Events

Join the DLFNY for this year's season opener - with a spoonful of sugar and a side helping of groundbreaking and truly innovative urban landscape design!

Join the DLFNY for an exciting evening on the beach where Focus Lighting will discuss their design for the New York Aquarium's breathtaking new building, "Ocean Wonders: Sharks!"

Join the DLFNY and IESNYC for an exciting evening.

Step into the world of SuperReal, a series of visual spectacles housed within Cipriani 25 Broadway. We'll learn how Moment Factory blends lighting and 360° video with the historic architecture of the landmark Cunard Building.

Organized by the Designers Lighting Forum of New York, LEDucation is the ultimate marketplace for solid-state lighting innovations, giving industry professionals a chance to experience new technologies as well as continue their education through a wide range of accredited seminars. LEDucation is a non-profit event, and its proceeds help stimulate future LED advancements by supporting a ...

Join us for a virtual presentation of this award winning project by Fisher Marantz Stone and Unolai Lighting Design & Associates: the reimagined lighting for 27 landmark buildings on the Shanghai waterfront. Charles Stone and Uno Lai will be on a live zoom conference to take your questions after the presentation.

In the harsh sun of the African savanna, the Mwabwindo School had to be lit primarily by daylight because electricity was unreliable. Renfro Design Group's award-winning solution utilizes inventive architectural interventions to harvest the more reliable light source. Informed by extensive daylight studies, their design employs a handmade perforated brick wall to brighten corridors and ...

Moonlighting 2020 was a huge success! Thank you to all of those who participated. To check out this year’s incredible submissions head to http://moonlightingnyc.org

Join the DLFNY for an unforgettable virtual tour of the exquisite, newly completed Woolworth Tower Residences and the relighting of the iconic tower. The Woolworth Tower is a National Historic Landmark and has been an icon of the New York skyline since its completion in 1913 when, at the time, it was the world's tallest ...

As we launch our new website, we are reminded of all the great events and moments we experienced within the local lighting community and DLFNY over the years.  Join us for a quick look back at some of these memorable lighting moments.  Our past presenters and industry leaders will share their thoughts on how lighting ...

Join us for a fun and educational evening of lively, sometimes absurd debate between members of the New York City lighting design community.

Table for three?  As we reminisce about dining in a lively NYC restaurant scene, we start to think about the story behind the curtain of design. Join the DLFNY and three of our restaurant lighting experts for a roundtable discussion on the lighting of your favorite dining establishments. Each panelist will talk through their individual ...

Straddling the line between a vibrant downtown district and quiet residential neighborhood, this 21,200 SF home-turned-wellness center has become a pillar of the community, focused on well-being from the ground up. Members can disconnect from the stressful norms of society and engage with like-minded members to recenter, reengage, and work together toward achieving their personal ...

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The Designers Lighting Forum of New York is excited to announce the lineup for the LEDucation August Conference, hosted virtually August 17-18, 2021. Lighting industry luminaries and fresh up-and-comers will present twelve free, non-concurrent educational sessions — all submitted for AIA CES approval. Topics range from highly technical and research-based techniques for effective lighting systems ...

Join the DLFNY, Cline Bettridge Bernstein Lighting Design and the Central Park Conservancy for this year’s season opener as we celebrate being back together in-person, for a very special program right in the heart of New York’s Central Park. Belvedere Castle was opened to the public in 1869 as part of Frederick Olmstead and Calvert ...