Date: October 13, 2004-November 8, 2004Place: Matsuya Ginza 7F Design Gallery 1953Host: Japan Design Committee The place is Tokyo. The year is 2050. The topic is light. One hundred and nineteen professionals from various fields, architects, designers, photographers, critics, were brought together to discuss and predict the future of light in Tokyo. Will the future grow darker? Or will it become brighter? The psychological state of the people and society were also critical factors in these predictions, which have taken the form of words, models, and video, now on display in Ginza. 2050 HOME ・ STREET ・ CITY To show the lives of people in 2050, three types of models, HOME, STREET, and CITY, were made by the students of Mende seminar of Musashino Art University. A city image where there are many desires and leaps and bounds for imagination, such as houses with no lighting fixtures and scattered light-emitting surfaces, towns without street lights, and towns that shine with multiple layers was drawn. [HOME]No lighting fixture.Only the decorative luminaries of candlelight survive.Floors, walls, ceilings, table tops, etc. emit light.The light-emitting surface plays a role as not only the lighting but also information such as TV and newspapers.Large dimming control glass screen for taking in sunlight.Control how the space shines freely. [STREET]No pole light on the street.Cars and pedestrians shine.The road is not illuminated but emits light.Completely separate human and car traffic levels.Lanes shine and car driving is automated.Greening progresses…

Date: May 14-June 9, 2003Place: Matsuya Ginza 7F Design Gallery 1953Host: Japan Design Committee World Lighting Journey’ a collection of nightscapes from 50 cities around the world, taken over the course of 12 years, was exhibited in Ginza. During the exhibition period 7 members of the LPA staff were on hand to give seminars to visitors enjoying the wall-to-wall collection of photographs. Date and Theme May 14 Yutaka Inaba（LPA / Detective） Shanghai May 21 Hideto Mori（ LPA / Detective ） Lyon May 23 Mari Kubota（ LPA / Detective ） Las Vegas May 27 Kentaro Tanaka（ LPA / Detective ） Bergen May 30 Ryuichi Sawada（ LPA / Detective ） Venice May 03 Hirohito Totsune（ LPA / Detective ） Dubai June 06 Kaoru Mende（LPA Principal / Chief） Conclusion

The Lighting Detectives Makes Its Appearance in Ginza Date: March 6-April 29, 1997Place: TEPCO Ginza Building, 2F ‘Electric Scene’ Seven years of accumulated Lighting Detective’s research and activities were exhibited in a viewer-friendly show, ‘Shomei Tanteidan Exhibit?The Lighting Detectives Make an Appearance in Ginza’. Six exhibition corners were set-up in the TEPCO Ginza Building, 2F Electric Scene Room. 01　Concept of Lighting Detectives As a corner to introduce the concept of the Lighting Detectives, we have visualized the results of the Lighting Detectives over 6 years with 14 keywords in a box of 30 cm on a side. Look through the holes in the box and ask them to think about the meaning of the keyword. 02　World Nightscape Here, 20 carefully selected night views of the world and night expressions seen by the Lighting Detectives are exhibited. A beautiful night view of a beautiful city, a night view created by natural light such as the moon and stars, Aurora and blue moments … Enjoy many night expressions 03　Variety things emit light in the city There are so many “light things” lurking in the city. Here they meet and communicate with each other. The seven tools used by the Lighting Detectives are also on display. 04　Light Experience Tunnel The cities are getting brighter and brighter in Japan. The lights of vending machines, convenience stores, lights of gas stations and light-ups overflow in a city that does not sleep for 24 hours. Do…

Date: Nov. 2-8, 1998Place: Tokyo Design Center, Galleria Hall What kind of changes can we expect to see in the Tokyo nightscape of 2050? Through the discussion of experts from various fields and the prophecies of a 100 prophets, we were able to piece together clues to the nightscape of this bustling city a half a century away. Talk Events ／Round Table Live Talk 2050／World Nightscape Talk We had a round-table discussion for seven consecutive days. Up to eight elite speakers will sit around a 2.4 m diameter round table and discuss under each theme. From the 1st to the 7th session, we discussed the issues of [Earth / Energy, Urban / Architecture, Information / Media, Science / Technology, Art / Design, Body / Sensation, Climate / Geography] and exchange future prediction theory. On the last session, we had a lap-up talk to conclude all talk series . It is not a symposium with a stiff shoulder, but operates in a friendly salon atmosphere.

Singapore Design Week 8th-10th March 2019 | Sherri Goh, Niken Wulandari Sutanto, Quratuaini Bte Jamil, Tang Chia Xing Back Alley connected to Bukit Pasoh Road Singapore Design Week was held on 4th-17th March with major highlights such as Brainstorm Design Forum, International Furniture Fair, Design and Heritage Trails, District Activation and Craft Markets. Street of Clans at Bukit Pasoh was part of the “Empower my Community” initiative that brings people, history and culture together. Majority of the clans in Singapore were set up long that road itself as part of the Straits Settlement that were there to support immigrants new to Singapore, like an extended family. The lighting design concept for this event is inspired by the journey and experience of the people in the clans that travels to the unknown land by sailing through the deep water. “Sea the Light” is a lighting installation of being adrift in the tranquil dark blue of the sea. The relationship between human and nature is bridged by the warm lanterns that lit in the cool surrounding of the night. Introduction to the Gan Clan Located at the small alleyway at Bukit Pasoh Road, Lighting Detectives transformed thespace into an interactive and refreshing environment that invites people to use the space at night. The alley was immersed in sea-blue coloured lights that keeps moving as subtle as the movement of the waves. At the same time, the workshop engaged people to participate in…

2019/02/18 Yuichi Anzai On the Lighting Detectives Facebook page, we have been sharing the “World Lighting Journey” every weekend. As a summary of our activities in 2018, we conducted an interview with our chief, Kaoru Mende. At Café RÉFECTOIRE in Meiji Jingu-mae —In 2017, there were many posts featuring aerial nightscapes, but the 2018 posts were rich in variety. Among them, the most-viewed post was the toplight of the Pantheon in Rome. This was followed by the light-filled landscapes of Bologna, and then Stockholm during the “blue moment.” What are your thoughts on these results, Mende-san? Aerial nightscape during the “blue moment,” Stockholm Chief Mende: I imagine most of the people viewing these posts are in Japan. We are always drawn to things that are startling, unfamiliar, or from a culture different from our own. That’s probably why people see the Pantheon and think, “Wow, that’s incredible!” I suppose many of the World Lighting Journey posts feature beautiful photos taken abroad? The toplight of the Pantheon, Rome —That is not necessarily the case, but since it is for the weekend, we do select beautiful photos for everyone to enjoy. Chief Mende: I understand the desire to share many photos of “good” light, but there is also unpleasant lighting and scenery all around us. On the Detectives’ page, I think it would be good to post things that make us think, “This would be even better if it were done this…

2019/02/04-02/09 | Aleksandra Stratimirovic Belgrade of Light event, organised by Belgrade Lighting Detectives, opened a new decade of activities with programme Imagine Light during the period 4th to 9th of February at KC GRAD (Belgrade, Serbia). ■Lighitng Detectives Belgrade ChapterBelgrade of Light 2019 was held for 6 days at KC GRAD. Five artists, art groups and collectives, with their dynamic performances, installations and exhibitions played with motion, light and sound, transforming gallery at KC GRAD, into entirely different experience every night during the event. THE BOX | Q / TI / JA by Radio.Nica ■Day 1：THE BOX | Q/TI/JASpectacular performance by Radio.Nica – [THE BOX | Q / TI / JA] opened Belgrade of Light 2019. The performance was inspired with “The Ray of the Microcosm” by Petar II Petrovic Njegos, and with the help of the graphoscopic alchemy, lasers, crystals and other analog sources of light, Radio.Nica was creating pure magic on the stage.Radio.Nica is a flexible and ever-changing group of artists with different backgrounds (theater directors, designers, dramaturges, performers, circus artists etc.) experimenting with light design. LUMINESCENCE by Incredible Bob ■Day 2： LUMINESCENCEHigh quality, dense, Belgrade’s dark and Luminescence in it – a light installation by Incredible Bob. This darkness intercepted with light from various light sources, accompanied by sounds created a kind of a hypnopompic atmosphere for audience on the second day of Belgrade of Light. Incredible Bob is a Belgrade scene desperado. He walks a thin…

Workshop to think about ideal way of light and future way of “Forest of Ueno”2017/10/16,11/13-11/14　　Haruka Takano + Toru Mori + Nobuyo Sato + Masara Akiyama + Koki Iwanaga Lighting workshop at Tokyo National Museum. It was very precious experience to try out lighting plans January and February of this year, we held a city walking workshop named “Ueno-Night-Park”. This is the second one of it. We carried out a workshop in Tokyo National Museum experimenting ideal way of light that we considered at field work last time. Illumination experiment was carried out during “The second Tokyo Suki-Festival”, and this workshop enabled not only participants but also citizens to rediscover the potential and its value of Ueno Park. (Koki Iwanaga) ■The first night: Lighting experiment and making of proposalThis time, we took 3 days to make a lighting proposal for Tokyo National Museum by bringing ideas from lighting professionals to students, house wives, and a wide range of people. Content was to set up the lighting fixture at the Japanese Gallery, Hyokeikan Building and an approach to Horyuji Treasures and illuminate and give presentation on the last day.October 16th was the first night which was raining unfortunately. We started at 6 pm in Kuroda Memorial Hall, and moved to Tokyo National Museum and actually lit up the lighting fixture that was going to be used on performance. We confirmed each lighting fixture’s ability and characteristics by lighting from the second floor…

2017.01.28,02/03　　Yasuhiko Higaki + Nozomi Yoshida + Mahiro Akiyama +Noriko Higashi Over two days, January 28 and February 3, the Lighting Detectives held a workshop titled “Ueno Night Park.” Ueno is home to numerous museums and a vast park that bustles with people during the day; however, at night, the foot traffic thins out, and it can hardly be called an attractive district. To find out why, we explored the area and brainstormed ideas together with participants recruited from the general public. Ueno Night Park was launched in 2016 (Heisei 28) to create nighttime vibrancy in the area. By collaborating with various cultural facilities that are increasingly extending their evening hours, the project organizes exhibition-related events and night-themed activities. Through these “Ueno Night Park” events, we aim to establish the habit of facilities staying open late and to promote the nocturnal charms of the area—encouraging visitors to explore not just the park, but also the Ueno Station vicinity and local neighborhoods like Yanesen. (Yasuhiko Higaki) This inaugural event was structured into two parts. The first day consisted of a Lighting Detectives orientation followed by a night walk survey with participants divided into two groups. The second day focused on evaluating and analyzing the lighting heroes and villains discovered during the walk, ultimately culminating in a lighting proposal for Ueno Park. Night walk survey route map Strategy meeting divided into groups ■Night 1: Group A – Around Shinobazu PondGroup A began by…