For Finns, the forest is a traditional source of stories and tales, as well as a source of food and place of refuge. These facets plus collective memory all stem from the forest – and possibly our greatest fears as well.

Amsterdam Light Festival is calling on artists, architects and engineers from across the globe to submit designs for the second edition of Amsterdam Light Festival. The festival will be held from November 28th 2013 until January 19th 2014 in downtown Amsterdam, with ‘Building with light’ as its central theme.

The course from 8. to 19. July, 2013 introduces the culture of daylight, both as an expressive device, and as a technical tool for a sustainable design approach. Artificial light is presented not as an independent topic, but both in its integration with daylight and its increasing capacity as a key component for a positive impact on human well-being. An intensive educational experience set against a backdrop of the Italian Veneto, where partecipants are involved in daylight matter and its design, simulation and integration.

The Design Industries Foundation Fighting AIDS, DIFFA, in the USA regularly stages charity events, the proceeds of which benefit uninsured HIV/AIDS patients. In December 2012, local architects, designers and artisans from the San Francisco design community donated their time to a DIFFA Dining by Design event.

Burlington Arcade is almost two hundred years old, its history running practically parallel to the development of artificial lighting. Initially gas lit, the arcade was subsequently illuminated by incandescent lighting and until recently discharge lamps, losing historic fixtures on the way and a legacy in terms of conduits, cabling and defunct equipment. The arcade was purchased in 2010 by Meyer Bergman, who were keen to revive the dignity of the arcade and to re-establish it as a key luxury retail destination.

BIG leading a Core Design Team including Surface Design, Traceries and Robert Silman Associates, further supported by Atelier Ten, GHT Limited, Wiles Mensch, Weidlinger Associates, VJ Associates, Protection Engineering Group and FDS Design Studio is today officially announced as the winning team to rethink the historic Smithsonian campus, world’s largest museum and research complex consisting of 19 museums, the National Zoological Park and nine research facilities.

Four categories each awarded with €3,000!
The Lumiville Lighting design Trophies: an international contest aiming at distinguishing interior and outdoor lighting design projects for their originality, aesthetic and innovative aspects.
The contest is organized around four themes: the Architectural Prize, the Public Space Prize, the Young Light Designer Prize, the “Lumibat” Interior Lighting Prize.

Those who know the City of Montreal appreciate the beauty, culture and flair of the French Canadian city. On 12 May, 2006 Montreal was appointed a UNESCO City of Design. Is there a down side? Well, the winters are hard. Snow cover lasts from mid-December to the end of March and nights can hit the −20 °C (−4 °F) to −30 °C (−22 °F) mark. Reason enough to introduce some light art projects to brighten up the dark and icy time of year.

On the 11th of June 2013 two of the leading players in the field of lighting consultancy and design - ÅF Lighting and Ljusarkitektur - signed an agreement to merge and create the strongest multidisciplinary competence center in Scandinavia within lighting. With this merger ÅF Lighting will be having an even stronger position in the home market in the Nordic countries and at the same time be able to perform on an international basis.

Erin Ryan, a graduate student pursuing her master’s degree in lighting at the Lighting Research Center (LRC) at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute is the recipient of a $15,000 Illuminating Engineering Society (IES) Graduate Grant. The grant program encourages advanced scholarly work in the field of lighting design and illuminating engineering by funding student research projects leading to advanced degrees.

Cree, Inc. announced the appointment of Mark Richard Holman as new Petroleum Lighting Sales Manager of Cree Europe. Mr. Holman, who will be based in the UK, will be responsible for developing the high-potential petroleum business for the indoor and outdoor lighting of petrol stations in the EMEA region, leveraging interesting opportunities in the area and reinforcing collaboration with key clients, as well as building a new channel network.

The third edition of GIS International Architecture Expo Conference continues to promote the recent innovative and sophisticated projects in architecture and interior design, highly awarded at the latest editions of Red Dot Design Awards, Interior Design Best of Year Awards, AIA / LA Design Awards, A.R.E. Retail Design Awards, Good Design Awards and Lighting Design Awards.