Design Indaba 2013: glow-in-the-dark roads and responsive street lamps were among the concepts to make highways safer while saving money and energy presented by Dutch designer Daan Roosegaarde at the Design Indaba conference in Cape Town earlier this month. More »
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Christmas lights in Madrid
by Teresa Sapey
Christmas shoppers in Madrid can stroll under glittering circles of LEDs designed by Italian architect Teresa Sapey (+ slideshow). More »
Qatar accused of "counterfeiting
1000 street lamps"
Dezeen Wire: Spanish lighting brand Santa & Cole has launched a lawsuit accusing the state of Qatar of copying street lighting devised for Barcelona by Catalan designer Beth Galí in 1996. More »
Movie: Ross Lovegrove on his Solar Tree
at Clerkenwell Design Week
Movie: British designer Ross Lovegrove talks to Dezeen about the tree-like solar-powered street lights he brought to St John's Square for Clerkenwell Design Week. More »
Lights of the City by Manuel Alvarez Diestro
Photographer Manuel Alvarez Diestro has sent us these photographs documenting the vernacular street-lighting of different cities around the world. More »
Tagliente by Plasma Studio and ewo

Architects Plasma Studio of London, Beijing and Bolzano have designed this LED street lamp in collaboration with lighting company ewo. More »
Alphabet City Lights by JDS Architects

JDS Architects have designed a street lamp for Italian brand Ewo that allows light to escape through perforations in its stem. More »
Vondel Verses by Anouk Vogel and Johan Selbing

Landscape architect Anouk Vogel and architect Johan Selbing have won a competition to design new lighting and furniture for the Vondelpark in Amsterdam, the Netherlands. More »

