Category Archives for Education
LED ODM
Penang, 2nd October 2012 There are times when you need to be pro-active to make sure you stay on top of things. Today I spent the day in Penang, Malaysia, with one of the leading ODM LED manufacturers in this … Continue reading
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
Sustained sustainability
Brisbane, 3rd August 2012 I am in Brisbane for meetings and discussions with our business partner in sustainability. We have embraced sustainability as an integral part of our lighting design practice and having a wider understanding of the need and … Continue reading
Professional lighting design
Singapore, 20th July 2012 As the Professional Lighting Design Association (PLDA) is re-thinking its future away from Via-Verlag, complete with new logo and website, it is a good time to think about the importance of an impartial, independent and professional … Continue reading
Lights in Perth
Singapore, 19th July 2012 Its official, I will be heading one of the workshops of the inaugural Lights in Perth event, organised by the IES, the Lighting Society, and endorsed by the Professional Lighting Designers Association (PLDA) later this year. It … Continue reading
The lighting experience
Perth, 22nd May 2012 With the cut throat competition between LED lighting suppliers (nearly everyone nowadays!), there is an increasing need to create awareness for clients and end users to weed out the “profiteers” who offer below par quality LED … Continue reading
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
A leap of faith
Singapore 29th February 2012 Today is a leap day, one of thise days that only come along once every 4 years, to bring us back in sync with the actual earth’s rotation around the sun. My grandmother (Dutch side) was born … Continue reading
See, touch and feel…
Bangkok 24th February 2012 Today I was the guest of WE-EF, one of the top leading brands in exterior lighting. For many years Thomas and Alex had asked me to make the trip and see for myself but busy schedules … Continue reading
Look and learn
Bangkok 22nd February 2012 Another trip, another hotel! As hospitality lighting is a big chunk of our daily work as lighting designers it is obvious that we check out the lighting in every hotel we stay. We learn from others … Continue reading
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