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homes and offices where we spend 90 per cent of our lives
– as well as the schools, hospitals and care homes where
An interest in light
At one point in her life, Shelley sustained a traumatic head
injury following a cycling accident, leading to extreme
photosensitivity. With a neurologist’s help, she retrained
her eye-brain connections over 5-6 years. An MA in
printmaking came next, and led to a PhD in ‘Vision and
Imaging’ – i.e. the way we process visual. A variety of we send our most vulnerable people – have little or no
commissions and collaborations followed, including training at all. They tend to buy on price,” Shelley says.
Collect at the Saatchi Gallery, Science Gallery Dublin, the “I’ve been collaborating with Glamox for several years
Medical Research Council and the opportunity to work now. I like what they do and how they do things. Glamox
with Sir Roger Penrose and the Mathematics Institute in has a mission that goes beyond commercial success;
Oxford. everyone there is passionate about the power of light to
change people’s lives for the better.”
“Light became a central part of my creative practice, but
technical support for my work was lacking. I therefore Educate, inform, demonstrate
returned to college to train as an electrician and a lighting The HCL Europe tour was a huge success, helping to
designer. I started working with other artists and scientists educate the audiences from a variety of markets including
to use light in their work.” healthcare, industrial and education. Each event was
geared towards one of these specific markets.
In 2020, things took an unexpected break when the
COVID-19 lockdown hit. “During this period, I was “For Human Centric Lighting – whether or not you agree
staying with my mother and my nieces in Bridport. It was with the term itself – there is now enough solid scientific
a real struggle being indoors with badly-wired lightbulbs evidence to show that lighting which is designed for the
in their back bedrooms and watching them struggle with visual and non-visual system, is better for the brain and
depression, gaining weight and bad behaviour,” she body. HCL can keep the body and brain in better shape,
explains. It was during this challenging period that mood, concentration and sleep. There’s enough science
Shelley realised that there was a serious lack of information and research available to talk confidently about the positive
about the effects of poor lighting. effects of lighting. HCL is not a lighting product, it’s a
solution. If you think about it in an integrated systems
With her brother’s help, Shelley created LunaTM, a series approach, which includes lighting controls, there is now
of educational YouTube videos about the right kind of reliable global consensus from scientists that light affects
lighting for environments people found themselves in us in ways that we didn’t understand until recently. My
during lockdown. The series featured short and in-depth message here is that any responsible, forward-thinking,
videos with solutions and interviews with scientists and success-oriented organisation should include lighting as
education specialists around the world, as well as lighting a key part of their thinking about the spaces they provide
manufacturers – and soon enough, it went viral. LunaTM for people.”
then expanded to LunaPro, connecting with professionals
across the business chain – from designers and architects, Shelley continues: “We already knew that the circadian
to facilities managers, lighting specifiers and installers. cycle was critical in terms of mood regulation. But brand
The focus is on the value of investing in good lighting. new evidence in the last few years means the science is
now here to back it up. It’s not just about bright light
“There’s a growing awareness that the people who buy therapy; lighting can also provoke different behaviours
lights and the decisions that are made about lighting for and mood swings in people.”

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