TOKYO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--The exhibition for stylish and innovative design lightings, DESIGN LIGHTING TOKYO 2014 took place in a great success from January 15 to 17, doubling the number of exhibitors from 2013.
Outline
DESIGN LIGHTING TOKYO 2014 served as a unique
showcase of design lightings which realize more comfortable environment
and creative space design. It attracted 14,322* visitors from lighting
fixture users (architectural design firms, commercial facility, general
contractors, etc.), buyers (interior shops, department stores,
importer/exporter, etc.) and so on, which resulted in very high level of
exhibitor satisfaction with business opportunities at the show.
(*including
the concurrent shows)
Strength in design lighting featuring LED/OLED lighting technologies
Co-held
with the key shows for LED/OLED lighting manufacturing technologies and
fixtures – LED/OLED
Technology Expo and LED/OLED
Light Expo, DESIGN LIGHTING TOKYO has huge strength in collecting
design lightings featuring LED/OLED lighting. Especially from the OLED
category, leading companies such as PANASONIC IDEMITSU OLED LIGHTING,
PHILIPS ELECTRONICS and LUMIOTEC exhibited stylish OLED lighting
fixtures, effectively presenting advantages of their cutting-edge OLED
lighting technologies, such as more flexible design possibility, comfort
and user-friendliness.
Special Session by a world-class architect
One of the
features of the event was the Special Session addressed by Ms. Kazuyo
Sejima, world-class architect who was awarded the Pritzker Prize. It and
other Design Seminars attracted a large number of lighting users and
played a role in enhancing the event’s position as the hub of the latest
design trends. >>Program
Featured events
[BRIDGE]
A
selected collection of simple, stylish and “NEXT” products by European
lighting brands that had not been launched in Japan. Also enriched with
the space design by a Japanese well-known architect Akihisa Hirata, the
installation became one of the features of the 2014 show.
Showcasing
the latest European designs in Tokyo, it acted as a bridge
between Europe and Asia.
[PROTO
LIGHTING]
A premium showcase of distinguished
prototype lightings. Combining untraditional materials or cutting-edge
technologies with innovative shapes and design, those prototypes
explored new possibilities of design lightings.
Next show
The next show will take place from January 14 to
16, 2015 at Tokyo Big Sight, becoming larger and more international.
>> Full version of Post Show Report (with photos)
