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...

In the evening Washington D.C. NW is a monochromatic blend of light. People are the action. The shifting interplay of nighttime dark and...

CultureNow is focused on cultural mapping and exhibitions about New York City. They called the other day and asked if I would talk about...

Free for New Yorkers of all ages:  A fantastical collision of Art and Science to hear gravity firsthand. “Astronomy’s New Messengers:...

Light Planning and Community Involvement Official map of the Chinatown Little Italy Historic District boundaries The Chinatown Little...

Imagine a non-profit’s gala fundraiser where the well-dressed and a population of dedicated black youth mingle with designers and artists...

Much has been written about the Atlantic Avenue tunnel since Bob Diamond rediscovered access through a manhole to the storied passageway...

Leni Schwendinger Light Projects’ recent projects win American Society of Landscape Architects awards. In the General Design Category HtO...

Way back in November I had an opportunity to speak at the opening celebration for Main Street Garden Park in Dallas. Here, from our...

We arrived on a cold, turbulently windy day.  Snug and dry in the Admiral Hotel a converted waterfront warehouse, we fell asleep to the...

Are you a lighting designer or an artist?Are you a theorist or practitioner? These questions are bound to come up at the end of every...

The past two months have been hectic, filled with travel, talks, awards, movies and a steady flow of work at Light Projects. It seems...

Born to go to Mexico City, “La Capital” Leni aspired to Mexicana status, here pictured in red dress with Aztec-inspired embroidery...

A discussion in two parts, with Kay Kallos, Dallas Public Art Program Manager, covers the inception and objectives of the integrated...

LightMapping NYC is intended to provide the New York City lighting design community with a forum to consider the current, past and future...

The urban nighttime environment is a dark canvas that humans have created – our previously daytime oriented “clocks” have been extended...