For those who remain: OPEN “OPEN” is a series of temporary light art installations occupying a selection of storefronts in the East Village. Visitors are invited to discover the neighborhood anew via a mapped out nightwalk. The walk links both empty and occupied storefronts transformed through a mix of light projections and radiant effusions of color. Sponsored by the Designers Lighting Forum of New York (DLFNY), the Flint Collective NYC partnered with lighting manufacturers and local business owners to respond to a city transformed by the global pandemic. In the rhythm of closed storefronts ..read more

Light Reach Launches a New Program in Beirut On August 4th, the largest non-nuclear explosion in history tore through dense residential and commercial areas in Beirut, killing close to two hundred people, wounding 6,000 more and leaving more than 500,000 residents in immediate need of basic support. The blast damaged eighty percent of the residential buildings and infrastructure within a one to twomile radius including 50,000 residential units. This devastating blow tipped an already unstable electrical infrastructure into partial collapse, and plunged thousands of traumatized residents into d ..read more

FISHER MARANTZ STONE CRAFTS ELEGANT LIGHTING SCHEME HONORING NATURE AND SURROUNDINGS Luminaries of the lighting profession gathered for the first time online with the world to honor the winners of the 37th Annual International Association of Lighting Designers (IALD) International Lighting Design Awards, presented by Cooper Lighting Solutions. Twenty-one projects were on display from 8 countries—including exteriors, interiors, universities, museums, retail and places of worship. This year’s winners represent some of the most innovative and inspiring architectural lighting design work found any ..read more

A light-dynamic audio installation for the skating rink of Gorky Park. Moscow. Inspired by op art and visual illusions, the principal concept for the main installation for the ice rink in Gorky Park was ‘stereo’. Matrix (or StereoHeart) was situated in a fountain in the center of the ice rink and was surrounded by an ice path, so the most important task was to deliver different and changing visuals from every angle. Matrix was an audio dependent installation, which constantly reacted to sounds (music on the rink, special concerts or DJ sets inside), creating a constantly changing picture in re ..read more

ARUP UK TRANSFORMS BRUTALIST VIADUCT INTO COLOURFUL GATHERING SPACE Luminaries of the lighting profession gathered for the first time online with the world to honor the winners of the 37th Annual International Association of Lighting Designers (IALD) International Lighting Design Awards, presented by Cooper Lighting Solutions. Twenty-one projects were on display from 8 countries—including exteriors, interiors, universities, museums, retail and places of worship. This year’s winners represent some of the most innovative and inspiring architectural lighting design work found anywhere in the worl ..read more

Luminaries of the lighting profession gathered online for the first time to honor the winners of the 37th Annual International Association of Lighting Designers (IALD) International Lighting Design Awards, presented by Cooper Lighting Solutions, the longest running and one of the most prestigious lighting design awards programs in existence. Twenty-one projects were on display from 8 countries—including exteriors, interiors, universities, museums, retail, and places of worship. This year’s winners represent some of the most innovative and inspiring architectural lighting design work found anyw ..read more

The strategy is clear: ERCO with its Eclipse product range targets applications with the highest standards such as prestigious museums, art galleries and exclusive retail projects. With 28,000 product variants, the new system of spotlights already includes an exceptionally wide range of solutions for individual lighting tasks. But Eclipse also stays flexible in its application thanks to a modular concept with the optics and accessories – a decisive advantage, especially when used extensively in display and exhibition lighting. This gives lighting designers and practitioners the opportunity of ..read more

A SOCIALLY-DISTANCED ART INSTALLATION BY MARCUS LYALL16th June – 4th July 2020. You are invited to vocalise your inner frustrations and power a large-scale light installation. Join a Zoom call and watch your outburst illuminate a four storey office building. With social distancing still in place and tensions continuing to rise, London-based artist Marcus Lyall has transformed a soon-to-be-demolished office block in London Bridge into an interactive public artwork. In this new site-specific work, Lyall invites you to join a Zoom call where you can scream, yell, shout or otherwise vocalise your ..read more

Before & After. Photographer – James Newton / Image – Speirs + Major Speirs + Major are pleased to announce that Principal Mark Major will be participating in a webinar, ‘Saving the Night’ as part of the London Festival of Architecture 2020. The webinar will focus on issues around public lighting in London with a particular emphasis on the river. It asks how we might redress the problems of over-lighting, light pollution and ecological impacts created by artificial light while improving the experience of the public realm after dark and supporting the night-time economy. An expert panel com ..read more

The Lighting for Healthy Living website integrates recent developments in lighting research and education, bridging them to lighting applications in real-world situations by providing design suggestions that meet the unique needs of the people who occupy specific places. This open-access resource is offered as guidance for lighting designers and manufacturers, facilities resource management professionals, and anyone else who is interested in exploring lighting solutions for healthier people and healthier places for them to live work and play. Take a look: https://www.lrc.rpi.edu/healthyliving ..read more