About Detectives

Transnational Lighting Detectives is an organization dedicated to study of lighting culture on local and global level. The initiator of the idea and founder is Japanese lighting designer Kaoru Mende. Inspired by the examples from his surrounding and with rich experience in dealing with lighting in architecture, he formed the group Shoumei TanteidanTanteidan (Lighting Detectives) in Tokyo in 1990. The group is non-profit and gathers professionals as well as those who are interested in lighting and experimenting within architectural lighting. Since 2001, the  group has expanded itself onto the other world cities by establishing offices in Stockholm, New York, Hamburg, Copenhagen, Singapore, Beijing and Belgrade.

Belgrade Lighting Detectives were established in 2006, on the initiative of Aleksandra Stratimirovic, one of the core members of international group Transnational Lighting Detectives. As a seventh world “lighting agency”, Belgrade detectives are promoting the idea of nourishing and developing the culture of lighting. The results of Belgrade Lighting Detectives so far actions have been presented at the symposium in Singapore 2006 and Copenhagen 2007. This year, Belgrade detectives, in cooperation with Cultural Front Belgrade, are organising international symposium Transnational Lighting Detectives Forum 08 in Belgrade, which will be held 19th September as a part of first Serbian festival of light “Belgrade of Light”.