PLD Magazine

A reason to reflect

"Infinity" New York

Developed as a part of ongoing research into light and space, "Infinity"...

Ambitious plans approved

Olympic Parc Paris

The winning concept of Paris as an Olympic Park will see Olympic and Paralympic...

Responsive

Porte De Versailles

Between the source of the data and the lighting installation programmed to...

A touch of delight on a dark night

"Tower of Sparkle"

There is always a soft hissing sound when you open a bottle of sparkling...

Cloudscape

"Paper Cloud"

To be honest, most of us prefer cloudless skies – with no sign of rain or...

Surface tension

"Islands of Light"

At an early age, we are made aware of the fact that electricity and water...

Luminous vector drawing

"Deep Web"

Laser technology enables extremely intensive, tightly focussed coherent beams...

Triangular relationship

"The Wave"

For people living in and around Copenhagen/DK the winter months are series...

A network of neon

"Forms in Space... by light"

It looks like someone has used light to paint a huge, abstract drawing in...

Networked interaction

"Lumen" light art installation

Jenny Sabin’s light art installation could easily be readily associated with...

Underground art

Lima Art Museum

As an expansion to a museum housed in one of the most significant historical...

Lightpaintings

Lightpaintings by Stefan Knapp

Artists around the world are forever proving that there is far more required...

Nature points the way

Eye_Beacon

Long before we humans began to make effective use of natural light, the animal...

Opening our minds ...

Traffic Lights

Beams of light reaching out across the dark and misty night sky are not only...

Split personality

State Street Feature Wall

Daylight is not only to be found outdoors under the open sky. It also fortunately...

Divine

Rainbow Church

The project bears the simple sounding name of "Rainbow Church", which admittedly...

Smart synergies

Louverwall

The client’s wishes and the ensuing structural plans for this building were...

Small but effective

Urban Prisms

That a convincing display is not only a matter of size is what this pop-up...

The somewhat different taste in light

Shilling Brewing Co. brew house

Beer is produced in different parts of the world, and every beer has its...

Design transfer successfully completed

Pandemos Agora

It is something of a challenge to transfer the special atmosphere inherent...

From sound to light

Organ pipes

Far removed from their original context, and now being put to a completely...

One plus six

Sevenfold

Great Britain underwent a considerable amount of change during the Victorian...

Let the sun shine in

Lightwell House

There are many older buildings in cities around the world that are well worth...

Bristling with cutting-edge technology

Light Pollination

Many will remember the scene in the epic historical drama film "Gladiator"...

Cloudburst

"Whimsical Invasion"

Sometimes the banks of clouds we see drifting across the sky are so dense...

Tunnel vision

Wellington Cable Car

The Wellington Cable Car was established in 1902 and is still in operation...

Glowing mix of materials

PolyThread

Artist Jenny E. Sabin and her team designed and created a “knitted textile...

Above the clouds …

“Flying through the sky”

Floating through white clouds, being that little bit nearer to the sun, and...

Halo for Manhattan

Halo tower

The Halo is a project that is uniquely suited to and tailored for its location...

Near to nature

In order to be open to nature, you have to become part of it. Live and blend...

A parable in light

God created light. Right at the start of the six days of divine creation,...

"California Sunshine" – entirely legal

California Sunshine

It is not easy at first glance to define what the three visually stunning...

Biennale in Venice: lightscapes

Biennale in Venice

Visible rays of sunlight are called crepuscular rays, or more poetically,...

More than meets the eye

Community-driven light sculpture

From the lighting design point of view, one might go as far as to describe...

Enlightened data

Light art installation

The "Turning Sky" light art installation designed by the artist collective...

A creative underpass

A creative underpass in Eskilstuna

The underpass is one of the main access routes into the Swedish town of Eskilstuna...

Building a connection with reflection

Building a connection

There are many different ways of building connections between people and...

Colourful bubble

Many may well have experienced the feeling of “living in a bubble”. Or may...