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. LiGHT 24 took place on the 20th and 21st of 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 talk’s programme and an exclusive art installation.
The ever popular [d]arc thoughts talks programme, in collaboration with lighting control specialist Lutron, 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, curated and moderated by the [d]arc media editorial team, 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, and The Institution of Lighting Professionals (ILP) once again brought their popular How to be Brilliant talk. The Silhouette Awards also hosted an in-person mentor/mentee celebration and presentation highlighting the benefits of the global mentorship programme.
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.
For those visitors who still had work commitments, they could take advantage of the on-site cafe and the dedicated LiGHT Workspace to socialise and co-work.
[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, “We are so pleased with the success of this year’s show as we expanded even further throughout the Business Design Centre. With even more exhibitors, the inclusion of a second talks programme in the Associations Lounge, exclusive light art installation by Frankie Boyle, and the Unibox [d]arc awards installation, which was given a second life as a pop-up photo booth, 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!”
Free to attend, dates for next year’s show are now confirmed as the 19th and 20th of November 2025.
Find out more about LiGHT here: https://www.lightexpo.london/
