Lighting for a comfortable life

Yuichiro Noguchi
Aug 26
4 min read

Before I knew it, a year had passed since I started "lighting technique for a comfortable life".

Recently, I've been receiving more and more direct calls from people who read the columns, and there shouldn't be that many subscribers, but I'm surprised that posts have more influence than you can imagine.

Although it is not to commemorate the passage of that year, it has been decided that "Lighting for a Comfortable Life" will also be serialized in the magazine. The serialization will begin from the separate volume "espresso" vol.28 (scheduled to be published around the end of December) of the local Kumamoto economic magazine "Kumamoto Keizai".

Until now, only those who know it through SNS know this column, but by being published in a general magazine, there are more opportunities to touch the eyes of people who are different than before, so that even those who are not interested in lighting and interiors can be interested. I thought it would be very good as a make-up.

As the subtitle of the magazine "Espresso" is "Rich and Tasteful Adult Time", it transmits information about Kumamoto as an adult lifestyle magazine, and since it is a separate economic magazine, I am looking forward to what kind of response there will be in the future. It is also.

Well, when it comes to the crucial "lighting technique for a comfortable life", there are many voices that say "the title is false" in addition to lighting, although there are lighting techniques in the title, but it is simply "It's comfortable to live in a room with fashionable lighting. It is not "or "I will introduce fashionable lighting", but it pursues essential parts such as "comfortable life" and "what is a rich life" through lighting and interiors.

I don't deny living in a fashionable house, but it's a little doubtful whether living in a fashionable house and posting on SNS really enriches life. The interior is equal to preparing your inner side. People who ignore others just because they can't see them are probably people who only care about appearance, and even if it's a nice interior, things made to show others are not attractive at all.

Among the celebrities, there are many people who upload expensive things to SNS to see this, and do stealth marketing that is mixed with advertising. Even if you see such a person and envy or imitate him, even if you get a sense of satisfaction and superiority at that time, it will only be empty.

Isn't it really important to meet and experience wonderful things that you can spend your whole life with? It doesn't start with being obtained by the influence of others, but by seeing, touching, and feeling yourself.

I think SNS is a really useful tool. You can communicate with people you've never met, catch a glimpse of the daily life of celebrities and people you admire, and even if you don't see your family and friends, you feel like you're meeting them.

However, what is really important is not the number of SNS followers, but the number of people who are really important to you, and the time you spend with that person.

I have never introduced brands or products of lighting equipment in this "Lighting Technique for a Comfortable Life". Because brands and products have nothing to do with the "essential value of lights". The lighting of Louis Paulsen and Floss is certainly wonderful. However, it is only because Paul Henningsen and Achille Castiglioni were born with results in pursuit of a better life and design. There is no such thing as wanting to make lighting with a stylish design or making lighting that sells better, it is an idea and design that was born because people aimed to live in a more comfortable and wonderful living environment.

After that, a number of imitation products with similar designs that are called tributes and generic products are made in recent years, but Lewis Paulsen and Floss are still alive and are still produced in Denmark and Italy. Considering that it attracts people around the world, it proves that its essential value is unchanging.

In "Lighting for a Comfortable Life", I would like to enjoy "true wealth" rather than material wealth with readers by pursuing the unchanging values of such people.

Because it is in this era, I once again feel the importance of true value and the opportunity to touch it, and as there is a saying that "the past is like a delay", people have been looking for useful things and the world, but the society that has gone too far is people We are also facing the reality that we are exhausting and destroying the global environment.

Because it is an era where you can get anything as long as you give money, you will realize the importance of things that you can't buy with money, and I think you will come to ask for such things again.

Some lighting is sparkling and luxurious like chandeliers, and some are simple like naked light bulbs. However, the light emitted from them is universal, and it is the scene created by the light that shakes people's emotions. The sparkling night view mixed with various colors of neon from Tokyo and Hong Kong is also beautiful, but the orange night view from the Los Angeles Griffith Park Observatory is even impressive.

The daily lights created by the lighting of the house are not only bright and dark, but it is not difficult to imagine how much living under the lights that create a beautiful scene enriches our lives.

The theme of "lighting art for a comfortable life" is to think about art to incorporate such scenes into your life, and it is essential to know what people's unchanging values are like.