Open call for Global Mentee Applications for Season 4 of the Silhouette Awards

Season 4 of the highly regarded Silhouette Awards programme has officially launched, with the call for Mentee applications for the 24-25 year fast approaching.

Applications for Mentees are open from September 16th until 1st December 2024. The 20 successful Mentees will be individually supported by one of the programme’s Mentors for a six-month mentorship journey. With the support of the Silhouette Awards’ very impressive and extensive community made from an array of sponsors and supporters, the winners will be granted the opportunity to enhance their skill set, pursue their career ambitions and add real value to the creativity of the industry, raising the bar for talent around the world.

Entries can be submitted by designers with eight years of experience or under, within the architectural lighting industry, who believe their talent should be recognised and who wish to benefit from a bespoke mentorship programme led by an expert panel of judges.

Applicants should follow the following process to enter:

• Complete the online application form
• Upload a 3min (max) video recording file

More information about how to enter can be found here: https://silhouetteawards.com/how-to-enter/

The Silhouette Awards Mentors are made up of 20 senior influential lighting designers from around the world, who aim to nurture young talent and help other like-minded individuals benefit from their own personal knowledge and experiences.

This year’s remarkable line-up of Mentors from across the globe are:

• Andrew Powell – Lighting Design Alliance (LDA)
• Armaghan Ahmadi Venhari – Light-Life-Academy
• Camila Blanco –  Glare
• Cherine Saroufim – Atelier Saroufim
• Daniel Blaker – Nulty
• Eugenia Cheng – LightOrigin Studio
• Fabiana Nery Pardhanani – Glare UK
• Lee Barker-Field – AECOM
• Magdalena Gomez – So It Is Design Studio
• Maneck Tandon – ATPL Lighting
• Marc Juarez – UPC Barcelona
• Myriam Patricia Lopez Yanez
• Philip Hammond – BHA Lighting Design & Consulting
• Ratna Kumari – CD+M Lighting Design
• Sacha Abizadeh – WSP UK
• Sergio Boccia – Sergio Boccia Lighting Design
• Shahrzad Abtahi – Borealis Lighting Studio
• Tim Hunt – Arup
• Ximena Munoz Abogabir – LUXIA
• Vinod Pillai – Studio Lumen

You can discover more about the 24-25 Mentors here: https://silhouetteawards.com/mentors-24-25/

Katia Kolovea, Co-Founder of the Silhouette Awards, said: “We are so excited to announce our outstanding line-up of Mentors for season 4 of the awards. By announcing a new year of the programme, we are able to create more meaningful relationships and offer 20 more designers an opportunity to learn from a mentor’s knowledge and experience to benefit them in their careers. We are so grateful to be able to continue this success for another season, offering more experiences to all of our winning Mentees for 24-25. We can’t wait to see the incredible talent representing the industry this year and encourage Mentees to get their entries in as soon as possible!”

Eve Gaut, Co-Founder of the Silhouette Awards, added: “We are overjoyed to be back with a new season of The Silhouette Awards! Over the last three years we have seen countless successful journeys and development between our Mentor and Mentee pairings, and it has been a rewarding experience for everyone involved. We encourage all interested Mentees to apply for an experience that is much more than an award and will make a huge difference to their future career and opportunities.”

If you are a leading brand who is keen to spotlight your company while supporting the future talent of the lighting industry, there are a variety of sponsorship opportunities available for this year’s programme.

The Core Sponsor for Season 4 is ADO Lights.

Light Sponsors include LUG Light Factory, Signify and Vivalyte

A1 Lighting Magazine are proud supporters of the Silhouette Awards which is a collaboration between Archifos and Parrot PR and Marketing.