The Association
The Professional Lighting Designers' Association PLDA was originally founded as the European Lighting Designers' Association ELDA+ in 1994 in Frankfurt/D. The founders were
- Georges Berne/F,
- Johannes Dinnebier/D,
- Erwin Döring/D,
- Francesco Iannone/I,
- Heinrich Kramer/D,
- Alison Ritter/UK,
- Joachim Ritter/D,
- Lucy Rittner/F and
- Serena Tellini/I.
PLDA is a voluntary federation of lighting designers and lighting consultants who are active on an international scale. Their purpose is to increase the reputation of the profession and to establish the profession as such in its own right.
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