MARTIN LUPTON & SHARON STAMMERS

 
Light Collective are not your standard lighting consultancy. Their creative portfolio includes more than architectural lighting design - it encompasses many innovative projects which include light art installations, marketing projects, competitions, curated exhibitions, lighting awards, branding, trade stands and shows, epic parties, pop-up events, guerrilla lighting, community projects and light education. Their range of clients and projects has varied from the small scale to the very large: from designing for a school in Glasgow to a shopping mall in Kuwait to inventing an app for Philips. They are based in the UK but have worked all over the world, creating light in the snow of Finland or in the heat of Kenya.

Sharon and Martin have both worked in the lighting industry for over 20 years and started Light Collective in 2009. Martin, who has a PhD in lighting, started his career in environmental engineering, moving on to directorial roles at both Pinniger and Partners and BDP. He has worked on many high-profile architectural projects including the Cutty Sark, Liverpool One, Westfield, the Royal Albert Museum, and Kelvingrove Museum. Sharon started her career in stage lighting, working in London before studying for a MSc in lighting and becoming an Associate Director at both Lighting Design Partnership and Lightmatters. Her previous projects include Heron Quays station, Al Azhar Park, Somerset House, the Prince of Wales Theatre, the Coliseum Theatre and the Ashmolean Museum.

Together they like to make films about light and in 2018 completed a full-length documentary called The Perfect Light about why we use LEDs. They also love to participate in light activism and frequently tackle issues in the lighting industry, e.g. the Women in Lighting project that started in 2019. Light Collective are the creative consultants for the [d]arc awards.