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Seasonal impacts

Singapore 26th March 2013 The good news today is that some clients seem to have woken up from hibernation…some long outstanding payments start coming in and some clients seem to move into action in regards to projects. From my observation … Continue reading

26. March 2013 by Martin Klaasen
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3D facade lighting is here

Singapore 23rd March 2013 Got late last night after a busy day in and out the office…I had tickets for the Roots & Rock festival last night which saw 2 of my favourite musicians (Bonnie Raitt and Paul Simon) perform, … Continue reading

23. March 2013 by Martin Klaasen
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Light pollution

Singapore 21st March 2013 An interesting article in today’s newspaper…Hong Kong University researchers have found that their city is one of the worst light polluters in the world. In a report issued ahead of the upcoming Earth Hour this Saturday, … Continue reading

21. March 2013 by Martin Klaasen
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Reversed education

Singapore 19th March 2013 Back to LED! It’s been a couple of blogs I have not mentioned LED’s I believe 🙂 Yesterday I met with one of the LED suppliers and had an interesting discussion. At least this one is … Continue reading

19. March 2013 by Martin Klaasen
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Collaborations

Perth 6th March2013 Today my day was all about collaborations. First I had meetings in regards to a project which is collaboration between the city, a property owner/ operator, a sponsoring supplier and finally myself as the lighting designer. The collaboration … Continue reading

07. March 2013 by Martin Klaasen
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Happy endings

Goa-Delhi 14th February 2013 As I am waiting in the humble Goa domestic airport lounge for my flight to Delhi, I received pictures from a completed project. The project (a small art project in the remote Australian town of Karratha) … Continue reading

15. February 2013 by Martin Klaasen
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Perth International Arts Festival

Perth 9th February 2013 Perth has put in a lot of effort over the years to grow its annual arts festival into an international event of repute. I have missed recent years due to travel, but this year I am … Continue reading

09. February 2013 by Martin Klaasen
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Beautiful light

Perth 7th February 2013 As I drove to site tonight where I was due to check out some visual lighting mock up I could not help marvelling at the wonderful skies we have in Perth. The transition from day to … Continue reading

07. February 2013 by Martin Klaasen
Categories: city beautification, light and art, light watch, lighting and sustainability, lighting applications | 1 comment

Jakarta

Jakarta 29th January 2013 On the day after Dutch Queen Beatrix announced her abdication, I am back in Jakarta, early morning flight, 1-2 hours traffic jam and into a meeting, a fairly normal scenario. In fact the flight from Singapore is … Continue reading

29. January 2013 by Martin Klaasen
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Coming to fruition

Singapore 25th January 2013 We don’t always get to live a project from start to finish. In my particular case I left several of my lighting design projects with Lighting Images in China when I moved to set up my … Continue reading

25. January 2013 by Martin Klaasen
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