A three-dimensional lighting structure, comprising: a plurality of non-rigid, flexible, foldable double-faced sheets of light active material, each sheet comprised of two opposedly facing sheets of light active material arranged back-to-back (1410, 1415; 1420, 1425; 1430, 1435) and configured to emit light from front and back sides of the plurality of double-faced sheets of light active material, with each sheet of the two opposedly facing sheets of light active material having a plurality of lighting elements that are sandwiched between two or more laminate layers and that comprise emissive electroluminescent material and having circuitry coupled to the plurality of lighting elements within; at least one folding element of the plurality of double-faced sheets of light active material, with a collapsible three-dimensional lighting structure formed of the plurality of double-faced sheets of light active material and the at least one folding element; a power supply element to provide power to the circuitry coupled to the plurality of lighting elements of the two opposedly facing sheets of light active material of the plurality of double-faced sheets of light active material; and a fastening element coupled to the plurality of double-faced sheets of light active material at at least one fastening point of the plurality of double-faced sheets of light active material, wherein the collapsible three-dimensional lighting structure is removably retained in a three-dimensional form by the fastening element, wherein removal of the fastening element permits the plurality of double-faced sheets of light active material of the three-dimensional lighting structure to collapse into a substantially two-dimensional form. a plurality of non-rigid, flexible, foldable double-faced sheets of light active material, each sheet comprised of two opposedly facing sheets of light active material arranged back-to-back (1410, 1415; 1420, 1425; 1430, 1435) and configured to emit light from front and back sides of the plurality of double-faced sheets of light active material, with each sheet of the two opposedly facing sheets of light active material having a plurality of lighting elements that are sandwiched between two or more laminate layers and that comprise emissive electroluminescent material and having circuitry coupled to the plurality of lighting elements within; at least one folding element of the plurality of double-faced sheets of light active material, with a collapsible three-dimensional lighting structure formed of the plurality of double-faced sheets of light active material and the at least one folding element; a power supply element to provide power to the circuitry coupled to the plurality of lighting elements of the two opposedly facing sheets of light active material of the plurality of double-faced sheets of light active material; and a fastening element coupled to the plurality of double-faced sheets of light active material at at least one fastening point of the plurality of double-faced sheets of light active material, wherein the collapsible three-dimensional lighting structure is removably retained in a three-dimensional form by the fastening element, wherein removal of the fastening element permits the plurality of double-faced sheets of light active material of the three-dimensional lighting structure to collapse into a substantially two-dimensional form.