The social, cultural and design role of lighting is facing major crossroads and departure points at this moment in history, from applicative history to digital futures. For example, the importance of natural and artificial light to the quality of life and the health of individuals are gaining recognition worldwide, reverting priorities that seemed to be consolidated for more than a century. At this stage, the evolution towards the next generation of artificial light and the experiences is unchartered. Think-in-a-Tank aims at establishing a thought-leading venue where multidisciplinary professional leaders will envision what will be next.
The aim of the Think-in-a-Tank annual series is to further critical design thinking in context of light in architecture and to identify current and future foresight ideas essential for the advancement of theoretical and creative approaches in this field. Following the successful 2014 edition, international creative visionaries will engage in a process of exploration and exchange, performed in the experiential edge of the award-winning SILO 468 light art icon.
The participants will navigate the event according to a proprietary set of triggers, leading to explorations on light and architecture. In particular, a LDC reframing tool will offer 16 "cards" with research-based triggers that capture the essence of creative possibilities to approach future design in paradigmatic terms. This will lead participants to shape their own visions of lighting incorporating stimuli from technical, organisational and socio-cultural nature.
The event is hosted and created by the Lighting Design Collective and forms an official part of the Helsinki Design Week 2015. The event was co-designed with Marco Bevolo, urban futures sociologist, who will moderate the session.
Participants will include: Alice Dietsch from Amanda Levete Architects, London, Samir Bantal from OMA AMO, Rotterdam, Jenny B. Osuldsen from Sn°hetta, Oslo, Filippo Lodi from UNStudio, Amsterdam, Nacho Martín from MI5 Architects , Madrid, Paul Cocksedge from Paul Cocksedge Studio, London, Steven Bradley from SBConnect, USA and Tuomas Silvennoinen, PES-Architects, Antti Nousjoki ALA Architects, Aleksi Niemeläinen from Futudesign Ltd and Santeri Lipasti from Huttunen-Lipasti-Pakkanen Architects all from Helsinki and Tapio Rosenius, Jari Vuorinen and Kristian Krogh the partners from the Lighting Design Collective.
(Jim Evans)
