The Christmas Lighting Special

Podcast 3 explores the origins of Christmas lighting. There are many interpretations of how the Christmas tradition evolved, and what most of these versions have in common is that Christmas came about as a way of bringing people together during the coldest & darkest days of winter in the Northern Hemisphere. In this episode Antony and Jackson discuss how the traditions have been adopted by different communities all over the world, the rivalries between neighbours that play out during this time, and how the advent of electricity transformed the celebration into a cacophony of glowing light.

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Light: Cities and Architecture is an exploration of architecture and urban design since the invention of electric lighting. The initial aim of the podcast is to explore how developments in lighting technology have influenced the built environment. Jackson Stigwood (Lighting designer at A Billion Suns) and Antony DiMase (Lead architect at DiMase Architects) will look at key figures in both lighting design and architecture to understand the relationship between cities and light. Changing direction, Antony will now be interviewing distinguished guests on the theme Design More to Consume Less.