:AERO UK
:Aero is a lighting brand specialising in five-star hospitality lighting, and large-scale projects. With a strong international reputation, :Aero work closely with lighting designers, architects and interior designers, using our lighting engineering experience and manufacturing capability to make their ideas a reality. Innovation led and solution focused, our products challenge the norm, with digital tracking lights, micro landscape luminaires, and a whole range of ground-breaking technical solutions for your projects.
Our London based UK team is based at the BDC enables us to support UK based designers on their domestic and international projects and with offices in the Middle East and across Asia, :Aero is able to offer unparalleled products, support and solutions around the world.
ARKALUMEN
Arkalumen, based in Ottawa, Canada, designs and manufactures intelligent controllers and LED modules for light fixture manufacturers in order to enable energy-efficient and feature-rich lighting solutions. For over 15 years, Arkalumen has focused on simple, flexible, cost-effective solutions that allow highly differentiated fixtures to be launched in commercial, industrial, and residential markets. With 30+ patents, we have a history of driving innovation within the lighting industry and are proud to push the limits of what lighting can be.
MILLORA
Millora is a design-led brand redefining the relationship between light, material and human experience.
Rooted in Spanish craftsmanship, Millora combines thoughtful design, precision engineering and refined materials to create lighting and architectural solutions that go beyond function to shape how spaces look, feel and are experienced.
Its portfolio spans integrated joinery lighting, architectural downlights, specialist jewellery lighting, linear lighting systems and backlit natural stone, each developed with meticulous attention to detail, performance and aesthetics.
Created for residential, hospitality and luxury retail environments, Millora believes true luxury lies not in excess, but in the intelligence of design, the quality of craftsmanship and the details that make a lasting difference.
Guided by a philosophy of continuous refinement, Millora is driven by one simple ambition: to make every detail better.
Millora. Ever better.
Satu Streatfield
Satu Streatfield is a lighting designer and Specialist Associate at Publica, specialising in the design of public streets, spaces and night-time environments. She leads Publica’s lighting and after-dark strategy work and previously led the GLA’s Night Time Strategy Guidance programme, supporting local authorities across London. As a former Mayor’s Design Advocate, she champions the role of lighting in creating safe, vibrant and inclusive cities after dark.
Frankie Boyle
Frankie Boyle is an experiential artist and speaker whose work sits at the intersection of neuroscience, environmental design and human behaviour. She grew up with Developmental Language Disorder. Before she had words, she had light, learning to read a room before she could read the written word, and that sensitivity became the foundation of everything she creates.
Over the past decade, she has designed immersive environments and sculptural installations for Samsung, Tiffany & Co., Burberry, Magnum and MK Illuminations, and has spoken across the UK and internationally, from Google and the Royal College of Art to Light + Intelligent Building Middle East in Dubai. She has been a featured author in The Light Within Us, a featured artist in Women Light Artists by Light Collective, and has exhibited at the Saatchi Gallery in London.
Her talks are visually led and grounded in neuroscience, circadian biology and human behaviour. She translates complex research into clear, embodied insight, leaving audiences with a different relationship to the spaces they design, occupy and commission. Her core belief is simple: the spaces we design ultimately design us.
Andrea Padré
Andrea Padré is Cluster Manager at CICAT, the Lighting Cluster of Catalonia. With a background in materials engineering, industrial design and innovation management, she works at the intersection of lighting, innovation, digitalisation and sustainability.
Her role focuses on fostering collaboration across the lighting sector and connecting companies, knowledge centres and strategic partners.
Amy Rennie
Joining Buro Happold’s Edinburgh office in 2014, Amy is a lighting designer with over 10 years of experience in the architecture, urban and engineering industry.
In her role, Amy specialises in delivering healthy and sustainable solutions on our projects. She recognises the transformative effects of lighting and its importance within the built environment and as a result, this is a key focus in her work. Amy is passionate about the protection of biodiversity and ecology in our natural environments and promoting the importance of dark skies for all.
She also leads our lighting and environment initiative which seeks to educate our collaborators and clients on lighting in the outdoor environment with respect to preservation of the night sky and our ecosystem.
Amy has experience and detailed knowledge in a diverse range of sectors and markets with specific expertise in delivering projects such as landscape and public realm, cultural venues, sports stadia, education, museums, and heritage assets. She has worked on projects within UK, Europe and Middle East, which has allowed her to gain a deep understanding of the requirements and expectations in a range of cultures and climates.
Amy has a Master’s in Architectural Lighting Design and is a member of CIBSE Society of Light and Lighting, the International Association of Lighting Designers (IALD) and The International Dark Sky Association (IDA). She is actively involved in the UK Dark Skies group where discussions involve establishing policies for the outdoor environment and is also Scotland’s Women in Lighting Ambassador.
Alys Bryan
Alys is a knowledgeable Editotial Director who is focused on instigating conversations, both online and in-person, with industry experts, which challenge, educate and advance the commercial interior sector. Alys’s training and 20 years of professional experience as a furniture designer for the commercial sector make her uniquely placed to lead Design Insider as Editorial Director. Leading the editorial content of the publication, she curates unique industry events, which bring together commercial designers and suppliers. Alys is a speaker and presenter for the commercial design sector, hosting important discussions at leading industry events.
Àfrica Sabé
Àfrica Sabé Dausà is an architect and lighting designer whose work explores the relationship between light, architecture, perception and human wellbeing. Through her own practice, À. Studio, she combines lighting design, strategic consultancy, applied research and education, translating knowledge from different disciplines into practical criteria for the design of spaces.
She is Business Developer at CICAT, the Lighting Cluster of Catalonia, where she helps lead LightingPlat, a technology platform for light and health that connects companies, designers, researchers and institutions. She also teaches in architecture and lighting programmes, with a particular focus on neuroarchitecture and human-centred design. Her work is driven by the belief that light (both natural and artificial) should be understood as an essential part of how spaces are experienced, not simply as a technical layer added to them.
Tupac Martir
Tupac Martir is an internationally renowned multidisciplinary artist, creative director and founder of Satore Studio, a pioneering practice that brings together art, technology, performance, architecture and lighting design. Based in Lisbon with a UK presence, Martir is recognised globally for creating immersive experiences that blur the boundaries between the physical and digital worlds.
With a background in fine art, photography, theatre design and digital media, Martir has built a career defined by innovation, collaboration and a relentless drive to challenge convention. His diverse portfolio spans fashion, live entertainment, architecture, contemporary art and experiential design, with projects ranging from large-scale performances and installations to architectural lighting schemes and virtual experiences.
Over the course of his career, he has collaborated with some of the world’s most influential brands and cultural figures, including Alexander McQueen, Vivienne Westwood, Prada, Gucci and Beyoncé. His work is distinguished by its ability to combine cutting-edge technology with deeply human storytelling, using light as a medium to create emotion, memory and connection.
A passionate advocate for multidisciplinary thinking, Martir is also committed to nurturing emerging talent through mentoring initiatives such as the Satore Academy. As a sought-after international speaker, he has appeared at leading industry events including IALD Enlighten Europe, IALD Enlighten Americas and Disruptia Madrid, inspiring audiences with his insights into creativity, innovation and the future of design. Today, he remains one of the most influential voices shaping the future of experiential and lighting design.