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Monthly Archives for May 2011

Light therapy

Singapore 14th May 2011 I am not superstitious and the fact that yesterday was Friday the 13th was not the reason I stayed out of blogging, just had a busy day and late night. With a relaxed weekend ahead I … Continue reading

14. May 2011 by Martin Klaasen
Categories: light and health, light watch | 3 comments

Brand representation

Singapore 12th May 2011 Not all lighting suppliers take short cuts in case my blog yesterday was misunderstood! Let me elaborate a bit on lighting suppliers today. They are generally the local representative of the principal brand manufacturers. They have … Continue reading

12. May 2011 by Martin Klaasen
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The short cut

Singapore 11th May 2011 Today I want to share some of my site experience with contractors, more specifically lighting suppliers. Somehow they always try to take a “short cut”. While I can understand you want to minimise input/work and maximise … Continue reading

11. May 2011 by Martin Klaasen
Categories: light watch, lighting and culture, lighting standards | Leave a comment

Under water

Singapore 10th May 2011 One of the most challenging applications in terms of lighting design has to be the lighting for water features. First of all lighting, electricity and water do not really mix. Secondly the extreme conditions of being … Continue reading

10. May 2011 by Martin Klaasen
Categories: light watch, lighting applications, lighting design | 2 comments

Variations!

Singapore 9th May 2011 Variations seem to be a good theme to blog about today. Not only are we looking at some “variations” in the Singapore electoral landscape after the opposition won a remarkable (for Singapore standards!) 6 seats in … Continue reading

09. May 2011 by Martin Klaasen
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Green lighting design

Singapore 6th May 2011 With “cooling-off” day in Singapore today (introduced by the ruling party for the day before poling day) no political activity is allowed. With no political party rallies or canvassing of public the city is relatively quiet … Continue reading

06. May 2011 by Martin Klaasen
Categories: going green, light watch | Leave a comment

Business development

Singapore 5th May 2011 Doing fee proposals is obviously a key part of running our business as without fee proposals you don’t have any outlook on potential work. But there is a whole world out there before you can actually … Continue reading

05. May 2011 by Martin Klaasen
Categories: Education, light watch, lighting and culture, lighting design practice | Leave a comment

Teach the teacher

Singapore 4th May 2011 One of the great challenges of any company (boss) is to teach its incoming staff the finer details of work…the way things are done in the company. To me, my staff is my greatest asset as … Continue reading

04. May 2011 by Martin Klaasen
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Timing

Singapore 3rd May 2011 After another long weekend (1st May holidays) it’s back to work again. Time is flying, one third of the year gone already! But today is a special day though…my birthday! Another year wiser 🙂 …when I … Continue reading

03. May 2011 by Martin Klaasen
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