Fieldwork

City Walks and Salon

City Night Survey : Azabudai Hills~Toranomon Hills

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Observe the nightscape of the newest spot, Azabudai Hills~Toranomon Hills2024.0 5.10 Shinichi Sakaguchi + Amane Kotani+ Naoko Oguchi+ Yuko Nakayama Eight months have passed since the last city night survey in September last year. The first …

City Walks and Salon

Round Table Discussion Vol.71: Review of Azabudai Hills & Toranomon Hills City Night Survey

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2024.05.30 Noriko Higashi A review of the May 10 City Night Survey was held. 20 people gathered at LPA on Friday night to discuss the lighting in the newest spot, Azabudai Hills.We did the review of the May 10 Azabudai Hills & Toranomon…

Global Research

City Night Survey – Alaska

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2024.02.06-02.12 Masafumi Yamamoto + Yuki Ito We visited Alaska at the beginning of February. The purpose was to investigate the light environment in the Arctic under the theme of ‘Mother Nature’, focusing on urban areas, living environment…

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Coffee Break

Vol.079 -Time Machine

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Interviewer: Iris Wu Iris:Hi Mende-san, today we are going to talk about what era you would like to visit if you had a time machine. This ‘era’ can refer to your personal lifetime, or a historical period, or even a future era yo…

Coffee Break

Vol.078 -Minimalism

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Interviewer: Linxi Chen Chen:  Today I’d like to talk about minimalism.  Minimalism started as an art movement in the realm of western art after the end of World War II.  This movement dramatically affected later generations.When you …

Coffee Break

Vol.077 -Cities and Countryside

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Interviewer: Masashi Kurobe Kurobe:  Today’s coffee break theme is “Cities and Countryside.” I come from a rural town, but I have been living in Tokyo for some time now and have gotten used to urban life.  Recently, I went…

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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.