A contribution to a collection of articles designed to introduce architects and designers to evidence-based urban lighting, this chapter includes an overview of Configuring Light’s approach and methodology for social […]

Lighting is increasingly recognized as a significant social intervention by both lighting professionals and academic social scientists. However, what counts as ‘the social’ is diverse and contested, with consequences for […]

Slater, D. R. (2020) Against human-centred lighting. Lightecture 35. Special issue edited by Mark Major: The Urban Nightscape. ‘Human-centred lighting’ sounds good – we should light for people rather than cars, […]

Don Slater & Configuring light are excited to announce thier contribution to PLDC 2018 in Singapore on 26. October on the topic “Social lighting and smart lighting: can they connect?” […]

We are pleased to announce the publication of a piece by Jo Entwistle and Don Slater: ‘Light as material/lighting as practice: urban lighting and energy’ in the Science Museum Group […]

How do we define a city and its lighting as ‘smart’? The survey which forms phase one of our research collaboration with Luci (Lighting Urban Community International)- has been launched! […]

A really special event for us: CL delighted to be guests of iGuzzini at Frankfurt Light and Building to launch our Social Lightscapes Workshops publication. This culminates our three year […]

We’re pleased and proud to be launching a new publication, Social Lightscapes Workshops. This is the final publication of our workshop series exploring social research in lighting design, supported by […]