Candle Night Summer Solstice 2004 @ Cat Street
20 June 2004 What is Candle Night? This is the second season for the Lighting Detectives to participate in the Bi-annual Candle Night Performance. Many people are probably wondering, “What is Candle Night?” Well, started by an environmental…
City Walk “Minato Mirai Subway Line” / Lighting Survey – Sydney, Las Vegas, Paris / Messe Frankfurt Light Fair Report
31 May 2004 Back around the round table of the Lighting Detective Headquarters, club members gathered for another night of discussion, slideshows, and of course refreshments! This discussion included a whopping 3 overseas lighting survey re…
Yokohama Minato-Mirai Subway Line
12 May 2004 The Minato Mirai Subway Line connects Yokohama Station to Yokohama China Town five stops away. Four different architects were commissioned to individually design four of the stations on this new subway line. Although all of the …
Discussion about “Tokyo Dome City LaQua” – Color Kinetics Showroom, Aoyama
28 January 2004 The Lighting Detectives have left the building, and moved this month’s Salon to the Color Kinetics Japan Showroom. Recently, most of the Lighting Detective round-table discussions have been held at the headquarters in Shibuy…
Tokyo Dome City LaQua
20 January 2004 Tokyo Dome City’s new multi-functional complex, LaQua, was the first stop on our city walk list this year. The new complex, with spa facilities, restaurants, shops, and amusement attractions, opened in May of 2003. The theme…
2nd Annual TN Forum: 2003 / Stockholm Residential Neighborhood Lighting
Date: August 29th, 2003 Program: Symposium Venue: Haninge Centrum The Transnational Tanteidan Forum 2003 was held in Stockholm on August 29th, 2003 at the Kulturhuset Haninge, approximately 30 minutes by train from the city center. The foru…
Candle Night Winter Solstice 2003 @ Cat Street
2003年12月22日 冬至 電気を消してスローな夜を 冬至の夜8時から10時の2時間だけ電気を消してスローな夜を過ごそう・・ということをテーマに面出団長の他、ライフスタイルプロデューサーの浜野安宏氏やキャンドルナイト呼びかけ人代表でもある竹村真一氏が監修したイベントが原宿キャットストリートで行われました。 これは、環境や省エネ、現代社会のライフスタイルについて考え直すとともに、人間的な時間のありかたを見つめるきっかけとして、昨年の夏至に行われたイベントの冬至版。夏至には、環…
1st Annual TN Forum: 2002 / Tokyo Regional Lighting Environment
DateDecember: 6th, 2002 Program: Symposium Venue: Tokyo Design Center Theme of Transnational Tanteidan Forum 2002 in TOKYO was “Regional Lighting Environment.” Various regions around the world have nurtured characteristic cultur…
CHICAGO 1995
Orange lights brighten the plains and continue on towards the horizon, creating the Chicago nightscape. Notorious for cold winds, the Chicago nightscape was unified early on with high-pressure sodium streetlights. For crime prevention, the …