LDC: What is Think-in-a-Tank?
Channel: Tapio Rosenius
Date: 2016-04-19

LIGHTING DESIGN RESEARCH EVENT
Every September since 2015, in the heart of the Helsinki Design Week, the world famous Silo 468 light art piece in Helsinki, Finland has been the venue for an unique gathering of minds from the world of architecture, design and lighting. 

Thinkers at world class level join Lighting Design Collective (LDC) in challenging and debating the current role of light, natural, artificial, digital, responsive and participatory in the architecture and in built environment.

WHY
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. 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.