Strike Up the Lights

Do color changing LEDs make your bowling score higher or lower? Hear from the lighting designer, David LaVigna of zeroLUX, and bowl a game or two at the coolest lanes in town. It's our opening event for our 2007/2008 calendar and it's sure to be a blast.

Rediscovering Columbus

Journey to Columbus Circle where lighting designers from L'Observatoire will show how state of the art lighting transforms this once uninviting traffic circle into an inspiring and dramatic civic monument

A Temple to Light

This award winning lighting design reveals the exquisite polychrome ceiling and tile. Join lighting designers Sachs Morgan Studio for an intimate visit to historic Temple Emanu-El on Manhattan's Upper East Side.

Special event: The DLF is on the Ball!

Come celebrate the 100th anniversary of the “New Years Eve Times Square Ball” with the creators of the lighting design and programming, Paul Gregory and Christine Hope of Focus Lighting. Amidst refreshments and a spectacular evening view of the city, hear about the challenges in creating the amazing effects that this world famous icon can produce. After the presentation, we will proceed to Macy’s to see the ball "in person."

Ingo Maurer Magic on Display

Ingo Maurer's industrial designs have become so successful that their startling originality has become iconic. Come to the Cooper Hewitt Museum for a special guided tour of their exhibit. .

Under the Sea

. . . and beyond your wildest dreams. It's the annual DLF theater benefit "The Little Mermaid" with lighting by Natasha Katz and our unique post-performance dialogue.
Net proceeds to benefit the Nuckolls Fund for Lighting Education

February

The Fifth Dimension

Take an exclusive morning tour of the new Lacoste store on Fifth Avenue with lighting designer David Apfel. See how a world-wide brand lights up expensive real estate in today's competitive specialty retail market.

March 12

LEDucation II

Track the rapid evolution of solid state lighting since last year's popular LEDucation event. This year's program includes presentations on successful installations and a bigger and more comprehensive product exhibit

April

Starry Night

Stoke your apartment envy on a rare tour of a newly renovated West Side penthouse with designer Randy Wilson.. The glass cathedral ceiling, rooftop terrace, LED and art lighting make a dazzling evening.

Trip of a "LightTime"

Accompany the DLF in its most adventurous program to date: a trip to Light + Building in Frankfurt, Germany. If you want to see the world's outstanding lighting show do it with us!
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D&D Designers Seminar Series

The DLF/NY again produce's April's illuminating seminars, aimed at interior designers at the D&D Building. Topics and presenters to be announced.

May

A New Museum Tour

A museum on the Bowery? A new museum . . . The New Museum. Join lighting designer Suzan Tillotson for a walk through this striking new landmark the New Museum of Contemporary Art.