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City Light Guide – NYC – Read Cities After Dark + Movie: Cleveland’s Slice of Night
City Light Guide, a free mobile app by Philips has just been released. Link to Android City Light Guide & Apple City Light Guide apps Here, visitors and inhabitants of Barcelona, Berlin, London, New York, Paris, Rotterdam, Shanghai, Sydney and Tokyo are invited to follow routes — through photographs and narrative — put together by lighting designers including Paula […]
Jane’s Walk and a Naughty Dérive
Municipal Art Society’s “Jane’s Walk” West Village, May 5th 2012,was fun and invigorating. I was the “official” photographer and took my mission seriously, running ahead, falling back, click click click. Get the shot. Joan Schechter is a pro tour-guide and she covered the architecture and history of the Village by the lights of Jane Jacob. […]
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 agricultural populations are now city-bound as people seek new job opportunities and better living conditions. Numeric projections and issues such as the speed at which large cities have burgeoned into mega-cities, the differentiation between”Mega” […]
Upcoming lectures, events and think-tanks
May 23, 2013: Theatrum Mundi/Global Streets - NightSeeing Program, Akademie der Kunste, Berlin
THE TOUR:
As the sun sets, the Berlin 2013 LightWalk attendees will depart the Akademie der Künste, and amble through Hansaviertel, the remarkable, 1950’s, modernist, housing-estate project. This “city of tomorrow” features buildings by architects Alvar Aalto, Walter Gropius and Oscar Niemeyer. After crossing the river Spree via the Hansabridge and its impressive vistas, our intrepid urban hikers will enter the historical section of inner-city Moabit along the northern promenade. A special treat, the unusual variety of street lighting — from historical gas-lights to newly implemented LED lamps — will be discussed. Glancing at the remnants of the historically significant, stone Borsigbridge, built in 1905, we will end the tour at the ProMo Bar at Dortmunder Strasse 8.
May 2, 2013: Acuity Hydrel Seminar – “Luminous Landscapes; an Artist’s Approach to Design”, New York City
April 23, 2013: Private tour with Chinese Lighting Designers – Triple Bridge Gateway, New York City
April 15, 2015: Cleveland Think Tank – Enhancing the Visitor Experience, LAND Studio, Cleveland
Recent Events and Talks:
January 10, 2013: South London Cultural Plan: A Lighting Strategy, Test Bed/London
October 26, 2012: WalkShop at Dutch Kills Plaza: Experience the transformation of Queens Plaza and environs, panelist.
October 12, 2012: Archtober, “NightSeeing™ Tour of the Center for Architecture by Leni Schwendinger”
October 4, 2012: City Modern, a Celebration of New York Design, by Dwell and New York Magazines: Leading Lights Panel Discussion, panelist.
July 6, 2012: Philips Argentina, Lighting Experience, Buenos Aires: “Brilliant, Passionate Cities: The New Sustainable Night”
April 18, 2012: Luminale 2012 / Light + Build , Frankfurt: “NightSeeing Frankfurt: Navigate your Luminous City”
February 29, 2012: The Importance of Taking Risks, Live DesignCast, An Artist’s Approach to Experimental Design, Online by Print Magazine
Playing now: Architectural Digest video: Designers Take Flight
October 26, 2011: 9th Annual Women’s Business Leadership Conference , New York City: “Marketing your Creative Business”
October 4-6, 2011: Print Magazine’s Color Conference, New York City: “Immersive Color; Shades of Light”
September 22-24, 2011: IALD Enlighten Americas Celebration of Urban Light, New Orleans: “Community Involvement-an Essential Factor for Innovative Public Lighting Success”
May 19, 2011: LightFair International, Philadelphia, PA; Creative Lighting for Public Spaces and Infrastructure
April 12, 2011: Philips Euroluce Press event, “See what light can do”, expert panel, Milan, Italy
March 23, 2011: “Creative Lighting for Public Space and Infrastructure” with special street-corner preview LightWalk at Madison Square, NY ASLA, USA
April 9, 2011: Illuminated City Symposium, Portland State University, USA; Keynote speaker
January 12, 2011: Enlighten Europe, The ARC Show, London, NightSeeing™ – “Luminous Legibility” and LightWalk
January 11, 2011: American Institute of Architects (AIA)-UK Chapter, London; “Creative Lighting for Public Space”
December 18, 2010: Port Pavilion at Broadway Pier/Tidal Radiance Dedication, San Diego, California
December 9, 2010: Philips Lighting Livable Cities Press Event, Fete des Lumieres; Lyon, France
December 1- June 1 2010: ARC show virtual event videos:Part One and Part Two
September 11. 2010: American Society of Landscape Architects Annual Meeting, Washington DC: “Luminous Landscapes; an Artist’s Approach to Design”, Moderator: Sustainable Design Products (a vendor panel), LightWalk
July 8, 2010: Press Announcement, New York City Department of Transportation — Selection of Team to Lead Permanent Redesign of Times Square Area — Architects Newspaper: Leni Loves the Lights on the Great White Way
July 5, 2010: Philips Design Inspirational Lecture Series, Eindhoven, Netherlands
June 2-6, 2010: World Science Festival, New York City: Astronomy’s New Messengers: Exhibition and Interactive Artwork
June 3, 2010: World Science Festival and CUNY Science and Arts Series, NYC: Panel on Astronomy’s New Messengers: How we blend science and art.
May 14, 2010: Grow Smart Rhode Island’s Power of Place Summit,”Design Innovation as an Economic Driver” a panel, Providence, RI
March 1, 2010: ASU Lyceum Theatre at Arizona State University, Tempe: “Creativity and Innovation across Design and the Arts” Information here
January 28, 2010: Hydrel Seminar, Acuity Center for Light and Space, New York City: “Luminous Landscapes; an Artist’s Approach to Design”
January 12, 2010: Winter Light Walk, Bryant Park, New York City (link to review in e-Oculus)
November 19, 2009: Build Boston, Boston; “Business Manager: To Hire, Fire or Inspire?” [Panel]
November 14, 2009: Office of Cultural Affairs, Dallas “The Making of SpectraScape, a Visual Presentation by Leni Schwendinger” Link to RSVP here
November 12, 2009 SEGD, “Integation of Digital Elements and Lighting in the Dynamic Design Process”
November 5, 2009: Danish Lighting Center The Lighting Day, Copenhagen, “The Royal Danish Library” (Den sorte Diamant) Søren Kirekegaards Plads 1, 1221 Købenahvn K.; “Reclaiming the Dark Side of Town, an Underpass becomes a Gateway”
October 22 2009 Hydrel Seminar, Acuity Center for Light and Space, New York City; “Luminous Landscapes; an Artist’s Approach to Design”
October 14-15 2009: CiHAC, Mexico City; City Beautification/SUSTAINABLE LIGHTING DESIGN FORUM
June 11, 2009: Guangzhou Int’l Lighting Technology Symposium, China; “Color and Light: Humanizing the Urban Nighttime Environment”
June 4, 2009: Architectural League, New York City; New York Designs, Triple Bridge Gateway
April 24, 2009: Acuity Hydrel Seminar, New York City: “Luminous Landscapes; an Artist’s Approach to Design”
April 7-8, 2009: Color Science workshop, Washington D.C.
January 27, 2009; Glasgow School of Art — an impromptu talk: Thanks to Joanna Crotch and Ian Alexander, architects, a lecture was arranged for me at the Glasgow School of Art Architectural Programme – the most important (international) architect’s training in Scotland and comparable to London’s Bartlett.
It was a large audience of eager, intrigued students some of which are working on lighting and public art for their term projects. They asked if people’s “behavior” had changed with the Triple Bridge – and I had to say that we have not done a survey to see if people are using the bus terminal’s “back door” more often or more happily, or if there is less crime. Regretfully, our projects rarely have an after-installation survey budget. I have heard several people on the street talking about the reflector “mirrors” and looking up and pointing and snapping pictures…