Category Archives for city beautification
WA
Perth, 9th September 2014 Western Australia is generally shortened to WA, but in business and in general WA has grown to mean Wait Awhile…you certainly should not be in a hurry to get things done here. Besides that you will … Continue reading
The change of China
Hong Kong, 21st August 2014 As I am still in Chinese territory I may as well continue on how I perceive life in Asia and in China particularly. As followers from my blog will now I am regularly in China/ … Continue reading
Communication 2
Jakarta, 6th August 2014 Now here is another piece of communication that comes totally out of left corner. Before I left Singapore this morning where I still had a submission deadline to complete, I was also confronted with a piece … Continue reading
Communication
Singapore, 5th August 2014 It is not a secret that in our line of work, communication is key. There are many ways to communicate and there is a very obvious difference between the written and spoken words. We have several … Continue reading
Percent for the art
Singapore, 1st August 2014 Australia has a Percent for the Art scheme that require any developer, whether private or government, to spend a percentage of the development costs on art. The policy requires the developers to allocate 1 percent of … Continue reading
Whats wrong with suppliers!
Singapore, 25th July 2014 Sometimes you want to shoot some of your lighting suppliers! Either they are plain dumb or plain arrogant…Another round of frustration today when we assessed tender submissions from 3 pre-selected suppliers for one of our projects. … Continue reading
Design without concept
Singapore, 11th July 2014 It happens at times that the project owners are in a hurry don’t really have a properly conceived idea what they want except it has to be quick and cheap. What’s new you are going to … Continue reading
LED concept and reality
Singapore, 9th July 2014 While the Indonesians have a day off to vote for their new president, work on our sides just moves on. I often state to my clients that a lighting concept is as good as the reality … Continue reading
The beauty of light
Perth, 30th June 2014 After a private little break with my Alex in Sydney last week I am back at work in Perth… What strikes me time and again when I am in Australia is the colour of the light. … Continue reading
LED and the Chinese…
Singapore, 19th June 2014 Back in Singapore for a day in the office, for my regular catch up with the team, settling general project, design and administrative issues, signing paperwork…I am off for a week’s leave tomorrow, so this will … Continue reading
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