Professional Lighting Design
Encyclopedia
Professional Lighting Design is a magazine in the niche architectural lighting design
market. Headed by editor-in-chief Joachim Ritter, the magazine covers a wide range of subjects in the field including design issues, technological and scientific aspects, and reviews of products used in lighting design. The magazine is principally available in English (two versions, British and American) and German. There are also licensed versions of the magazine in Turkish and Chinese.
The magazine is the official organ of the Gütersloh
, Germany
based Professional Lighting Designers Association.
The PROFESSIONAL LIGHTING DESIGN is the only magazine worldwide that is dedicated solely to presenting professional architectural lighting. Conceived as the official magazine of the PLDA (Professional Lighting Designers Association), PLD concentrates on the presentation of design philosophies, historical background information, theoretical topics, professional issues and the technical aspects of lighting design and application. PLD is oriented to meet the requirements of the lighting designer. The high quality and competence of PLD is documented by its Advisory Board comprising internationally renowned lighting designers and architects. The magazine is printed in four separate versions: English, German, Chinese and Turkish.
The magazine is published in the VIA Verlag, which is based in Gütersloh, Germany. The VIA Verlag was founded together with the Professional Lighting Designers’ Association in 1994.
History
The Professional Lighting Design Magazine was first published in March 1998 (zero issue in October 1997). Editor-in-chief is Mr Joachim Ritter. He also founded the VIA Verlag and was a co-founder of PLDA, together with Georges Gerne (France), Johannes Dinnebier (Germany), Erwin Döring (Germany), Francesco Iannone (Italy), Heinrich Kramer (Germany), Alison Ritter (Great Britain), Lucy Rittner (France) and Serena Tellini (Italy) in Frankfurt, Germany.
Contents
Published six times a year the magazine offers a new main topic every two months. It consists of short articles (e.g. on light art), two main architectural lighting projects, two to three essays (e.g. on research issues) and a market section, in which the industry can shortly present their new products.
The magazine also has a double page or more on PLDA news, profession and education developments.
The magazine has a circulation of 34,500 (all languages) and a steady 3,000 subscribers (including PLDA members).
Where to find PLD
The PLD magazine can be found on the biggest lighting fairs, conferences and shows like the “Light+Building” in Frankfurt, the “Euroluce” in Milan, the “Lightfair” in America or the Professional Lighting Design Convention, PLDC, organized by the events division of the VIA Verlag. It is also sold in the sister company of the VIA Verlag, VIA Sweden AB, based in Alingsås, Sweden.
Links
www.via-verlag.com
www.pldplus.com
www.pld-a.org
www.pld-c.com
Architectural lighting design
Architectural lighting design is a field within architecture and architectural engineering that concerns itself primarily with the illumination of buildings. The objective of architectural lighting design is to obtain sufficient light for the purposes of the building, balancing factors of initial...
market. Headed by editor-in-chief Joachim Ritter, the magazine covers a wide range of subjects in the field including design issues, technological and scientific aspects, and reviews of products used in lighting design. The magazine is principally available in English (two versions, British and American) and German. There are also licensed versions of the magazine in Turkish and Chinese.
The magazine is the official organ of the Gütersloh
Gütersloh
Gütersloh is a city in North Rhine-Westphalia, in the area of Westphalia and the administrative region of Detmold. Gütersloh is the administrative centre for a district of the same name and has a population of 96,320 people.- Geography :...
, Germany
Germany
Germany , officially the Federal Republic of Germany , is a federal parliamentary republic in Europe. The country consists of 16 states while the capital and largest city is Berlin. Germany covers an area of 357,021 km2 and has a largely temperate seasonal climate...
based Professional Lighting Designers Association.
The PROFESSIONAL LIGHTING DESIGN is the only magazine worldwide that is dedicated solely to presenting professional architectural lighting. Conceived as the official magazine of the PLDA (Professional Lighting Designers Association), PLD concentrates on the presentation of design philosophies, historical background information, theoretical topics, professional issues and the technical aspects of lighting design and application. PLD is oriented to meet the requirements of the lighting designer. The high quality and competence of PLD is documented by its Advisory Board comprising internationally renowned lighting designers and architects. The magazine is printed in four separate versions: English, German, Chinese and Turkish.
The magazine is published in the VIA Verlag, which is based in Gütersloh, Germany. The VIA Verlag was founded together with the Professional Lighting Designers’ Association in 1994.
History
The Professional Lighting Design Magazine was first published in March 1998 (zero issue in October 1997). Editor-in-chief is Mr Joachim Ritter. He also founded the VIA Verlag and was a co-founder of PLDA, together with Georges Gerne (France), Johannes Dinnebier (Germany), Erwin Döring (Germany), Francesco Iannone (Italy), Heinrich Kramer (Germany), Alison Ritter (Great Britain), Lucy Rittner (France) and Serena Tellini (Italy) in Frankfurt, Germany.
Contents
Published six times a year the magazine offers a new main topic every two months. It consists of short articles (e.g. on light art), two main architectural lighting projects, two to three essays (e.g. on research issues) and a market section, in which the industry can shortly present their new products.
The magazine also has a double page or more on PLDA news, profession and education developments.
The magazine has a circulation of 34,500 (all languages) and a steady 3,000 subscribers (including PLDA members).
Where to find PLD
The PLD magazine can be found on the biggest lighting fairs, conferences and shows like the “Light+Building” in Frankfurt, the “Euroluce” in Milan, the “Lightfair” in America or the Professional Lighting Design Convention, PLDC, organized by the events division of the VIA Verlag. It is also sold in the sister company of the VIA Verlag, VIA Sweden AB, based in Alingsås, Sweden.
Links
www.via-verlag.com
www.pldplus.com
www.pld-a.org
www.pld-c.com