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Earth Hour 2012

Singapore, week-end edition 31st March 2012 Earth Hour has really caught on and like last year I happened to be in Singapore to experience the event. Celebrated on the last Saturday in March, more than 150 countries are now participating … Continue reading

01. April 2012 by Martin Klaasen
Categories: city beautification, going green, light watch, lighting and the economy, lighting of the future | Leave a comment

Valuable

Singapore, Wednesday 28th March 2012 Flying overnight is less and less my thing, even if it is business class. I used to fly overnight all the time as to not loose valuable time, but right now what is valuable is … Continue reading

28. March 2012 by Martin Klaasen
Categories: city beautification, Education, light watch, lighting and culture, lighting applications | Leave a comment

Qatar Architectural Lighting Summit

Doha, Monday 26th March 2012 Today was the Qatar Architectural Lighting Summit, the main reason for my being here. As one of the invited guest speakers I got to share my experience and expertise with an eager group of participants … Continue reading

27. March 2012 by Martin Klaasen
Categories: city beautification, Light and insiration, light watch, lighting and culture, lighting and the economy, lighting of the future | 1 comment

Qatar 2012

Doha, Sunday 25th March 2012 While in Rome do like the Romans…my travelling brought me to Doha, capital of Qatar and in the Middle East, Friday and Saturday are generally week-ends with the work week starting on Sunday, so I … Continue reading

26. March 2012 by Martin Klaasen
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Mabuhay

Manila 14th March 2012 After quite a number of years I am back again in the Philippines. It’s been quite a while, but on the back of the WorldBex 2012 exhibition and conference, for which I have been invited as … Continue reading

14. March 2012 by Martin Klaasen
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Pushing the boundaries

Perth 8th March 2012 If there is one event I would like to experience as a lighting designer it would have to be a concert spectacular by Jean Michel Jarre, the French composer famous for his multimedia and laser extravaganza’s, … Continue reading

08. March 2012 by Martin Klaasen
Categories: city beautification, light and art, Light and inspiration, light watch, lighting and the economy, lighting applications | Leave a comment

Are we loosing our way?

Singapore 27th February 2012 A few days ago I had a very interesting discussion with an up and coming young lighting designer. She told me that all her projects were based around the LED technology and that she had yet … Continue reading

27. February 2012 by Martin Klaasen
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The Ambassador

Bangkok 23rd February 2012 We always have these memorable encounters we remember long afterwards, encounters of the 3rd kind I call them…Today in between meetings we made a cold call on a potential client that happened to be in the … Continue reading

24. February 2012 by Martin Klaasen
Categories: city beautification, light watch, lighting and culture, lighting design practice | 1 comment

Happy New Year!

Perth 9th January 2012 Happy New Year everyone… I know some of you have been eagerly waiting for me to restart the blog in this exciting new year. I was really enjoying my time of blogging as quite frankly it … Continue reading

09. January 2012 by Martin Klaasen
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Xmas light ups

Singapore 25th November 2011 With Xmas nearly upon us, just a few more weeks to go, most cities around the world have lit up their main shopping belts with Xmas lights. Singapore lit up a week ago I believe and … Continue reading

26. November 2011 by Martin Klaasen
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