There can be nothing more inspiring than lighting projects for the greater good, joyous and celebratory lighting that regenerates communities and cheers the soul.
The Electrabel cooling tower, not an object of beauty, alongside a motorway outside of Brussels, is turned into a storytelling landmark loved by the local community with its digital façade. We love it when infrastructure and buildings or structures of necessity are turned into adored objects by light or design.
The illuminated river competition in London, won by Leo Villareal, turns the bridges along the mighty River Thames into a curated journey of light as it snakes through the city.
Who doesn’t love a slinky of light it is amazing and truly inspiring how the power of light in regeneration can bring communities together, reduce crime, bring wealth and investment to an area, and stamp a new identity on neighborhoods.
There are so many heart-warming ways of using light, color changing for national days or celebrations, projecting onto buildings or mountains, light art, light festivals, and even just some twinkly lights at a restaurant with a candle on the table.
Manchester Metropolitan University Digital Art building has an ever-changing digital façade, it’s great as the students are engaged and update the content themselves, so it is both moving and inspiring, and educational at the same time.
Lighting and light festivals have been around for a long time and there is no more positive or inspiring sight than a Chinese lantern festival to make you smile from ear to ear and feel positive down to your toes.
