hold their own against lighting professionals who have been in the business for years, and their presentations have set new standards.

Attending this year’s Vox Juventa track at PLDC will definitely be worth your while!

Anna Sbokou/UK

Coming from Interior Architecture, Anna specialized in Lighting Design after completing the MSc in Light and Lighting at University College London in the UK. She worked with the NDY Light team from 2006 to 2009, where she worked on various national and international large-scale projects. Since 2009 Anna has been working as an independent lighting designer based in London.

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Lora Kaleva/N

Lora studied Architectural Lighting Design at University College Buskerud in Norway and was awarded an MSc in Light and Lighting at University College London in the UK in November 2010. She currently works for BDP in their London office.

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Maren Leudersdorff/D

After attaining her degree in Interior Architecture at the University of Applied Sciences in Darmstadt/D, Maren continued with a Master of Science course in Architectural Lighting Design at the Royal Institute of Technology in Stockholm/D.

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Jemima Unwin/UK

After working for architecture practices in Kyoto/J, Sydney/AUS and Manchester/UK, Jemima set up her own office in London/UK in 2007. Her long term interests in both daylighting and electric lighting were formalised on completion of the MSc in Light and Lighting at University College London in the UK in 2010, for which she was awarded a Distinction.

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Natalia Sokol/PL

Natalia is a lighting designer and product designer and works on diverse projects ranging from architectural lighting, including daylighting, to luminaire design to artistic lighting installations. Natalia’s passion for lighting started during her studies in a stained glass studio.

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Max Erlemann/D

Max attained his Master degree in Architectural Lighting Design at the University of Wismar/D. He currently works as a practicing lighting designer and as a lecturer in the Architectural Lighting Design department at the University of Wismar/D.

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