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© Light Follows Behaviour 2023
has a fresh approach to lighting design: more inclusive, more meaningful, more engaging.
Light is the powerful tool we use to change spaces and cities.
Based in London we go wherever our projects take us, because the place and its people are the most important and inspiring starting points.
We are strategic thinkers with a critical understanding of how urban design and architecture flourish through light. Transforming cities and spaces needs collective, radical approaches; so through our work we weave the disciplines of social researchers, urban planners, architects, brand designers, and (other) lighting designers. Their knowledge, skills and experiences allow us to deliver the strategies that build unique and sustainable experiences of light.
Our creativity is matched by our technical knowledge and rigour in order to realise our projects. The delivery of a project is as important as its conceptual ideas. If our ideas fail the needs of the community, then public spaces will not thrive.
Our starting point is to listen.
We allow communities to help us as much as we can help them. Our aim is to find out how they live and use their spaces, and what is their vision for the future. Workshops are an important part of developing the design process. Interviews, urban tactics, site observations, semi-permanent installations and events are great ways to create a relationship of trust.
We encourage everyone to participate in creating new nighttime identities – little by little, step by step. It is the people who help us transform their neighbourhoods into living spaces that are defined, exciting, open, shared and cherished.
We love teaching because it helps us to continue learning. By sharing what we do and what we think with adults, students and children of any age, we open ourselves up to the experiences of others.
Co-founder, Lighting Designer
Elettra is co-founder and creative director at Light Follows Behaviour as well as co-founder of the Social Light Movement (SLM) with the aim to bring lighting to less affluent communities.
She has focused her attention on light, working as lighting designer and consultant on masterplan, exterior and public realm lighting projects. She has lead university courses at the University of Rome, Milan and Turin and she has been visiting professor at Rhode Island School of Art and Design, Providence, USA since 2016.
She was awarded a PhD in 2006 from the University of Architecture in Turin with the thesis: Technology and Innovation for Architecture and Industrial Design concentrated on urban lighting.
She is Visiting Fellow at the London School of Economics at the Sociology Department as part of the Configuring Light / Staging the Social research group working on various research projects integrating social research into lighting design.
In 2020, she was appointed visiting professor at the Lighting Research and Innovation Centre (LRIC), School of Architecture and Design, King Mongkut’s University of Technology Thonburi (KMUTT).
elettra@lightfollowsbehaviour.com
more info about Elettra > here
Co-founder, Lighting Designer
Nevena is co-founder at Light Follows Behaviour.
She trained as naval architect prior to obtaining her specialization in architectural lighting design. By using her academic knowledge and years of experience in architecture and lighting fields, she has successfully delivered numerous lighting projects for towns and cities across the globe.
In addition to a number of years working in the UK, Nevena has also worked in Switzerland, Germany and Norway. She is particularly interested in mixed used spaces, where hospitality, retail and residential blends into one overall experience.
Associate, Lighting Designer
Prior to joining Light Follows Behaviour, Luciana worked at award winning design studios in the US and UK where her attention was focused exclusively on external and public realm projects including lighting masterplans and night time strategies. She has worked on projects in the UK as well as abroad for private clients as well as collaborations with various London Boroughs. Her technical knowledge and creative design approach are a valuable asset which she looks forward to bringing to projects.
In addition to lighting Luciana has worked in various design fields including landscape design and large scale art and sculpture installations. She actively participates in design and research led workshops and research initiatives focused on improving and expanding discussions on design.
luciana@lightfollowsbehaviour.com
Lighting Designer, Architect
Argun is an architect with a passion for lighting design and urban lighting. His thesis “Light from the past, the present and the future: The district of Rome EUR” was awarded distinction for its innovative approach and deep analysis of the urban conditions and the monumental architecture of EUR.
Prior to joining LFB he was appointed a Research Fellow at Politecnico di Torino where he worked on many lighting research projects such as the “Visual and non-visual effects of lighting, lighting control systems and energy, natural lighting” and “Energy assessment of natural & artificial lighting”
Argun is great asset for the practice, combining the technical side of lighting with a very creative and artistic approach.
argun@lightfollowsbehaviour.com
External consultant
Social Researcher and Professor at LSE
As co-director of the Configuring Light research group at the London School of Economics, is contributing to the team in several ways: firstly, Slater is a sociologist with long international experience of qualitative and ethnographic social research.
Amongst its many projects, Configuring Light has worked for three years with Lend Lease in Elephant Park, on a similar project, tasked with understanding public adoption of a not-yet-built space.
Don has built a programme that specifically focuses on lighting and night-time. Light is a crucial infrastructure for the atmosphere and activation of a space; it also allows greater engagement with everyday social practices and understandings on the part of diverse stakeholders. Above all, it contributes a deeper understanding of time and temporality.
Peabody has worked with Light Follows Behaviour for over four years and the team has always been impressed with how LFB engage with the community. Elettra and her team consistently demonstrate a collaborative and helpful approach with communities, with a natural warmth that engages people from the outset. Furthermore, the LFB team engage with people of all ages, from school children to the older members of the community, with empathy and respect and always ensure they have a full understanding of the issue affecting people.
Sue Forsyth, Project Manager – IMPROVE, Peabody
The Hackney Streetscene team have appreciated our association with Light Follows Behaviour over the last couple of years, especially as it related to community lighting design services in the borough. Elettra and Nevena have assisted the designers within the Hackney Streetscene team on a number of projects, including large scale public realm projects such as Hackney Central, The Hackney Fashion Hub and Chatsworth Road. I have received many compliments for work performed by Light Follows Behaviour with hard to reach Hackney residents in collaboration with my fellow Hackney Streetscene designers.
Adrian McWhinnie, Principal Engineer, Hackney Council
– Bouygues UK
– City of Prividence, Rhode Island
– Exterior Architecture
– Gillespies
– Hilson Moran
– Jan Kattein Architects
– London Borough of Hackney
– London Borough of Lambeth
– London Borough of Newham
– London Borough of Southwark
– LSE: London School of Economics
– Nicosia Municipality
– Peabody
– Politecnico di Torino
– Radiance 35
– RISD: Rhode Island School of Design
– Sheppard Robson
– Studio ZAG
– Turkington Martin
– ULTRAMODERNE
