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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 18, 20221 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
Oct 13, 20225 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
Jul 21, 20223 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
Jun 29, 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
Apr 19, 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
Mar 7, 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
Jan 18, 20221 min read

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