Category Archives for light and art
Making it personal
Mumbai – Goa, 9th October 2014 The next few days I am in India (again). This morning I had a meeting with a new potential client, one of the biggest and most respected property developers in India. As the company … Continue reading
Signed, sealed and delivered
Singapore, 25th September 2014 In projects nothing is perfect and more often than not, certainly in big size projects, there is a discrepancy between design specifications, quantities and that what is finally delivered to site for installation. Add to that … Continue reading
Glass and art deco inspirations
Perth, 12th September 2014 My visits to crafty glass manufacturers, hand blown and machined, has inspired me. We are so into modern LED lighting these days that you tend to forget that in the older days lamp and fitting manufacturing … Continue reading
Tender deadlines
Perth, 11th September 2014 One of the critical miles stones in our consultancy work are the issuance of tender documentation. And how different that process can be from client to client! We are working of the issuance of tender deadlines … Continue reading
Old-fashioned craftsmanship
Perth-Margaret River, 10th September 2014 On the day that Apple unveiled its latest Iphone (nr6 already!) and the long awaited smartwatch in a world where everything seems to revolve around IT technology nowadays, it is nice to know that there … Continue reading
The joy of professionalism
Perth, 13th August 2014 I think we have all been there, working with professionals. It is such a breath of fresh air when you can meet and interact with true professionals. I had such project meeting today in Perth where … 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
LED Lessons learned 2
Perth, 2nd July 2014 We keep learning our way through the LED minefield… Today my team in Singapore faced a challenge in regards to resolving a specific dimming issue related to the dimming of big decorative ballroom chandeliers that are … Continue reading
The demise of the neon sign
Hong Kong – Singapore, 18th June 2014 Today I flew back from Yangshuo to Singapore via Hong Kong and on the way I read an interesting article about Hong Kong and more specifically about the slowly disappearing neon signs. You still … Continue reading
Impressions from Yangshuo
Yangshuo, 17th June 2014 Today was mostly spent in meetings after having spent the first hour doing a site inspection walk with the client and project team. These meetings are generally very focussed and solution oriented. The progress is good, … Continue reading
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