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Warranty

Singapore- Frankfurt, 10th April 2010 Who invented the term warranty? In my early days in lighting we used to talk about guarantee, not warranty… a warranty seems to be a guarantee with a lot of small print…….  🙂 I am … Continue reading

10. April 2010 by Martin Klaasen
Categories: lighting design | 1 comment

Is LED mainstream already?

Singapore, 9th April 2010 There is something quite interesting happening that will be further clarified during the upcoming Light and Building Fair in Frankfurt next week. While we can argue that the LED technology is now commonly accepted in the … Continue reading

09. April 2010 by Martin Klaasen
Categories: going green, lighting of the future | 1 comment

Corporate lighting identity

Singapore, 8th April 2010 A fair amount of our projects are in the hospitality, commercial and corporate lighting applications. While we often focus on the practicality of our lighting designs and mood setting, creating a corporate identity is not always … Continue reading

08. April 2010 by Martin Klaasen
Categories: lighting applications, lighting design | 1 comment

LED and solar

Perth, 7th April 2010 I guess that the subject of LED’s and Solar is one that keeps coming back. I have blogged about it before. We are currently designing lights for a desert golf course in Western Australia and one … Continue reading

07. April 2010 by Martin Klaasen
Categories: going green | 3 comments

Projects revisited

Perth, 6th April 2010 Not always are we able to revisit our projects years later to see how they have stood the test of time. A lot of the time after the project is commissioned we never return to site. Project … Continue reading

06. April 2010 by Martin Klaasen
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Earthquakes

Perth, 5th April 2010 I woke up to the news of an (7.2 on the Richter scale) earthquake in Los Angeles last night. There does not seem to be major damages or casualties but reporters were talking about the swaying … Continue reading

05. April 2010 by Martin Klaasen
Categories: lighting applications | 4 comments

Easter

Perth, 4th April 2010 Today is Easter, the time when Christians around the world celebrate the re-surrection of Jesus, with services held in churches and other communal places to commemorate the event. Religion is an element in our lives that … Continue reading

04. April 2010 by Martin Klaasen
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Masters

Perth, 3rd April 2010 In life we do look up to people we admire, masters of their trade and examples of successful people who have made a difference in the world and more personally to our own life. There are … Continue reading

03. April 2010 by Martin Klaasen
Categories: lighting and culture | 1 comment

Daylight, engaging the architect

Perth, 2nd April 2010 For once I am not away when it comes to public holidays. Somehow I am always working somewhere else when a country has its public holidays, I am sure some of you can relate to this…anyhow … Continue reading

02. April 2010 by Martin Klaasen
Categories: going green | 1 comment

April Fool’s Day

Perth, 1st April 2010 Today is April Fool’s Day, traditionally a day when people play pranks on each other. Newspapers and media, such as radio and TV, normally carry at least one news story that is guaranteed an April Fool’s … Continue reading

01. April 2010 by Martin Klaasen
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