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Lights in Goa 1

Goa, 17th March 2011 These two days I am attending the lighting seminars which are part of the Lights in Goa event with some very interesting speakers and subjects lined up. Key note speaker was Karu Mende who has well … Continue reading

17. March 2011 by Martin Klaasen
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Being on the ground

Goa, 16th March 2011 Being “on the ground” is crucial for the success of every project. Our Goa hotel project is in the final stages of completion and checking the progress of the lighting is vital to assure all is … Continue reading

16. March 2011 by Martin Klaasen
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Going Places

Mumbai-Pune, 15th March 2011 As lighting designer we travel and go places…most of all we meet interesting people. People involved in our lighting business but also people who are complete strangers to what we do. I have met some interesting … Continue reading

16. March 2011 by Martin Klaasen
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Project administration

Singapore-Mumbai, 14th March 2011 I am slacking! This is the second time in a row I am “late” with my blog, but, hey I said I would be a bit more relaxed this year and not stress if I don’t … Continue reading

15. March 2011 by Martin Klaasen
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National Disasters

Singapore, 11-12th March 2011 As you have noticed this season of my blogging is a bit more relaxed than last year. Last year I had set myself the task to blog each and every day on lighting which I did … Continue reading

12. March 2011 by Martin Klaasen
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Who supplies?

Singapore, 10th March 2011 Working on an international scale brings along challenges of international proportions as well…we work our projects from our design offices in my case either Australia, Singapore or Indonesia, but our projects are all over the place. … Continue reading

10. March 2011 by Martin Klaasen
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The science of LED’s

Singapore, 9th March 2011 Specifying LED’s is a whole different ball game than the conventional incandescent, fluorescent or gas discharge lighting systems. It seems more and more that we need other dimensions of specifying to really get it right. I … Continue reading

09. March 2011 by Martin Klaasen
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LED LED LED

Singapore, 8th March 2011 There is some LED craze going on in this world… It feels like I keep blogging about it. Originally LED lighting started as a small signalling or indicating light source. But since the breakthrough in technology … Continue reading

08. March 2011 by Martin Klaasen
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How wild can you go?

Singapore, 7th March 2011 When we start brainstorming and conceptualising a lighting design one of the first things that comes up is how wild (or how conservative) should your design be. Many clients don’t really restrict you but in the … Continue reading

07. March 2011 by Martin Klaasen
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Boss or bossy

Singapore, 4rd March 2011 In continuation of responsibilities, the subject of my blog yesterday, I would like to touch on the aspect of being the boss or being just bossy. In Asian culture hierarchy and position in life (and business) … Continue reading

04. March 2011 by Martin Klaasen
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