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Kaoru Mende / Lighting Design Workshop

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3 day student workshop 20252025.09.13-09.15 Noriko Higashi This year marks the fourth time the Lighting Design Workshop has been held. Nineteen students gathered from all over Japan to spend three days thoroughly learning about lighting des…

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City Night Survey : Toyosu, Tokyo

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2025.06.26 Yumi Honda +Qiaoxi Wang+ Momoe Nomura We observed and recorded the nighttime light environment of the newly developed commercial complex Senkyaku Banrai in the Tokyo Bay Area and its surrounding public spaces (green plaza, statio…

Lighting Detectives Online Activities 2022

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Hikaru Kimura Due to the impact of the COVID-19, the Lighting Detectives have voluntarily suspended in-person activities since 2020. While we haven’t been able to conduct our usual activities, we’ve been exploring new methods, s…

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Vol.012 – Natural Light that Both Stirs the Heart and Brings Beace, and the Ideal Artificial Light of TIF and MIHO Museum

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Tomoya FurukawaKanagawa Still basking in the joy of how bright, unusually large, and beautiful last night’s full moon was, I headed out early in the morning to the wood deck along the beach. I went to take part in a radio calisthenics sessi…

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Vol.012 – Perspectives on the Evolution of Lighting Environment Design

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Mutsuo HonmaLighting Environmental ResearcherKyoto How has the design of light in architecture evolved throughout human history?  This is the research theme I am currently pursuing, with a particular focus on religious architecture. Today, …

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Vol.084 – Dreams & Dreaming

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Interviewer: Jack Lim Jack: Good morning Mr. Mende. Today’s theme is “Dreams”. We will keep it open for discussion, whether it refers to the dreams when we sleep, or ambitions and wishes.  I will start with the question: When you slee…

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Who are the Lighting Detectives?
A research group established in 1990 by Lighting designer, Kaoru Mende and 5 other designers, and dedicated to the study of lighting culture through the observation and surveying of urban light environments in Japan and throughout the world.