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Date of Issue：November 07, 2019 ・Activity 1／City Night Walk in Singapore （2019/07/19） ・Activity 2／Children Workshop（2019.09.21） ・Activity 3／City Night Walk in Kyoto（2019.09.26） NewsletterVol101　Download PDF Singapore Night Walk No.4: Traveleisure – Jewel Changi at Dawn 2019/07/19　Sunyoung Hwang+Mayumi Banno+Sherri Goh+Niken Wulandari Sutanto Night walk in the month of July to talk about lighting at Jewel Changi Airport, a massive new retail and lifestyle complex in Singapore! Strategically located in the heart of Singapore Changi Airport, Jewel Changi Airport is a world-class multi-dimensional lifestyle destination that comprises a myriad range of offering including gardens and attractions, retail and dining offerings, a hotel and facilities for airport operations. The balance of daylight and the use of light fixtures is well thought throughout the complex, and in the evening, expressions of light are still gradually changing as time slips by, for a full 24-hours of pre-set lighting operations. This time lighting detectives visited Jewel during off-peak hours to experience lighting transition until sunrises. Our early riser detective members of around 20 people were gathered at Jewel at 5:30AM and had a walk from forest valley to basement, retail areas, gateway gardens and to L5d attractions when almost no one is around. We were lucky enough to get free, exclusive access to some of the attractions in L5d. The entrance gates were open specially for lighting detective members on this day. (Yey!) Backgrounds of our participants were diverse. About 20% of people were coming from lighting /…

Interviewer: Kunzhi Jiang Jiang: Today I’d like to talk about “Cinema Lighting.”  I think cinema lighting is very important.  For example, I recently watched “The Godfather,”  and felt that light and shadow in cinema can really reveal various conditions of human psychology.  Especially senses with intense contrast, light and shadow help create a very tense situation. Mende: Yes, there are many dark scenes in this film.  It is an impressive example of using light to symbolize human emotion. Jiang: Yes.  I was really impressed with how light is focused on the left side of the screen and the right side gradually becomes dark.  I felt this represents the two-sided nature and internal turmoil of the characters.  What kind of movies do you like? Mende: I like films of various genres, but I was really moved by the French movie “Diva.”  The use of natural light is beautiful.  The softness and warmth of natural light really dictates the atmosphere of this film. Jiang: This sounds like a film with many great scenes. I am curious about the balance of light and shadow. By the way, films by the Taiwanese director, Edward Yang, are also very impressive.  Lighting melts into the quiet everyday scenes of his films in a way that is very easy. Mende: Taiwanese films certainly have a unique charm.  Particularly, natural light is skillfully used to create detailed scenes and atmospheres, unable to be reproduced with artificial lighting. Jiang: “A Brighter Summer…

7 July 2006 The Lighting Detectives are always on the move and for this salon the party moved to the ERCO TOTO Showroom in Minato Ward, Tokyo. Reported by Motoyo Ogawa Reported News, Surveys, and Events Hakone City Walk…Momoko Muraoka Nihonbashi & Sumidagawa Survey…Chiaki Tanigawa Light+Building 2006…Ken Okamoto & Mr. Nakamura from ERCO TOTO Lightfair International 2006…Chief Kaoru Mende Singapore Lighting Experiment…Chief Kaoru Mende Candle Night Summer Solstice 2006…Saiko Tanuma The night started with the most recent city walk to the hills of Hakone. The hydrangeas were in full bloom and specially illuminated for viewing from the slow ?moving mountain trolley. The little train chugged along as passengers ‘ooh’ed & ‘ah’ed over the colorful flowers and lighting display. Also close to home, a report from a recent survey of Tokyo’s Nihonbashi and Sumidagawa area and the Candle Night Summer Solstice Omotesando-Eco Avenue　Event. From here the discussion went abroad to Germany, Las Vegas, and Singapore. At the end of April, detective members traveled to Germany to attend the Light+Building　2006 in Frankfurt. For a full two days they were inspired, overwhelmed, and surprised by the simple power and beauty of light at the event. Mr. Nakamura from Erco Toto showed pictures of the Erco booth display and the Erco staple, yellow flowers. In comparison, Kaoru Mende presented and relayed information from a May lighting show in Las Vegas. Lastly, a short presentation on a recent lighting experiment at a busy downtown Singapore…

It seems that there are quite a few people who are ruffled by the frequency, or rather infrequency, of the Lighting Detective Note. Since the start of the Lighting Detectives many of those that work close to me have pleaded and tried to persuade me with a kind “Please write a new note” every once in awhile. But behind all of those smiles and I-really-look-forward-to-your-column`s I can sense a little bit of a threat. So, again I apologize for the delay. I’m not a big fan of the blog, so my columns tend to be few and far between with more eccentric themes. However I`d like to try a little more relaxed style, maybe something blog-like, to honestly discuss light, social review, and maybe some personal confessions within a tone of permissible degree. With that said, as I write this, I am sitting on the Shinkasen on my way home from a day trip to Osaka, business of course. I have my PC open before me and in the upper right hand corner of the screen a certain folder has caught my eye, ｢Unfinished Tanteidan Notes.｣ Inside that folder another folder titled「051210 AA Workshop」had four pictures already selected just waiting for the go ahead. December 2005, two years ago I meant to write this column and the pictures and inspiration have just been waiting in the flanks. How rude of me! Kazuo Iwamura, an architect and professor at Tokyo City…

Presentation of earth-friendly lighting ideas. 13 November, 2009 The theme for the fourth Lighting Detective Salon featured residential fieldwork with ideas for fun eco lighting. Guest speaker, architect, Kazuhiko Namba presented his own ideas on sustainable housing. What is environmental-friendly, people-friendly lighting? Even using low wattage lamps, attaching a net cloth to a cieling fixture creates enough brightness on the table top. Ambient light reflected off the ceiling for plenty of brightness while sitting at the table. Simple lanterns Dialog between Mr. Namba and Chief Mende. Reception Keywords such as CO2 reduction, green, earthy are now very common in our daily lives. However, how many people actually incorporate environmentally-friendly practices into their lives. As Lighting Detectives, we asked ourselves if there is something we can do to incorporate green ideas into the lighting environment. Something easy and fun, nothing laboring or painful, that could be started right away? Hmmmmm?!?! Trendy Lighting Beginning with ordinary residential lighting, we experimented with different tricks and light simulations at the Koizumi showroom. First of all, the easiest way to increase brightness is by color. The color of a tablecloth, the color of curtains, even the color of a brown room compared to a white room effects brightness. As an element of the interior, changing the color of a tablecloth to suit different scenes will not only affect the lighting, you may even achieve haute interior! small light, BIG LIGHT Sometimes it might be fun…