LeeHom Wang 'The Best Place' World Tour

Lead Designers Jen Wei Chan

Entry Description

“Light is the architecture of emotion and the language of space.”
The lighting design for Leehom Wang’s 2025 concert tour, "The Best Place," was inspired by its central visual motif—a long, rectangular frame, reminisce quotation marks or a cinematographer’s viewfinder. Symbolizing the theme of Seize the Moment, this frame shaped the stage’s visual language. It was translated into symmetrical compositions, linear frames, and immersive structures, turning simple geometries into emotional amplifiers that captured each song’s mood through carefully choreographed lighting.

The concept centered on a vertically extended rectangle composed of LED walls, embedded light grids, and rotating light panels, forming a dynamic, symmetrical canvas. Positioned along the stage and extended platforms, these rectangular walls could rotate, elevate, and tilt with the music’s rhythm, blending movement and stillness.

A defining challenge and innovation was the reliance on non-moving fixtures: of 1,600+ lighting units, nearly 90% were static, requiring manual alignment and calibration to achieve cohesion. Instead of moving beams, t,he design laye,red color, brightness, and density to create resonance and impact. Custom hexagonal lights provided intricate highlights, while new Tornado 5IP units—with five rotatable light sources in one housing—produced smooth, wave-like sequences for cinematic effect.

Sustainability Approach

This production replaced 95% of traditional high-energy fixtures with LEDs, achieving high brightness and layered visuals while greatly reducing energy use. The stable, low-power fixtures adapted to both fast and slow songs, and with precise programming—without extra consumables—delivered fluid transformations. Over 1,600 fixtures were used, not as disposables, but as modular equipment that could be dismantled, transported, and reused, supporting more than 20 tour shows.

This reuse strategy extends fixture lifespan and minimizes waste from temporary setups. Behind the dynamic interplay of light and shadow lies a commitment to low-carbon design. Entertainment should create not only fleeting spectacle but also dialogue with the environment. Through careful planning and reuse, the concert embodied sustainability, offering a green example for future large-scale events.