本書作者是日本燈光設計師Kaoru Mende，計劃者聯合社社長。此社由最初的6個成員于1990年成立，致力于建筑的高檔燈光設計。現今燈光設計的重大挑戰在于如何在生活中運用自然光的同時運用創新高科技。

在本書的工程中，各式各樣的燈光被采用：柔和的、審美上使人愉悅的、風格獨特的、變幻莫測的、莊嚴的以及隨意的等等。

The author is Kaoru Mende, Lighting Designer, President of Planners Associates Inc. The group is organized in 1990 with 6 members to produce superior lighting environments and thus contribute widely to the culture of architecture and light. The important challenge in lighting will be the eternal one of how to utilize natural light in our lives while also applying innovative technologies. In those lighting designs, various concepts were put forward-gentle light, aesthetically pleasing light, stylish light, shifting, changing light, formal and casual light, and so on.