“Transnational Lighting Detectives”

"Transnational Lighting Detectives" By: Kaoru Mende Publisher: Kajima Publishing Printing: August 30, 2004 212 pg; 14.5cm x 21cm Softcover English / Japanese Price: \2625 inclucing tax >>Buy it now!!

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1. Nightscapes from Around the World

Paris	Berlin	Chicago	Bangkok
Lyon	Istanbul	Las Vegas	Singapore
London	Venice	Buenous Aires	Shanghai
Copenhagen	Barcelona	Sydney	Tokyo
Moscow	New York	Munbai

2. Residential Lighting from Around the World

Copenhagen	Light framed by a window is warm and inviting.
Stockholm	Lighting devices help with the winter blues.
Hamburg	A cozy kitchen is a gathering place for the family.
Washington	The desolate countryside is consumed by oversized houses.
Singapore	Tropical rays creeping into a cool interior.
Tokyo	What looks like a bright, white UFO floats in the center of the room.

3. What is the Transnational Lighting Detectives?

Search for Heroes & Villains	The Pleasure of City Walks
Briefly Illuminate and Quickly Escape!	Light-Up Guerillas
Discussing the Culture of Light	Events, Symposia, & Exhibitions
Transnational Lighting Detectives	The Forum
Lighting Detectives

Column

Hiroshi Hara	Tiny Light in the Darkness
Masahiko Shimada	A koban that even sells apples.
Kazuko Koike	Light: Symbols of Return and Separation
Satoshi Asakawa	Where is the Light for?
Kenya Hara	A City Fast Asleep

The book “Transnational Lighting Detectives” introduces numerous pictures from the World Lighting Journey Exhibit, summaries of six presentations on residential lighting from the Stockholm forum in August 2003, and other events and activities of the Lighting Detectives.

Over a period of 14 years, an enormous collection of photographs was accumulated and for this book, sorting through the piles to find the best shots proved to be a strenuous job. But through these efforts pictures of Copenhagen streets wrapped in the blue moment, the competitive style of Las Vegas lights, the booming nightscape of Shanghai, and the goods and bads of Tokyo nightscape were found and rescued. Each section is fitted with an appropriate title to express each city and it’s distinctive collection of nightscapes. Some of the nightscapes no longer exist, but comparing past and present views of these continually changing cities is also an interesting way to enjoy this book. This book is also equipped with correlating maps allowing you, the reader, to explore and become a lighting detective!

In addition, short columns about nightscapes and light in general were written by Hiroshi Hara, architect, Masahiko Shimada, author, and others from a variety of professions.