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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
Nov 19, 20091 min read


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 29, 20091 min read


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
Oct 4, 20092 min read


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
Sep 30, 20091 min read


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 28, 20091 min read


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 11, 20092 min read


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
Aug 8, 20091 min read


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 28, 20095 min read


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, 20093 min read


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, 20093 min read


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, 20095 min read


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
Jul 13, 20091 min read


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 20, 20091 min read


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
Jun 1, 20091 min read


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 26, 20094 min read


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 8, 20091 min read


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
May 4, 20095 min read


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,...
Leni Schwendinger
Apr 29, 20092 min read


PUBLIC ART NEW YORK, a new guidebook, features Coney Island Parachute Jump illumination
Jean Parker Phifer, author and Francis Dzikowski, photographer have published a useful and inspiring guide to permanent public art in...
Leni Schwendinger
Apr 19, 20091 min read


Italy: iGuzzini joins the race for LED street lighting
iGuzzini factory near Ancona, Italy The iGuzzini lighting factory is set near the Adriatic sea, tucked into a composition of small...
Leni Schwendinger
Apr 19, 20092 min read
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