Dipali Shirsat is founder of The Visual Poetry, a lighting design practice based in Dubai & Mumbai. Dipali is an artist by nature with a background in Architecture & specialization in Lighting Design from KTH Royal Institute of Technology, Sweden. Passionate about light & lighting design, her ongoing research titled ‘The Usual Sense’ focuses on the non-visual sense and developing lighting practices with an inclusive design approach. The research was presented at the Digital Led Professional Symposium 2020 and shortlisted for the S.L.L Young Lighter 2020 award. The research article was featured in ILP Journal where she co-authored the article with David Gilbey.Dipali was featured in ARC magazine for her research on Multisensory Design. She has won the Silhouette Awards in 2022 which recognizes top young lighting designers among the industry.Dipali is an affiliate member of the CIBSE, UK and licensed Architect at C.O.A, India.Dipali is always open to collaborating with creative minds.