Monthly Archives for June 2013
Agent provocateur
Singapore 14th June 2013 Wikipedia tells me that traditionally an “agent provocateur” is an agent employed by the police or other government entity to act under cover to entice or provoke another person to commit an illegal act or to … Continue reading
Streetwise
Singapore 13th June 2013 You can pick out clients and consultants who are streetwise. You can see it from a mile (assuming you are streetwise too J), just the way they deal with issues, with challenges. In my more than … Continue reading
Working environment
Singapore 12th June 2013 What is the most conducive work environment? I guess we all know the extremes from workers locked up in a factory with only one exit (we have seen what happened in Bangladesh and China recently) to the … Continue reading
Design with purpose
Singapore 11th June 2013 Sometimes you wonder whether people actually are really that naïve or they really don’t understand the process of design. I am talking about a project architect who expects us to deliver a design without him providing … Continue reading
Fast track
Singapore 10th June 2013 We are quite used to clients requests to fast track projects…they always want things yesterday. Unfortunately many do not understand the design process and how one consultants work impacts on the others. As we are generally … Continue reading
Guilin
Guilin 7-8th June 2013 One of those places in the world you really want to visit! I am on a short stopover to meet my client for a new project here and as it happens the project is in … Continue reading
Manipulating light
Hainan 6th June 2013 Our key task as a lighting designer is to manipulate (artificial) light into lighting effects that either create the mood or the visual performance required or conceptualised for the application. While we have computer rendering programs … Continue reading
Little Kingdoms
Hainan 5th June 2013 Back in China…Interesting site meeting today; one where the cultural gap can be really quite wide! Local culture meets international experience…We come together about once a month as the pace of this particular project has picked … Continue reading
Haunted places
Singapore 4th June 2013 Today I received an RFP for a place that has quite some history. It is a hotel that has been closed, deserted and empty for quite a while now. Confidentiality does not allow me to disclose … Continue reading
Flights
Singapore 3rd June 2013 It is hard to imagine business in this part of the world (or any part for the matter) without leaving your office for a flight to another destination. I drive in Singapore, Perth or Jakarta to … Continue reading
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