Monthly Archives for February 2010
Family and friends
Shanghai, 8th February 2010 Today I would like to pay tribute to our real support team! Not our staff, but the people that matter to us at home, our partners, our children, our parents, our friends, our loved ones. The … Continue reading
Total recall
Shanghai, 7th February 2010 It is a wintery and rainy Sunday in Shanghai today. The streets seem unusually quiet, possibly because people have started to return to their home towns to celebrate Chinese New Year with their families later in … Continue reading
Festivals of light
Shanghai, 6th February 2010 This morning I caught the tail end of a report on the news about some festival of lights. Not sure where or which country even but the images seemed quite impressive, with lighting sculptures and structures. … Continue reading
Speculative design
Shanghai, 5th February 2010 Speculative design is a very sensitive issue. Sometimes we get approached by clients to provide a lighting concept without appointment. In other words we have to develop a concept and if they like it we may … Continue reading
Zero energy, zero maintenance
Shanghai, 4th February 2010 Is it possible to design towards zero energy and zero maintenance? In other words design a full project lighting installation that is 100% sustainable through renewable energy (wind, solar, etc) and has such life span that … Continue reading
The power of simplicity
Shanghai, 3rd February 2010 As lighting designers we tend to overdo it at times, don’t we? We want to make sure the client feels they really got value for their money. We come in and add a spotlight for the … Continue reading
Fee proposals
Shanghai, 2nd February 2010 Today is one of those days I have set aside to prepare some fee proposals for which clients have been chasing us. A fee proposal is like having a foot in the door, we have passed … Continue reading
Architectural Lighting
Shanghai, 1st February 2010 February already…..New Year seems like yesterday! … Today was “doctor-consultation-day” for me, with a continuous stream of my project designers coming in and out my office to discuss little or bigger lighting issues that need the … Continue reading
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