{"id":847,"date":"2018-05-16T09:00:12","date_gmt":"2018-05-16T13:00:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/designinglight.com\/?p=847"},"modified":"2018-05-16T07:16:57","modified_gmt":"2018-05-16T11:16:57","slug":"international-day-of-light-2018","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/designinglight.com\/?p=847","title":{"rendered":"International Day of Light 2018"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Today, May 16th, is the <a href=\"http:\/\/lightday.org\">International Day of Light 2018<\/a>. \u00a0It began in 2015 when the U.N. declared \u00a0The International Year of Light and Light-based Technologies. \u00a0Today, the International Day of Light is<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>a global initiative that provides an annual focal point for the continued appreciation of light and the role it plays in science, culture and art, education, and sustainable development, and in fields as diverse as medicine, communications, and energy. The broad theme of light will allow many different sectors of society worldwide to participate in activities that demonstrates how science, technology, art and culture can help achieve the goals of UNESCO \u2013 education, equality, and peace.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>There are events around the globe related to the theme of light. \u00a0If you&#8217;re interested you can check the web site, and the sites of organizations such as <a href=\"http:\/\/www.iald.org\">IALD<\/a> and <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ies.org\">IES<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Today, May 16th, is the International Day of Light 2018. \u00a0It began in 2015 when the U.N. declared \u00a0The International Year of Light and Light-based Technologies. \u00a0Today, the International Day of Light is a global initiative that provides an annual focal point for the continued appreciation of light and the role it plays in science, &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/designinglight.com\/?p=847\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">International Day of Light 2018<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[21,17],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-847","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-education","category-light"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p4gZSw-dF","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":1133,"url":"https:\/\/designinglight.com\/?p=1133","url_meta":{"origin":847,"position":0},"title":"Celebrating International Day of Light","author":"Jason Livingston","date":"May 12, 2020","format":false,"excerpt":"This Saturday, May 16th, is the International Day of Light, a UN backed global initiative that provides an annual focal point for the continued appreciation of light and the role it plays in science, culture and art, education, and sustainable development, and in fields as diverse as medicine, communications, and\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Education&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Education","link":"https:\/\/designinglight.com\/?cat=21"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":269,"url":"https:\/\/designinglight.com\/?p=269","url_meta":{"origin":847,"position":1},"title":"Happy International Year of Light 2015","author":"Jason Livingston","date":"January 1, 2015","format":false,"excerpt":"The United Nations has proclaimed that 2015 is the International Year of Light and Light Based Technologies, also referred to as IYL 2015.\u00a0\u00a02015 is the anniversary of quite a few notable discoveries about light.\u00a0 The UN resolution recognizes \"the works on optics by Ibn Al-Haytham in 1015, the notion of\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Education&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Education","link":"https:\/\/designinglight.com\/?cat=21"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":2182,"url":"https:\/\/designinglight.com\/?p=2182","url_meta":{"origin":847,"position":2},"title":"Designing with Light, 2nd Edition Now Available","author":"Jason Livingston","date":"December 14, 2021","format":false,"excerpt":"I'm excited to announce that the second edition of my book Designing with Light: The Art, Science, and Practice of Architectural Lighting Design is now available as both a soft back and ebook. \u00a0It can be purchased\u00a0from\u00a0Amazon,\u00a0Barnes & Noble,\u00a0Wiley,\u00a0and many other retailers, and makes a terrific gift this holiday season.\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Education&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Education","link":"https:\/\/designinglight.com\/?cat=21"},"img":{"alt_text":"Cover of Designing with Light, 2nd Edition","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/designinglight.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/B09LGGRT83.01._SCLZZZZZZZ_SX500_-239x300.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":382,"url":"https:\/\/designinglight.com\/?p=382","url_meta":{"origin":847,"position":3},"title":"&#8220;Celebrating Pratt Authors&#8221; Comments","author":"Jason Livingston","date":"May 6, 2015","format":false,"excerpt":"Here are my comments from last night's \"Celebrating Pratt Authors\" event. \u00a0 Let me say a few words about my book and than I\u2019ll move on. 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