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Lighting calculations

Singapore, 10th September 2012 Interestingly on the heels of my last blog on best practice and architectural lighting designers, I spent a good part of the day today, assessing lighting calculations and how well they actually represented what we are … Continue reading

10. September 2012 by Martin Klaasen
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best practice architectural design

Singapore, 7th September 2012 Recently I read a paper from Kit Cuttle in which he makes a plea to divide the lighting design profession into “best practice” and “architectural” lighting designers or as he states, visibility as the purpose of … Continue reading

08. September 2012 by Martin Klaasen
Categories: Education, light and art, Light and inspiration, light watch, lighting and culture, lighting design, lighting design practice, lighting standards | 1 comment

To dim or not to dim

Singapore, 6th September 2012 Deciding whether to incorporate dimming as a lighting feature is always a tough question, at least for me. Most people may not even loose a night sleep about it because if you always incorporate dimming the only … Continue reading

07. September 2012 by Martin Klaasen
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Standing your ground

Singapore, 5th September 2012 One of the most difficult things in lighting design is to stand by your design specifications and the implications it has either technically or financially. We are fighting these battles nearly daily and today was no … Continue reading

05. September 2012 by Martin Klaasen
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Finding “Nemo”

Singapore, 4th September 2012 While I am not going to talk about making movies, I am making an analogy with the long and winding road to finally get to where you want to get to. Finding the right lighting solution … Continue reading

04. September 2012 by Martin Klaasen
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The perfect client

Singapore, 3rd September 2012 In my first season of blogging I asked the question about what would constitute the perfect project. Last week when I was in China, someone asked me about the perfect client. Does such person exist, a … Continue reading

03. September 2012 by Martin Klaasen
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