The individuals making up the annual 40under40 – an international programme to identify the most talented and promising individuals working in the lighting design industry – have been named.
The 20 men and 20 women – selected from over 250 applications – hail from 16 different countries, including Iceland, Turkey, Australia, India, China, Brazil, the US, Mexico and Sweden.
The designers will receive their trophies before keynote speaker architect Daniel Libeskind at the prestigious Lighting Design Awards ceremony on Thursday 4 May at the London Hilton Park Lane.
'The achievements of these millennials – be they creative, academic or philanthropic – are phenomenal and the selection panel were incredibly impressed,' said Ray Molony, chairman of the 40under40 international selection panel. 'This year's cohort are truly outstanding and it is set to make a huge contribution. This industry is in safe hands for the future'.
The 40under40 – in association with the global lighting brand Osram – was founded in 2016 to celebrate 40 years of the Lighting Design Awards and to create a mechanism so that the lighting industry could recognise and celebrate its emerging talent.
The official 40under40 2017 includes:
Gu Bing – Beijing GALA Lighting Design Studio
Source: http://awards.lighting.co.uk/2017s-hottest-young-lighting-design-talent-is-named/