Professor Julle Oksanen

After graduating P.E. and Music world, 30 years experience on lighting - Professor in USA, teacher and examiner in UK, China and Finland - consult in PhD program UK, founder of "Light & Space Academy, The Finnish Mobile University" together with Professor Hannu Tikka -  Taught in USA, China, Russia, Poland, Japan, Singapore and UK. - Principal of Julle Oksanen Lighting Design Ltd, offices in Espoo and Helsinki - Projects: Opera Houses in Turkey and Norway, Cathedral as concert hall in Germany, KUMU museum in Estonia, Telenor headquarter glass building in Oslo Norway, Stockmann shopping mall, Helsinki, Harbours in Shanghai, Aland and Vuosaari Helsinki, Z58- park in Shanghai, Amphitheatre in Ankara Turkey, e.t.c. - Grants: Finnish Cultural Foundation and Greta & William Lehtinen's Foundation - Research: "Extraterrestrial lighting", "Museum Lighting and protection against Radiation Damages", sun simulators, UTZeroEnergyHouse, e.t.c. - Awarded in over 20 design competitions - Designed luminaires for Fagerhult, iGuzzini , Louis Poulsen, Philips, Se’elux, - x-member: CIE, IALD, IES, ELDA, OISTAT - member of Punavuoridesign Ltd and Architetural Society in Finland - Author for more than 30 books, booklets and articles in international publications such as Introluce, Architectural Lighting, Luce, and Professional Lighting Designer - Co- founder and x-Editor in chief of the Finnish magazine Valo (light) - Happy family- man --- more on CV

News   [updated 04.02.2010]

Luminaire Brando is ready, 2010. 

Fortum, Grant for UTZeroEnergyHouse- trip for students, 2009.

Arts Council of Finland, Grant 2009.

Maarianhamina West Harbour, lighting design project continues together with oliver Walter, 2010

Helsinki Metropolia, University of Applied Sciences students’ visit in University of Tennessee, 2009.

Co-operation with University of Tennessey 2009 ->

Lecture at American Institute of Architects, AIA TN- Wing in Knoxville Conference Center 2009.

“Light & Space Academy, The Finnish Mobile University” lecturing in many Universities in California USA, 2009.

Speaker at Lightfair 2008 Conference, Las Vegas, spring 2008

Finnish Cultural Foundation Grant for "Light & Space" - book team, 2008

Maarianhamina harbour, lighting design project, together with oliver Walter, 2008 ->

Writing a book "Light & Space" together with Professors Hannu Tikka, Virginia Cartwright, 2008 –

Education project in Singapore, spring 2008

Consultant in a PhD Programme at Middlesex University London, UK 2007 ->