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Press release 02072025 SHAPE-THE-LIGHT International Online Masterclass Sustainability of (artistic) lighting products

Press release

July 2, 2025

                                                                              

Announcement by Project Partner KU Leuven

 SHAPE-THE-LIGHT, art for light - light for art

Capacity Building Academy:

International Online Masterclass 1

“Sustainability of artistic lighting products"

This masterclass is related to the introduction of the sustainability principles on (artistic) lighting products. The masterclass will treat the application of the Eco-design rules in the design of (artistic) lighting products to make them sustainable, boost circular business in line with the European Green Deal and the New European Bauhaus strategies.

Coordination:  KU Leuven (project partner Flanders region, Belgium) + Cluster Groen Licht Vlaanderen

Date: Tuesday 16/09/2025 1.30 - 5.30 PM 

Programme

  • Masterclass on 'Sustainability of artistic lighting products' by Teresa Selvaggio (LightingEurope)
    • Current and future Ecodesign and Labelling rules for lighting – a focus on circularity
    • Sustainability-related legislative files impacting the lighting industry
  • Interactive showcasing by Greet Verhoeven (Etap Lighting International)
  • Q+A

Location: Hybrid (online + in presence)

Language: English

Price: This international online masterclass  is free of charge.  Registration is required via website cluster Groen Licht Vlaanderen.

Target audience: This international masterclass is open for all stakeholders active in lighting. Since the DEI strategy is applied, we encourage female stakeholders to become part of the audience and hope that participants from other EU and extra-EU countries, with a main focus on Ukraine, will also participate.

Stakeholders:

  • Architectural & Lighting designers
  • Lighting contractors, installers, calculators & engineers
  • Interior designers
  • Lighting artists
  • Lighting Manufacturers, distributors, wholesalers
  • Young engineers, designers, young artists & students
  • Technology providers
  • Members from Groen Licht Vlaanderen, Luce in Veneto, Cluster Lumière, Clúster d’il luminación de Catalunya, Polski Związek Przemysłu Oświetleniowego (ELCA Cluster organisations)
  • Members Lighting Europe, Women in Lighting, IALD, ...
  • Cultural associations and public entities

This masterclass is possible thanks to content contributions from  LightingEurope and Etap Lighting International

More information about the project SHAPE-THE-LIGHT:  https://www.groenlichtvlaanderen.be/activiteiten/projecten/shape-the-light-%2808/07/2024-07/07/026%29

Project partners: 

Complete Agenda International Online Masterclasses SHAPE-THE-LIGHT: will be avaible very soon on website ELCA

  • Masterclass 2: Art, Light and Planet: Performative Lighting for Environmental Awareness (coordinated by CICAT - 23 October 2025)
  • Masterclass 3: Digitalization of Artistic Lighting Performances (coordinated by CL - December 2025 during Lyon Light Festival)
  • Masterclass 4: Digitalization of Artistic Lighting Products (coordinated by LIV - 12 February 2026)



Lichtpuntjes 38: Voorstelling EU project 'Shape the light - art for light, light for art' (KU Leuven) - 29/01/2025

Breakfast webinar for Members Groen Licht Vlaanderen (in Dutch): 

Inleiding

Zaken doen, innovatie en creativiteit zijn met elkaar verbonden. Het EU gesubsidieerd CREA-CULT COOP project SHAPE-THE-LIGHT is gebaseerd op het tweeledige complementaire concept van de intrinsieke relaties tussen kunst en bedrijfsleven, met de nadruk op kunst, design en de verlichtingsindustrie.

Het project lanceert ondersteunende initiatieven en een open en inclusieve samenwerkingsruimte voor het creëren van nieuwe creatieve processen, bedrijfsmodellen en marktontwikkelingen, en om de digitale en ecologische transitie in de architecturale verlichtingsontwerpsector te omarmen. Het belangrijkste objectief is om een brug te slaan tussen de verschillende actoren om co-creatie en co-design processen te genereren, waarbij mogelijkheden worden gecreëerd om geavanceerde technologieën en nieuwe innovatieve oplossingen te testen voor de uitdagingen van deze industrieën.

Spreker is Catherine Lootens die sinds 2004 werkzaam is binnen het Laboratorium voor Lichttechnologie (eerst KAHO Sint-Lieven, nadien FIIW  KU Leuven) als projectmedewerker voor de  tussen 2024 en 2027 goedgekeurde IWT/VLAIO projecten Groen Licht Vlaanderen. Sinds 2017 is ze cluster manager en bestuurder/secretaris van de Groen Licht Vlaanderen vzw.

Programma

08.25u - Aanmelding

08.30u - Verwelkoming - Catherine Lootens (Groen Licht Vlaanderen)

08.35 - Thema van de dag: rol van de leden binnen het project SHAPE-THE-LIGHT   

09.00 - Vragen en input door de leden

09.15u - Einde

Opname: https://youtu.be/B2mzvQ0kKK8

Presentatie: https://www.groenlichtvlaanderen.be/l/library/download/urn:uuid:71eb4134-3a1f-4322-8d16-a895558a63da/lichtpuntjes+43_specialisatiecursus+verlichting+2025-2026_catherine+lootens.pdf?format=save_to_disk

Project Presentation at Lichtfestival Gent 2024

Friday 02/02/2024

A first short public presentation of the project SHAPE-THE-LIGHT was hold during Ghent Light Festival 2024 - A DAY event which took place on Friday 2 February (PM) in the 'Blauwe Vogel' room, at the De Krook library in Ghent. Organiser was city of Ghent. This event brought together the Ghent Light festival 2024 light artists and designers, other light festival organisers (ILO members), lighting companies, knowledge institutes and other stakeholders. Registration (was for free): https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLScNYBSEmQN9Vb211bzgeKvLweM6D7Mu9yCekia7Lt2B2G0LvQ/viewform

Program 
14.00 - 14.30: Arrival guests, coffee & drinks
14.30 - 14.45: Welcome - Deputy Mayor Bram Van Braeckevelt 
Session 1: Homegrown Projects
14.45 - 15.00: Create - Bob Van Cleemputte
15.00 - 15.15: Atelier Mestdagh - Katrien Mestdagh & Jana Roos
15.15 - 15.30: Visual Futures - Stijn Jansen
15.30 - 15.45: Studio FAH - Jeroen De Schuyteneer
Coffee break
Session 2: European Projects
16.15 - 16.30: Shape The Light - Catherine Lootens (KU Leuven)
16.30 - 16.45: European Youth Capital - Philippe Michiels
16.45 - 17.00: Gent 2030 - Jens De Wulf

17.00 - 17.45: Q&A Lichtfestival Gent

Pictures

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Project Partners:

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