The hours from dusk to dawn, in public space, deserve a special urban planning and design approach. During the virus pandemic, with focus...

Nighttime design and its concomitant Shades of Night analysis were born out of the NightSeeing™ Program During the dark hours, a nexus of...

Link here for Design Trust for Public Space updates on Under the Elevated, Phase 2

In 2001, for their 20th anniversary issue Metropolis magazine’s back page featured several architects’ and designers’ quick visions for...

It was cold, it was dark…normal site study conditions. Arup staff and I braved the night with cameras, illuminance meters, laser...

Nightwalking, A Nocturnal History of London, by Matthew Beaumont. The book arrived bedside and surely it “…shines a light on the shadowy...

Do you read? Here, this list is for you: publications on urban design, historical light, stories of sleep, nocturnal narratives, the...

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, a free mobile app by Philips has just been released. Link to Android City Light Guide  &  Apple City Light Guide apps...

A launch to the season of golden slanting sun and naturally tinting leaves, here is a seasonal selection of commentaries voted the best...

Photo by Leni The NightSeeing program’s intention is to open people’s eyes to an existing nighttime milieu, as well as providing an...

Visual memories of December 2010 are clothed in a vapor of magenta pink. During the famous ‘Fête des Lumières‘ in December 2010, Philips...

SHADINGS is a hybrid work by composer Laura Elise Schwendinger and lighting artist Leni Schwendinger. Playing It UNsafe Concert Friday,...

I was thrilled to receive a message from Dietrich Neumann, whose “Architecture of the Night” has inspired so many. He indicated that he...

SpectraScape, the Public Art installation comprised of video bands of light that scroll across the green glass shelters at Main Street...

Lyon is home to the Lighting Urban Communities International organization.  This city hosts one of the most sophisticated and spectacular...

Dwell Magazine’s series, As You Light It <link here>, focuses on my idea of the City as home and the NightSeeing™ program. The video...

Less than one year after the contract was awarded, Light Projects’ illumination and color design for Louisville’s 2nd Street Bridge and...

Comment> A renowned lighting designer takes a walk in the dark in search of illumination (Full text and images link) In October 2010 my...

Interview with Leni Schwendinger, Light Artist and Designer (Full text and images link) Cities of Light, Planetizen’s version (Link to...