Round Table: Light for Spaces

Susanna Antico, IALD, has a degree in architecture. She was the founder of the architectural lighting consultancy Susanna Antico Lighting Design Studio, active in Milan, Italy, from 1995 to 2023. 
Antico’s research, teaching, and practice focus on creating a sustainable nighttime identity for the urban environment. She has developed lighting master plans and many urban lighting projects, recognized by awards and numerous professional publications in Italy and abroad. 

In 1993, Hervé Descottes founded the lighting design and consulting firm L’Observatoire International in New York, after eight years of design practice in Paris, France. He personally creates the lighting concepts for all projects designed by L’Observatoire International, and oversees project development through project completion. Descottes has been recognized numerous times by the lighting design and architectural community.

Timothy Ingold is Professor Emeritus of Social Anthropology at the University of Aberdeen. He has carried out fieldwork among Saami and Finnish people in Lapland, and has written on environment, technology, and social organization in the circumpolar North, on animals in human society, and on human ecology and evolutionary theory. His more recent work explores environmental perception and skilled practice. Ingold’s current interests lie on the interface between anthropology, archaeology, art, and architecture.

Elisa Orlanski Ours is a designer, educator, and industry leader, currently serving as chief planning & design officer at Corcoran Sunshine Marketing Group. She founded the firm’s Planning & Design department 20 years ago, and consults on design and space planning for projects from South Korea to Argentina, from the United States to the Caribbean. Her portfolio ranges from master plans and hotel-branded developments to individual villas, with New York City highlights including 220 Central Park South, 56 Leonard, Hudson Yards, and One High Line.

Carla Wilkins is Board Member of IALD International Lighting Designer's Association. Based in Berlin Carla Wilkins has thirty five years professional experience as an independent Architectural Lighting Designer and has a background in architecture. In 1997 Ms. Wilkins was one of the founding partners of Lichtvision where she continues working to expand the traditional boundaries of lighting design to encompass all manner of visual experience as global creative director in Lichtvision Design.  Over the years Ms.