Monthly Archives for June 2010
Smart grid
Shanghai 10th June 2010 Is a smart power grid the way of the future? Many countries are gradually building a smart power grid structure that allows a 2-way channeling of power and information. Traditionally power is delivered to a building … Continue reading
First things first
Shanghai 9th June 2010 Working in China has its challenges; I have blogged about it before and will probably do so again. Why is it that so many clients have absolutely no concept of design, let alone lighting design? They … Continue reading
Incredible lighting tales
Shanghai 8th June 2010 Sometimes we hear some incredible, interesting or funny lighting stories. Some happen to us in the line of work, some we get to know through others in our field of work. They are generally shared over … Continue reading
Luminescence
Shanghai, 7th June 2010 Have you ever seen those “glow-in-the dark” insects? And those stick on cut outs of the moon and the stars you can paste on your ceiling and which glow after you switch of the light. Kids … Continue reading
Left brain – right brain lighting designers
Singapore- Shanghai, 6th June 2010 Our minds have a left and a right brain ‘hemisphere”, each contributing to our thinking process and decision making when we live our life. According to the experts left brain compared to right brain functions … Continue reading
The yellow Ferrari
Singapore, 5th June 2010 What goes through your mind when your potential new client arrives in a yellow Ferrari sports car at the site? What if you have been to his house, sorry mansion, before and you further saw a … Continue reading
Life on Mars
Singapore, 4th June 2010 You may wonder where I am going with the title of this blog…today I read in the newspaper that 6 men will be locked up for 520 days in isolation in a special module to simulate … Continue reading
The interior designer
Singapore, 3rd June 2010 Today I had a project meeting with a reputable interior designer, which prompted me to write this blog… Meeting interior designers is always interesting for various reasons depending their experience and knowledge in the field of … Continue reading
Saving money by keeping the street lights on?
Singapore, 2nd June 2010 With the World Cup soccer just around the corner we find more and more stories about the host country South Africa preparing itself for the influx of visitors and wanting to show off their country to … Continue reading
About contracts, terms and conditions
Singapore, 1st June 2010 In continuation of yesterday’s blog about “the difficult client” it is probably appropriate to elaborate a bit more on the contract, its terms and conditions, that we have with our client. First of all I don’t … Continue reading
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