Best of Nighttime Design: Elaborated by Voice, Writing and Video
Celebrating one year of formation, since August 2017, key members of the Smart Everyday Nighttime Design research team have discussed and...
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City Lights, Nighttime Design: the future of night, a spirited video, an international collaboration
A research-based, prototype pilot, blossoms with citizen participation. Skim to last image for 6-minute video Urban design often neglects...
Leni’s eclectic nighttime design bibliography
Do you read? Here, this list is for you: publications on urban design, historical light, stories of sleep, nocturnal narratives, the...
Nighttime Design Has its Day
Here, the Arup description: “In the past, the attitude of ‘the more light the better’ has led to a general abundance of light, especially...
City Light Guide – NYC – Read Cities After Dark + Movie: Cleveland’s Slice of Nigh
City Light Guide, a free mobile app by Philips has just been released. Link to Android City Light Guide & Apple City Light Guide apps...
Jane’s Walk and a Naughty Dérive
Municipal Art Society’s “Jane’s Walk” West Village, May 5th 2012,was fun and invigorating. I was the “official” photographer and took my...
International NightSeeing, Planning Continues: Megacities
Lighting is an essential element of our 24/7 world The world is urbanizing at an unprecedented pace. Once dominant, rural and...
A Slice of Light: Selections from Fusing Art + Design
A launch to the season of golden slanting sun and naturally tinting leaves, here is a seasonal selection of commentaries voted the best...
Islington After Dark (A London LightWalk)
Photo by Leni The NightSeeing program’s intention is to open people’s eyes to an existing nighttime milieu, as well as providing an...
Fête des Lumières; a NightSeeing™ LightWalk in Lyon, Part 2
Visual memories of December 2010 are clothed in a vapor of magenta pink. During the famous ‘Fête des Lumières‘ in December 2010, Philips...
Fête des Lumières; a NightSeeing™ LightWalk in 14th Century Lyon
Lyon is home to the Lighting Urban Communities International organization. This city hosts one of the most sophisticated and spectacular...
Architect’s Newspaper: Leni Schwendinger Lights the Way
Comment> A renowned lighting designer takes a walk in the dark in search of illumination (Full text and images link) In October 2010 my...
LYS – My Copenhagen Lighting Day
We arrived on a cold, turbulently windy day. Snug and dry in the Admiral Hotel a converted waterfront warehouse, we fell asleep to the...
Travel, Accolades and Openings
The past two months have been hectic, filled with travel, talks, awards, movies and a steady flow of work at Light Projects. It seems...
Mexico City; Las Calles y Luz de “La Capital”
Born to go to Mexico City, “La Capital” Leni aspired to Mexicana status, here pictured in red dress with Aztec-inspired embroidery...
LightMapping NYC – Join the exploration of light and dark November 11-18
LightMapping NYC is intended to provide the New York City lighting design community with a forum to consider the current, past and future...
HTO Park, in Toronto, submitted for 2009 Toronto Urban Design Award
Leni Schwendinger Light Projects: Lighting Design Submissions were accepted in seven categories. The competition collected a total of 117...
Guangzhou, China: A Growing, Glowing Trade of Light (a four-part series on China)
Guangzhou (广州市区) The Guangzhou International Lighting Exhibition and its concurrent Guangzhou International Lighting Technology...
Hangzhou to Suzhou: From the Elegant (Grand Canal) to the Sublime (Lion Forest Garden)
Hangzhou (杭州市区) Today Hangzhou is an important cultural center in China. It was the capital of the Song Dynasty, starting 1127, for...
Shanghai: Simultaneously Chrysalis and Butterfly
Shanghai (上海) From Suzhou the bullet train to Shanghai took 40 minutes. The view from the taxi window showcased a city festooned in...
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