03/09/2026
Outdoor lighting: why the choice of materials matters
In the lighting sector, the talk is often of lumens, optics and design. Much less is said about what really determines durability: materials, surface treatments and testing...
Tales of lighting design
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14/10/2025
L&L Luce&Light and One Works in Venice: light and architecture in dialogue
A day of discussion and experimentation, promoted by L&L Luce&Light in collaboration with One Works, took place in Venice, between the Architecture Biennale and the atmospheric setting of the Giardini della Marinaressa.
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13/02/2025
M’illumino di meno: designing light with full respect for the night sky
Artificial light has the power to enhance spaces, landscapes and architecture, but its misuse can alter the balance between light and dark, with adverse effects on ecosystems and the environment.
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25/07/2024
The Royal Saltworks, Arc-et-Senans, France. Interview with Thierry Walger, Le Point Lumineux
The Royal Saltworks, or Saline Royale, has been the subject of a meticulous lighting project. The French lighting designer tells us about his approach.
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03/08/2023
Lighting Fables
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06/09/2022
When time dreams. Chronicles of a space-time traveller
What you are about to read is a report from an undefined space-time dimension. Because of the insights it contains on lighting strategies, we feel it is our duty to disseminate it.
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17/03/2022
Plot twist! When the lighting becomes one of the characters
Discover which TV series is behind each of these settings. The lighting will guide you and help you spot the clues that will lead you to the answers!
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20/01/2022
Casa Albero by Giuseppe Perugini: notes for a lighting design
We looked at Perugini’s experimental work known as Casa Albero (treehouse) and imagined what it would look like with exterior lighting. How could the identity of the architecture best be rendered with light? What details should be emphasised?
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07/10/2021
Light pollution in the dock – a legal thriller
A crime committed after dark, the usual suspects in the dock, a judge's final verdict: we follow the investigation into the crime of light pollution step by step.
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15/07/2021
Lighting Adventures in Wonderland
We tumble down a deep hole with Alice and meet the characters in a story that needs no introduction. Along the way, we've noticed a few details that escaped us on a first reading…
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24/06/2021
Restoring the church of San Giovannello in Marsala: a tale of family ties and lighting design
A 15th-century church destroyed by WWII bombs, and a family of architects who passed on the task of restoring it from generation to generation. A wound in the urban landscape healed and given back to the city with the help of lighting design: a testimony to history and family values.
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27/05/2021
The Hypogeum of Santa Maria in Stelle – Lucearchitettura talks about the project
We take a closer look at the lighting project for the architectural site near Verona with lighting designers Cinzia Todeschini and Lorella Marconi.
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15/04/2021
Interview with Emeric Thiénot, Lumesens, Paris
The House of Joseph Perrier, a historic company in the Champagne tradition, has undergone a renovation and expansion. We talked with Emeric Thiénot, the lighting designer responsible for the lighting concept, about it.
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01/04/2021
Komorebi and the emotional potential of an optical accessory
We asked creative people, photographers and video producers to take inspiration from the light projections created by the Ginko 3.0 projector fitted with a shadow-effect filter. The result is a photo feature full of imaginative tales of light and shade, #komorebilandl.
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15/12/2020
If life is a series of steps ... Fifteen ways to light them
Even if stairs sometimes give us a few headaches, we shouldn’t be tempted by the lift! Here, we have assembled lighting examples taken from the case studies we have collected over the years, so that they can serve as an inspiration when you’re working on an uphill task :)
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21/10/2020
Is this a canopy? – an Italian mystery story
There was once a winery in Cerignola, on the Strada Statale 16, a state road that – just imagine – runs all the way from Padua in the north of Italy to Otranto way down south in the province of Lecce. In fact, it’s the longest road in the Italian network...
