Events

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 ...

The New York branch of the Fotografiska Photography Museum, located in the Landmarked "Church Mission Home", has been reinvigorated with design by CetraRuddy and lighting by Kugler Ning, making this 1894 building a jewel inside and out. Kugler Ning will share their experience lighting the museum and be accompanied by guides to help cover the ...

There is a growing trend in sports hospitality that places emphasis on the guest experience and the celebration of the community and locale. As stadiums evolve, their focus extends beyond the field to luxury interior stadium spaces and to the entertainment districts around them. Stadiums are no longer just for game days, with certain areas ...

Join us for a fun and educational evening of lively, sometimes absurd debate between members of the New York City lighting design community. Enjoy a verbal joust as the debaters take sides on some of the most pressing topics in the lighting industry, during a light-hearted evening of discussion mixed with humorous provocation and competition. ...

When it opened in 1914, this grand landmark, designed by McKim, Mead & White, was NYC’s primary USPS facility. Its conversion to the Moynihan Train Hall, a generation in the making, is an instant new landmark. This major transportation hub, designed by Skidmore, Owings and Merrill with lighting designers Domingo Gonzalez Associates, is the embodiment ...

You’ve seen her on the silver screen where she was in everything from ET to the Santa Clarita Diet, but what does it take to light a hit daytime TV talk show for actress Drew Barrymore? Join us on set with lighting director Shawn Kaufman April 26th at 1:30pm for a taping of the DREW ...

For its 100th birthday, the New York Public Library gave itself a major exterior renovation which entailed cleaning the marble exterior and restoring all architectural and sculptural marble details. To honor that effort, the library decided to light the new exterior. Claude Engel set out to light as much of the façade from as few ...