“To play with light is to play with magic. It demands a trained eye to recognize real and relative values, experience and knowledge of the cultural and psychological effects of light on people experience and knowledge of physical techniques. Lighting is both an art and a science”.
[Richard Kelly (1952) Lighting as an integral part of Architecture. College Art Journal, Vol .12, No. 1 (Autumn 1952) pp. 24-30]
Dr. Helena Gentili is a Italian/Brazilian lighting designer who has worked as a lighting consultant in Italy and abroad for more than 12 years. Her experience in the field of lighting design involves the private and the public sector, as well as contemporary lighting art contexts. She has an architectural and urbanism background studies with a Master degree in Lighting Design and a doctorate in Architectural and Urban Design with the aim to further study the role of artificial lighting in the contemporary nocturnal landscape.
In the past few years, she has been invited as lecturer at international and national seminars and at the moment, she is an adjunct professor at the Master in Lighting Design & Led Technology from Politecnico di Milano University. Since 2014, she is a professional member of APIL (Associazione Professionisti dell'Illuminazione). She is an awardee of Lighting Magazine’s 40 under 40.
