Monthly Archives for May 2012
Value engineering
Perth, 17th May 2012 One of the trendy words nowadays is “value engineering”. Not surprisingly many companies warily watch the developments in Europe (will Greece be bumped out of the Eurozone or not, and what will be the consequences?) and … Continue reading
Brain gain
Perth, 15-16th May 2012 Travel has caused me to miss a day… :). I am generally quite good at planning my blogging, but somehow yesterday it did not work out between meetings, packing and travelling. Back in Australia to attend … Continue reading
LED and consumerism
Singapore, 14th May 2012 Some contractual project negotiations, a supplier’s follow up visit (we get that a lot after L&B Frankfurt), some project planning, a client meeting, a few design and specification issues to resolve and lots of emails and … Continue reading
Back to being a baby
Singapore, 11`th May 2012 Another week gone, don’t know whether it is just me but this week has just zipped past. Quite an exciting week I must say, with a bit of everything; meetings, fee proposals, design sessions and no travel … Continue reading
The illusion of appointments
Singapore, 10th May 2012 Somehow it seems like the economy is picking up lately. More and more clients are finally making decisions and projects are moving. I heard similar feedback from others in the market. Another client informed us by … Continue reading
Full Circle
Singapore, 9th May 2012 It does not happen often, but there is occasionally that moment where you come full circle with a project that you designed in the past. We have just received official confirmation that we have been appointed to do … Continue reading
Irreversible evolution in lighting?
Singapore, 8th May 2012 The evolution in lighting technology and the now unavoidable social responsibility of having to be sustainable and “green” (whatever that means…) has brought us to a situation where lighting designers like me, who have been brought … Continue reading
LED Cowboys
Singapore, 7th May 2012 It was a quiet Monday as many companies have taken the day of for Vesak Day, a Hindi public holiday that was celebrated last Saturday officially. A good time to run a rant on the LED cowboys… … Continue reading
Looking back on L&B 2012 (2)
Singapore, 4th May 2012 To wrap up L+B 2012 I will have a slightly more technical looking back today. With one of the key trends being about sustainability it is not difficult to understand that key elements contributing to sustainability … Continue reading
Looking back at L+B 2012
Singapore, 3rd May 2012 Back at work…it is amazing how much work can pile up when you have been away for a while! Still jet-lagging a bit, though the labour day holiday allowed me to recover some of the sleep … Continue reading
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