(UK) – Applications for Mentees open until December 2024.

Designers now welcome to apply for a bespoke mentorship programme through annual Silhouette Awards. Applicants must have eight years or less experience in architectural lighting. This is an opportunity to benefit from a bespoke mentorship programme led by an expert panel of judges.

To enter, applicants must complete the online applications and submit a 3 minute (max) video recording.

Twenty successful applicants will be selected and supported by one of the programme’s mentors for a six-month mentorship journey. With the help of the Silhouette Awards’ sponsors and supporters, the winners will be granted the opportunity to enhance their skill set, pursue their career ambitions, adding real value to the creativity of the industry and raising the bar for talent around the world.

This year’s line-up of mentors include:

• • 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

Katia Kolovea, Co-Founder of the Silhouette Awards, says: “We are so excited to announce our outstanding line-up of Mentors for season four 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, adds: “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.”

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