On 14th October, The Society of Light and Lighting (SLL) welcomed teams of lighting professionals for the annual SLL Ready Steady Light competition, in association with Rose Bruford College and IALD.
In its 30th year, SLL Ready Steady Light is one of the Society’s flagship events. The competition provides a space for creativity and play, a return to the basics of design and engineering. Each year, the SLL welcomes teams of lighting designers, manufacturers, and students to create external lighting installations, using a limited selection of equipment and in only 180 minutes. The teams must overcome challenges without a budget and within time constraints. In a change to previous years the teams also had to learn how to operate the LED battery powered luminaires and overcome some new challenges.
As always, there were three awards up for grabs. A panel of expert judges decide the winners of the SLL Technical and Artistic Award, supported by the IALD, with the coveted Peer Award decided by the contestants taking part. SLL Ready Steady Light 2025 Technical Award – Rose Bruford College design - ‘Embers'
Team Rose Bruford College, led by Raf Tavisal won the 2025 Technical Award, judged by Kristina Allison, SLL President and Associate | Environmental & Net Zero Lighting Capability Lead and Dr Jemima Unwin Teji, Lecturer and Researcher: MSc Light and Lighting, University College London. Rose Bruford College design was called ‘Embers’.
Team Rose Bruford College (Raf Tavisal, Jacobus Flynn, Caleb Bandana, Kyra Erickson) receiving their award, from Kristina Allison and Jemima Unwin TejiSLL Ready Steady Light 2025 Artistic and Peer Award – Introba design - ‘Evening in Kyoto’
Team Introba, led by Kimberly Bartlett, won both the 2025 Artistic Award, judged by Christian Wendel, Director at Maurice Brill Lighting Design representing the International Association of Lighting Designers (IALD), and Professor Nick Hunt, Digital Research and Innovation Fellow at Rose Bruford College and the 2025 Peer Prize, a much-coveted award was judged by the contestants taking part. Introba’s design was called ‘Evening in Kyoto’.
Team Introba receiving their awards (l to r) Kimberly Bartlett, Councillor Christine Catterall, Mayor of Bexley, Mason O’Brien, Chris Harrison and Aliz Sanduj (also part of the team Pablo Temboury).
Congratulating the teams Kristina Allison CEng, MCIBSE, FSLL, President SLL said“Congratulations to all the teams, I was blown away by their creativity and their innovative use of equipment, especially our winners from Rose Bruford College and Introba.This amazing event has been running and inspiring young lighters for 30 years now and this year was the first year that the luminaries used were battery operated.A big thank you to Rose Buford College and their students for supporting, facilitating, and hosting the event, and to everyone involved in coordinating the teams and making the evening so wonderful.”. This year, SLL Ready Steady Light welcomed 2 teams from the UCL Light and Lighting MSc, and a team from Rose Bruford College, as well as a number of new graduates. It provides an opportunity for students and graduates to gain some hands-on experience, experimenting with lighting techniques and working alongside practising lighting professionals.”. The Society is committed to providing students and lighting professionals with an opportunity to have fun and work together, with the added element of some friendly competition. Students enrolled in Rose Bruford College's BA Creative Lighting Control Course support the event, allowing them to see lighting professionals working in this unique environment. The Society would like to give special thanks to Nicole Petar, Project Manager for the event, and her colleagues Ben Williams, Amelie Beaver and Alfie Merifield. If you have any questions about Ready Steady Light 2025, please email [email protected].Photos credited to Graham Baker @grahambakergbp.
SLL Ready Steady Light 2025 Technical Award – Rose Bruford College design - ‘Embers'
