# Why light needs darkness

- Institution: TED
- Department: TEDxAmsterdam
- Speaker: Rogier van der Heide
- Year: 2010
- Level: For everyone
- Language: English
- Subjects: Art, architecture and design
- Source: [TED](https://www.ted.com/talks/rogier_van_der_heide_why_light_needs_darkness)
- Licence: [CC BY-NC-ND 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/) (Non-commercial use only, and no changed versions.)
- Who can watch: Tweens profiles and older (sources give no ratings; placed by Invisible Network from the source's own words)

Lighting architect Rogier van der Heide offers a beautiful new way to look at the world -- by paying attention to light (and to darkness). Examples from classic buildings illustrate a deeply thought-out vision of the play of light around us.

## Lectures

1. [Why light needs darkness](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/ted/rogier_van_der_heide_why_light_needs_darkness/bbd16d2e9748), 17 min (TED's player)