Lighting design

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Light design in a football arena

Light design is an area of light planning that deals with the design aspects as a key point. It can be an architectural , decorative or theater- oriented design.

Lighting design can compensate for the aesthetic deficiency in technical lighting planning and integrate into an existing architectural or interior design environment. The key points of lighting design in architecture are, on the one hand, the design of the right lighting and, on the other hand, the use of lights that correspond to the furnishings. In the past, Italy was the main supplier of corresponding lights and systems in Europe. In the meantime, however, the main impetus is coming from the Netherlands and above all from Belgium.

There are still no defined bases for the profession of lighting designer. The Professional Lighting Designers' Association (PLDA) endeavored with training programs to make the term uniformly understandable. On December 3rd, 2014 the Federation of international Lighting Designers (FILD) was founded with the aim of defining conditions and protecting the profession of lighting designer.

In the theater or in the event equipment automatic lighting designers work with other materials and equipment as well as other principles in which the artistic result is above the practicability in everyday life.

For a number of years now, LED technology has made a completely new way of working in the field of lighting design and planning possible. When LED products for indoor and outdoor areas are ready for the market , many designers and planners are less concerned with classic design and more with energy-efficient lighting.

Modern LED technology in the sports stadium according to the specifications of the lighting designer Lars Wulff

Networks

Professional Lighting Designers' Association (PLDA)

In 1993, a European network of lighting designers was launched in Germany, initially called the European Lighting Designers 'Association (ELDA, later ELDA +) and in 2007 the title Professional Lighting Designers' Association (PLDA). The main task was the professional development in lighting design. The focus was on the evaluation and further development of contemporary lighting design practice and the development of training and study programs. Further topics were the history of architecture-related lighting design, the basics of light physics, lighting technology, lighting design and light perception. The organization filed for bankruptcy in 2014.

Transnational Tanteidan - Lighting Detectives (TNT)

Leading Japanese lighting designers, including Kaoru Mende, founded a network in 1990 under the name "Shomei Tanteidan" (German: "light detectives") with the aim of promoting the reflective use and design of artificial light. The cooperation with Ulrike Brandi (Hamburg) and Aleksandra Stratimirovic (Belgrade and Stockholm) was the cornerstone for international cooperation. In 2000 the network Transnational Tanteidan - Lighting Detectives was founded. The common goal is the analysis and development of an international lighting culture that takes technical, ecological, design and perception-physiological aspects equally into account.

Awards

Since 2002, the Design Plus Award for light and luminaire design has been advertised at the international trade fair for lighting and building automation at Messe Frankfurt , Light + Building , in Frankfurt am Main . Since 2006, exemplary lighting designs have been awarded the Prix ​​Lumière by the Swiss Lighting Society . The German Lighting Design Prize has been awarded annually since 2011 and awarded in thirteen categories.

Festivals

Curated festivals

Other festivals

education

Study programs at universities

Other training programs

  • Brandi Institute for Light and Design, Hamburg
  • The Lichtakademie Bartenbach has been offering the part-time MLL university course "Lighting Design" (two years) and the part-time Bartenbach light course (one year) since 2003.

Well-known lighting designers

literature

  • Professional lighting design. Magazine for professional lighting design in architecture. Organ of the European Lighting Designers' Association e. V., ELDA. No. 1, 1998 - ongoing , ZDB -ID 1500930-0 , (editions in Chinese, English, French, Greek and Turkish).
  • Ulrike Brandi, Christoph Geissmar-Brandi : Light book. The practice of lighting design. Birkhäuser, Basel et al. 2001, ISBN 3-7643-6302-9 .
  • Marie-Luise Lehmann: lighting design. Manual of stage lighting in Germany and the USA. Reimer, Berlin 2002, ISBN 3-496-01252-8 , textbook on the theory and practice of stage lighting in Germany and the USA.
  • Max Keller, Johannes Weiß: The fascination of light. Light on stage. 3rd, revised and updated edition. Prestel. Munich et al. 2004, ISBN 3-7913-3235-X .
  • Andreas Schulz (Ed.): Light design for architecture. = Lighting design for architecture (= Light Art Light. Vol. 1). avedition, Ludwigsburg 2005, ISBN 3-89986-051-9 .
  • Ulrike Brandi Licht GmbH: daylight, artificial light. Basics, execution, examples Edition Detail - Institute for International Architecture Documentation, Munich 2005, ISBN 3-920034-12-0 .
  • Ulrike Brandi, Christoph Geissmar-Brandi: Light for cities. A guide to lighting planning in urban areas. Birkhäuser, Basel et al. 2007, ISBN 978-3-7643-7628-4 .
  • Andreas Schulz (Ed.): Light design for architecture. = Lighting design for architecture (= Light Art Light. Vol. 2). avedition, Ludwigsburg 2007, ISBN 978-3-89986-057-3 .
  • Tim Henrik Maack, Kay Pawlik (eds.): Light positions: between culture and technology. Light, space, positions. ERCO GmbH, Lüdenscheid 2009, ISBN 978-3-9813216-0-9 .
  • Dennis Koehler, et al. (Ed.): LichtRegion - Positions and Perspectives in the Ruhr Area. Klartext Verlag, 2010, ISBN 978-3-8375-0404-0 .

Web links

Commons : Lighting design  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Difficult times: PLDA has filed for bankruptcy. In: highlight-web.de , January 20, 2014.
  2. ^ Official website of the Transnational Lighting Detectives
  3. ↑ Official website of the Swiss Lighting Society for the “Prix Lumière” ( Memento of the original from May 4, 2012 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.slg.ch
  4. ↑ German Lighting Design Award ( Memento of the original from September 15, 2012 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , accessed August 26, 2012 @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.lichtdesign-preis.de
  5. ↑ Official website of GLOW - International Forum for Light and Architecture in Eindhoven
  6. ↑ Official website of EVI clearings
  7. ↑ Official website Lights in Alingsas
  8. ↑ Study Info Lighting Design at the Hildesheim University of Applied Sciences
  9. ↑ hs-wismar.de (PDF; 70 kB)
  10. ↑ Information on the study program on the official website of the Brandi Institute for Light and Design ( Memento of the original from August 29, 2012 in the Internet Archive ) Information: The archive link has been inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.brandi-institute.com
  11. ↑ lichtakademie.at