Be part when the „city of light“ celebrates its tenth anniversary!

Nine years ago a small team staged the first PLDA workshop in the Swedish town of Alingsås. That was the beginning of a success story.

Over the last nine years more than 500 participants from all over the world were educated under the guidance of 59 international renowned lighting designers. Altogether more than 350,000 visitors came to Alingsås to see the exhibitions of the workshop results over the years.

This year’s lighting designers are:
Jean Sundin, PLDA, IESNA, IALD / USA
Kapil Surlakar from India
Katie Davies/ PLDA from the UK
Giovanni Traverso/PLDA from Italy
Stefan Hofmann/PLDA form Germany
Glenn Shrum/ PLDA, IALD from the USA

Project sites are:
A cemetery, a spa park, a skate arena, a town park and a court yard.

We are expecting a decent, respectful and atmosphere enhancing landscape lighting, art light installations but also innovative, crazy and coloured lighting.

If you want an internationally recognized workshop certificate in your portfolio, if you want to meet new people with the same interest in lighting, if you want to work with internationally renowned lighting designers and you are available from 21.– 26. September, 2009 register now for the tenth PLDA workshop in Alingsås!

Please register here.

The workshop is accompanied by a full day conference.
Please see here for more information about the conference.

For further information about the workshop please go to calendar or see here.

---

The exciting interaction of architecture and snow, ice and lighting design will be the theme of the PLDA workshop in the south-east Norwegian town Notodden! 

Notodden has a lot going for it: beautiful scenery, a direct waterway link to the sea, a history of hydro-power and paper production, one of the few original stave churches left in Norway, and Europe’s biggest blues festival.
For 51 weeks in the year Notodden goes about its daily business, part of which is focussing on how to revitalise the town centre, create a meaningful link to the former industrial area on the waterfront and encourage more people to visit and settle here.

The team of architects, urban planners, politicians and cultural officers have come to the conclusion that designed lighting is a key element to enhancing the ambience of the town and improving the local economy. An exciting and profitable event such as the blues festivals cannot be maintained for more than a week.
Notodden are looking for an event during the winter month that will attract attention to their perhaps sometimes underrated town and provide enjoyment and inspiration in the dark months of the year.

The PLDA (Professional Lighting Designers’ Association) workshop will comprise developing and realising lighting concepts for six different project sites in the town, the resulting installations remaining in place for a three- week exhibition for other professional planners and the general public to view and enjoy.
The six workshop teams of young designers, students and professionals will each be headed by an experienced independent lighting designer who will analyse real sites and implement the design concepts they develop.

The workshop heads are:

Peter List, Hamburg, Germany - The Villa   
Philip Rose, London, UK - The Waterfront  
Cinzia Ferrara, PLDA, Milan, Italy - The Museum Square
Niklas Ödman, PLDA, Stockholm, Sweden - The Bridge and Pylons
Alfred Borden, PLDA, IALD, Philadelphia, USA - The Church 
Gudjon L. Sigurdsson, PLDA, Reykjavik, Iceland - The Power Station 

The workshop week is accompanied by a one-day conference which will include the presentation of the project concepts offering the participants the opportunity to present their design concepts to a professional audience. 

 

---