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How does lighting design change when neuroscience, environmental psychology and architecture come into dialogue? On 27 October 2026, at Roma Tre University, the 14th edition of Progettare il Progettista will bring together lighting designers, architects and researchers to explore the relationship between light, perception, wellbeing and the built environment. ATMOSFERA Magazine is media partner of the event.
Dalù, Atollo, and Teti were created between the 1960s and 1970s and are still in production today. These three lamps by Vico Magistretti embody his “simple elegance,” with pared-back geometries, materials that were experimental at the time, and designs that remain thoroughly contemporary.
The Dictionary sheds light on the alphabet of light design. With each term, the complexity but also the beauty of the technology, processes, and connection with any type of space takes shape.
Light as a vehicle of meaning in artistic practice, a material to be shaped, and a medium of communication. Five examples from contemporary authors.
What is digital art today and what distinguishes technical virtuosity from a communicative project? A double interview with the Nonotak duo opens new visions on a perpetually evolving field.
With an innovative approach that blends light, design, and technology, Australian studio ENESS reimagines urban spaces—breathing new life into them, evoking emotion, inspiring critical reflection, and creating immersive, multisensory experiences.
An artist who doesn’t seek light—he generates it. Patrick Tuttofuoco uses artificial light as a visual language to transform urban space into a collective experience, blending architecture and color.
His installations—at the intersection of art and technology—give poetic form to natural, ecological, and perceptual phenomena in a sensorial journey where light becomes storytelling, activism, and awareness.
A pioneer in immersive art, Christopher Bauder leads us into parallel worlds where light, sound, and movement reshape spatial perception. From the techno culture of the 1990s, of which he is a direct descendant, to the creation of Dark Matter in Berlin, his work merges art, technology, and entrepreneurship into a creative trilogy in constant evolution. With his shows, Bauder pushes beyond the audiovisual, triggering genuine mental epiphanies.
The Icelandic artist transforms dichroic film into a living material that captures, reflects, and returns light, exploring its role as a subject—and not merely a medium—between the memory of the Icelandic sun and the landscapes of contemporary technology.
Yoshinori Kuno recounts the founding of Ambientec and his approach to rechargeable lamps: from technology developed for diving equipment to collaborations with designers such as Nao Tamura, Elisa Ossino, and Norm Architects, through to research on materials, craftsmanship, and repairability.
A conversation with the founder of the all-Italian brand making high-end decorative lighting with a contemporary sensibility, exceptional materials, and high-craft technique.
When he was very young, a chance encounter with Bruno Munari set the course for his professional path, introducing him to design and its various forms. The enthusiasm of that master—so open to the world—has remained his guiding light ever since, along with an approach that views design as the result of choices rooted in meaning and culture.
He doesn’t use light to illuminate, but to construct space. Through lasers, water, steam, and reflective surfaces, Aka Chang creates immersive installations that focus entirely on perception.
After graduating from the Politecnico di Milano with a thesis supervised by Achille Castiglioni, his career has always been rooted in product design. He has followed a dynamic yet reliable path, continually driven by the search for solutions that improve processes and empower the people who turn designs into real products.
The studio develops immersive projects in which light becomes an active and generative force, shaping ever-changing environments. Between control and unpredictability, every experience is unique and unrepeatable.
From heartbeats to brainwaves, designer Otto Plesner explores how light can become a living language, one capable of making visible what usually remains hidden: memories, emotions, biological states, and perception. A journey through art, neuroscience, and technology, told through his own words.
From the “unfinished structure of Tor Vergata” to a landmark through transformative lighting: a true urban enhancement project by the studio Dolce e Luce.