Travel, Accolades and Openings
The past two months have been hectic, filled with travel, talks, awards, movies and a steady flow of work at Light Projects. It seems...
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Leni Schwendinger
- Nov 21, 2009
- 6 min
Mexico City; Las Calles y Luz de “La Capital”
Born to go to Mexico City, “La Capital” Leni aspired to Mexicana status, here pictured in red dress with Aztec-inspired embroidery...
Leni Schwendinger
- Nov 19, 2009
- 1 min
Interview with Leni Schwendinger about SpectraScape
A discussion in two parts, with Kay Kallos, Dallas Public Art Program Manager, covers the inception and objectives of the integrated...
Leni Schwendinger
- Oct 28, 2009
- 1 min
LightMapping NYC – Join the exploration of light and dark November 11-18
LightMapping NYC is intended to provide the New York City lighting design community with a forum to consider the current, past and future...
Leni Schwendinger
- Oct 4, 2009
- 2 min
Public Lighting Walk With Leni… Video Shoot Preview
The urban nighttime environment is a dark canvas that humans have created – our previously daytime oriented “clocks” have been extended...
Leni Schwendinger
- Sep 29, 2009
- 1 min
HTO Park, in Toronto, submitted for 2009 Toronto Urban Design Award
Leni Schwendinger Light Projects: Lighting Design Submissions were accepted in seven categories. The competition collected a total of 117...
Leni Schwendinger
- Aug 27, 2009
- 1 min
Design Observer/Change Observer Debate: A Thousand Points on Light!
A Thousand Points on Light: Part I: A dark-sky activist and a celebrated designer discuss the best (if not the brightest) ways to light...
Leni Schwendinger
- Aug 11, 2009
- 2 min
SpectraScape – an interactive, media artwork for Dallas Main Street Garden Park
Downtown central Dallas is being recast. Traditionally, the city center has been associated with such iconic non-residential structures...
Leni Schwendinger
- Aug 8, 2009
- 1 min
Queens Plaza, New York City — Groundbreaking, August 3rd 2009
Elevated tracks at Queens Plaza, NYC - repainting begins The groundbreaking ceremony for Queens Plaza was hot, the traffic non-stop and...
Leni Schwendinger
- Jul 27, 2009
- 5 min
dérive*: A Cultural Week in Manhattan – 090725
July 19 — Washington Square park Walking home, in the warm breezes of this summer’s evening — Washington Square Park is alive! It seems...
Leni Schwendinger
- Jul 13, 2009
- 3 min
Guangzhou, China: A Growing, Glowing Trade of Light (a four-part series on China)
Guangzhou (广州市区) The Guangzhou International Lighting Exhibition and its concurrent Guangzhou International Lighting Technology...
Leni Schwendinger
- Jul 13, 2009
- 3 min
Hangzhou to Suzhou: From the Elegant (Grand Canal) to the Sublime (Lion Forest Garden)
Hangzhou (杭州市区) Today Hangzhou is an important cultural center in China. It was the capital of the Song Dynasty, starting 1127, for...
Leni Schwendinger
- Jul 13, 2009
- 5 min
Shanghai: Simultaneously Chrysalis and Butterfly
Shanghai (上海) From Suzhou the bullet train to Shanghai took 40 minutes. The view from the taxi window showcased a city festooned in...
Leni Schwendinger
- Jul 13, 2009
- 1 min
Shanghai Post-Script: Ancient Town Park
A highlight of our Shanghai trip was the visit to Gucheng Park (古代公园). On a hot June day people gathered in areas well suited… here men...
Leni Schwendinger
- Jun 20, 2009
- 1 min
Quick, Fresh News on Infrastructure-related Funding in the U.S.
Image: MTC/California High-Speed Train from 1999 From Progressive Railroading: The Surface Transportation Authorization Act of 2009...
Leni Schwendinger
- Jun 1, 2009
- 1 min
Triple Bridge Gateway: Award and Lecture (June 4 – NYC)
Triple Bridge Gateway was honored by the Society For Environmental Graphic Design’s MERIT AWARD on May 30, 2009. To learn more, join Leni...
Leni Schwendinger
- May 26, 2009
- 4 min
dérive*: A Cultural Week in Manhattan – 090517
May 17th – Meatpacking District Design ’09 An unusual breezy Sunday. We met at the Standard Hotel. Quietly thrilling to walk a few...
Leni Schwendinger
- May 8, 2009
- 1 min
American Recovery and Reinvestment Act, Federal Omnibus Budget, 2010 Federal Budget: Ready for fundi
A/E firms (and sub-consultants who regularly team for public works) should get their Federal Forms SF 330 updated and ready to create...
Leni Schwendinger
- May 3, 2009
- 5 min
Leni Unpacks “Constructing The Economic Recovery; Business Opportunities for the Construction
Greater New York Construction User Council and the Building Trades Employers’ Association at AIA Center for Architecture (NYC), April...
Leni Schwendinger
- Apr 28, 2009
- 2 min
A Portal of Worship – the Mid-Manhattan Library, Light and Public Artworks
Joan Grubin explains "Portal" to Leni I love the Mid-Manhattan Library on West 40th and Fifth Avenue, the poor cousin to the 1911,...
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