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City.People.Light research

Get some light inspiration. The City.People.Light research is a look at the latest and future developments in urban illumination. With input from architects, planners, and creative leaders, it explores how our cities are going to look and feel in the future.

The latest outcome of the research program is published in a book with expert interviews, key trends and inspirational lighting concepts resulted from our Create the Livable City workshops.

A flick through this cutting-edge compendium will shed some light on the destiny of European cities, from both sociocultural and urban lighting perspectives.

Look for the 2014 City.People.Light research book in specialized bookstores around the world, purchase it at Amazon.com or check the flipbook version. See also download section below.

Sketch from the research book of city.people.light

Expert interviews

Ready for some informative insights? The book contains dialogs with recognized thought leaders, industry experts, and leading practitioners of urban design, architecture and planning.

Urban Futures matrix

Introducing the Urban Futures matrix: the reference tool for the entire city.people.light program. Find out more about this practical analytical device and how you can use it to define your lighting strategy.

Workshops

Find out about the light concepts developed in the Create the Livable City workshops. These events were held in six different European cities, and were attended by some of the Europe’s most eminent urban planners and landscape architects.

Marco Bevolo

Marco is an expert in the areas of strategic design, people research and urban futures. He is the founder of Marco Bevolo Consulting, and was formerly a Director at Philips Design headquarters in The Netherlands.

He has lectured at Wharton Business School, Temasek Polytechnic Singapore, Istituto Europeo di Design, Fashion Institute Arnhem, and the University of Tilburg, The Netherlands.

Among his many accolades are two ESOMAR best paper conference awards and an Emerald Literati Award for Excellence. He is member of the Association of Professional Futurists.

Tapio Rosenius

Tapio is the founder of Lighting Design Collective, a company specialized in architectural lighting solutions and light art with a uniquely integrated portfolio covering cutting-edge services such as digital content creation, lighting software development and design strategies. The company is based in Madrid, London & Helsinki and operates globally with a network of collaborators.

Originally from Finland, Tapio is a designer and an artist whose work has been realized in over 25 countries and recognized with numerous awards from the fields of lighting design and art.

Tapio holds a Master of Science degree from UCL Bartlett University, London and a Medianomi in Lighting Design from TTVO, Finland. He is a regular lecturer in architectural and design academies and professional events.

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