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Future Directions for Urban Space at Night, a panel conversation exploring ways that urban lighting activates public space after dark....
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Leni Schwendinger
Apr 20, 20232 min read
Facets of Light
City planners, developers and design professionals regard evening and nighttime hours as critical for master planning, cultural diversity...
Leni Schwendinger
Apr 5, 20234 min read
Urban Nighttime Design: Bridging the Gap Between Community and Technology
Nighttime experts and aficionados envision that public street lighting and private lighting will create a connective tissue that adapts...
Leni Schwendinger
Feb 9, 20231 min read
6th Street Viaduct: is it a bridge or a place?
Proposed archway illumination envisaged real time traffic data displayed through tints and nature’s rhythms Significantly, LSLP was...
Leni Schwendinger
Dec 19, 20221 min read
Join Uptown Flash -- a braided light extravaganza
Leni Schwendinger's art installation in Harlem - materials: D.I.Y. string lights and community engagement
Leni Schwendinger
Nov 17, 20221 min read
Pilots by Night - have you tested? -
Light is a magical lever for community engagement Pilots, or trial demonstrations, are key to successful projects. Elizabeth Barrett...
Leni Schwendinger
Nov 15, 20221 min read
Lighting for Pedestrians
On October 7, Leni presented her take on pedestrian lighting with walkability advocates from Poland. This is an opportunity to gain...
Leni Schwendinger
Oct 18, 20221 min read
Creative Placemaking After Dark
International Nighttime Design Initiative Guidance for towns and cities converting to LED street lights, buying back lights from...
Leni Schwendinger
Oct 13, 20225 min read
Inhabiting The Night – Preparing Cities For Extreme Heat
This summer, even more than last, people around the world suffered the consequences of a warming world. From an exceptionally early start...
Leni Schwendinger
Jul 21, 20223 min read
IES/LD+A Magazine "Imagine This"
The $1.2 trillion U.S. infrastructure bill promises to help deliver large-scale, well-funded projects for years to come. Five lighting...
Leni Schwendinger
Jun 29, 20221 min read
A Lantern, A Lighting Strategy: Illuminate Your Nighttime Masterplan
Lanterns are beloved by many cultures. They float on water and air, they are hand-made or manufactured of silk or paper. Some are...
Leni Schwendinger
Apr 19, 20221 min read
Envision Poetic Nights
In the Rue Morgue story, Mr. Poe further elucidates walking in the after-dark city. The narrator points out that “the infinity of mental...
Leni Schwendinger
Mar 7, 20221 min read
Colors of Night, Drawings of Light
I believe that the most effective urban lighting hybridizes the poetry of night with the technology of light. Let us be your guide...
Leni Schwendinger
Jan 18, 20221 min read
A Thought About Light at a Dark Time
Dear Friends and Colleagues, Goethe reminds us that, inevitably, light and shadow work together. Is his pronouncement emotional and...
Leni Schwendinger
Apr 16, 20202 min read
Urban Lighting Design: Contemporary Vision for Nocturnal Environments
Visit the re-energized Leni Schwendinger Light Projects website Feast your eyes, intellect and imagination on images and text about the...
Leni Schwendinger
Aug 26, 20181 min read
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...
Leni Schwendinger
Dec 20, 20172 min read
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 Schwendinger
Dec 7, 20171 min read
Nighttime Design: Long Listen, Short Listen
The night has the power to invoke a myriad of emotions — from fear to romance, melancholy to excitement. Whatever your feelings, the fact...
Leni Schwendinger
Apr 11, 20173 min read
Inventing Nighttime Design
Nighttime design and its concomitant Shades of Night analysis were born out of the NightSeeing™ Program During the dark hours, a nexus of...
Leni Schwendinger
Apr 7, 20171 min read
El-space recognition from Fast Company
Link here for Design Trust for Public Space updates on Under the Elevated, Phase 2
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