Lighting Detectives Workshop in Japan

The workshop will take place in Kyoto June 8 – 10.

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Lighting designer Kaoru Mende (center, white shirt) of Lighting Planners Associates leads a Lighting Detective workshop.

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Lighting designer Kaoru Mende (center, white shirt) of Lighting Planners Associates leads a Lighting Detective workshop.

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The Lighting Detectives, “…a non-profit group dedicated to the study, observation, and discussion of lighting culture…” is celebrating its 27th year. Started in 1990, the group expanded its activities to a global scale in 1999. In 2002, it held its first Transnational Lighting Detectives Forum in Tokyo. Since then the forum/workshop has taken place New York, Beijing, Stockholm, Singapore, Madrid, and Taipei.

Participants view a lighting installation during a Lighting Detectives workshop.

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Participants view a lighting installation during a Lighting Detectives workshop.

The forum/workshop will once again return to Japan this June 8 – 10, when the event will take place in Kyoto. Local residents, students, and an international lineup of lighting designers and artists will discuss the “Kyoto-style of light” with participants conducting neighborhood lighting studies and design proposals, followed by testing designs in an activity called Light up Ninja!

For full details about this year’s program visit the Lighting Detectives website or contact Noriko Higashi / Yuri Araki at Tel: 03 5469 1022; Fax: 03 5469 1023; or email: office@shomei-tanteidan.org.

The Lighting Detective Forum in Taipei in 2013.

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The Lighting Detective Forum in Taipei in 2013.

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Elizabeth Donoff

Elizabeth Donoff is Editor-at-Large of Architectural Lighting (AL). She served as Editor-in-Chief from 2006 to 2017. She joined the editorial team in 2003 and is a leading voice in the lighting community speaking at industry events such as Lightfair and the International Association of Lighting Designers Annual Enlighten Conference, and has twice served as a judge for the Illuminating Engineering Society New York City Section’s (IESNYC) Lumen Award program. In 2009, she received the Brilliance Award from the IESNYC for dedicated service and contribution to the New York City lighting community. Over the past 11 years, under her editorial direction, Architectural Lighting has received a number of prestigious B2B journalism awards. In 2017, Architectural Lighting was a Top Ten Finalist for Magazine of the Year from the American Society of Business Publication Editors' AZBEE Awards. In 2016, Donoff received the Jesse H. Neal Award for her Editor’s Comments in the category of Best Commentary/Blog, and in 2015, AL received a Jesse H. Neal Award for Best Media Brand (Overall Editorial Excellence).Prior to her entry into design journalism, Donoff worked in New York City architectural offices including FXFowle where she was part of the project teams for the Reuters Building at Three Times Square and the New York Times Headquarters. She is a graduate of Bates College in Lewiston, Me., and she earned her Master of Architecture degree from the School of Architecture at Washington University in St. Louis.

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