Dean Skira (born 20 October 1962) is a Croatian lighting designer.[1] Skira founded his own lighting design practice in 1990 in New York City, USA.[2] He lives and works in Pula, Croatia.
In 1986 Skira studied lighting and interior design at the Fashion Institute of Technology in New York City. Since 1995 he and his team of designers and engineers have based their work in Croatia.
Skira is a Certified Lighting Designer (CLD), a member of IALD (International Association of Lighting Designers) and the IES (The Illuminating Engineering Society) of North America, New York section. He is also affiliated with the Croatian Lighting Association.
One of Skira's best-known projects is the "Lighting Giants", in Pula, Croatia, which changed the shipping cranes at the Uljanik Shipyard into a moving lighted art installation.[3]
Notable projects
Nime, Product Design for Delta Light (2020)
Conform, Product Design for Delta Light (2020)
GTC Matrix, Zagreb, Croatia (2020)
Technical Museum Nikola Tesla, Zagreb, Croatia (2020)
Villa Sheherezade landscape, Dubrovnik, Croatia (2020)
Public Swimming Pool, Pula, Croatia (2019)
Evolution Tower, Moscow, Russia (2018)
Mestrovic Pavilion, Zagreb, Croatia (2018)
Biennale of Architecture, Croatian Pavilion, Venice, Italy (2018)
In 2010 Dean Skira authored the book My light, about some of the lighting installations and artistic pieces that he has designed during the previous twenty years. The preface was written by Piero Castiglioni. The book was published by Italian publisher Lupetti Editori di Comunicazione and Croatian publisher Arhitekst.
Dean Skira (2010). My light. Lupetti Editori di Comunicazione.Arhitekst. ISBN978-8883913303
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