Envisioning the future of public space illumination – Looking back at looking forward, part one
In 2001, for their 20th anniversary issue Metropolis magazine’s back page featured several architects’ and designers’ quick visions for...
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Leni Schwendinger
Jul 23, 20151 min read
Leni’s eclectic nighttime design bibliography, part 2
Nightwalking, A Nocturnal History of London, by Matthew Beaumont. The book arrived bedside and surely it “…shines a light on the shadowy...
Leni Schwendinger
Apr 19, 20151 min read
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...
Leni Schwendinger
Mar 22, 20152 min read
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...
Leni Schwendinger
Mar 10, 20123 min read
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...
Leni Schwendinger
Jun 21, 20112 min read
SpectraScape Spring Transforms into Summer 6/21/2011
Public Art at Main Street Garden Park: SPRING Lights Change to SUMMER SpectraScape, the public art installation comprised of video bands...
Leni Schwendinger
Jun 13, 20113 min read
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...
Leni Schwendinger
May 1, 20114 min read
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...
Leni Schwendinger
Feb 4, 20112 min read
Shadings; a contemporary music and projection performance @ Carnegie’s Zankel Hall
SHADINGS is a hybrid work by composer Laura Elise Schwendinger and lighting artist Leni Schwendinger. Playing It UNsafe Concert Friday,...
Leni Schwendinger
Dec 21, 20101 min read
SpectraScape morphs into winter, one year after commission
SpectraScape, the Public Art installation comprised of video bands of light that scroll across the green glass shelters at Main Street...
Leni Schwendinger
Dec 6, 20101 min read
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...
Leni Schwendinger
Dec 3, 20101 min read
As You Light It: Dwell Magazine Video and Leni Schwendinger
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...
Leni Schwendinger
Nov 26, 20102 min read
Transforming a Darkened Underpass into a Brightly Breathing Bridge and Streetscape Lighting Design
Less than one year after the contract was awarded, Light Projects’ illumination and color design for Louisville’s 2nd Street Bridge and...
Leni Schwendinger
Nov 14, 20102 min read
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...
Leni Schwendinger
Oct 7, 20102 min read
THE DIRT: Connecting the Built + Natural Environments, Interview with Leni Schwendinger
Interview with Leni Schwendinger, Light Artist and Designer (Full text and images link) Cities of Light, Planetizen’s version (Link to...
Leni Schwendinger
Sep 26, 20103 min read
NightSeeing™ in Washington D.C. (with Landscape Architects)
In the evening Washington D.C. NW is a monochromatic blend of light. People are the action. The shifting interplay of nighttime dark and...
Leni Schwendinger
Jun 20, 20103 min read
Astronomy’s New Messengers: Listening to the Universe with Gravitational Waves
Free for New Yorkers of all ages: A fantastical collision of Art and Science to hear gravity firsthand. “Astronomy’s New Messengers:...
Leni Schwendinger
Apr 18, 20101 min read
Publicolor, Color is Energy
Imagine a non-profit’s gala fundraiser where the well-dressed and a population of dedicated black youth mingle with designers and artists...
Leni Schwendinger
Mar 18, 20102 min read
SpectraScape Winter Morphs into Spring 3/20/2010
PUBLIC ART AT MAIN STREET GARDEN PARK WINTER LIGHTS CHANGE TO SPRING SpectraScape, the Public Art installation comprised of video bands...
Leni Schwendinger
Feb 11, 20102 min read
Atlantic Avenue Tunnel; Vertical Layers of New York
Much has been written about the Atlantic Avenue tunnel since Bob Diamond rediscovered access through a manhole to the storied passageway...
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