Category Archives for light and art
Predicting the mood
Singapore, 11th June 2014 As part of our design services we develop dimming schedules or control matrixes that indicate to the electrical contractor and the dimming system programmer how we would like each of the lighting circuits that are addressable … Continue reading
Light Fair 4 – Las Vegas
Las Vegas – Singapore, 5th -7th June 2014 The thing with travelling the date line is that on your way back you lose a whole day, but as it turns out for me nearly 2 days! I left Vegas on … Continue reading
Reporting
Perth, 28th May 2014 Sometimes you have to do the extra mile to satisfy the project team and ultimately your client. I spent a good part of the day converting my concept presentation into a report format that will find … Continue reading
Ceilings
Perth, 27th May 2014 Heritage ceilings can be quite intricate and finding a lighting solution that validates the ceiling features without really impeding its beauty is a challenge. I have been looking at lighting for heritage ceilings and really one … Continue reading
What’s in a lux?
Singapore, 24rd April 2014 One of the most frustrating discussions is when clients ask you for lux calculations…at least when it comes to clarifying a lighting design for mood or ambience…As it happens I received coincidentally a request from two … Continue reading
Light projection
Perth, 11th March 2014 Playing (and experimenting) with light is really one of the magical things we do as lighting designers. Today one of my meetings was with an artist with whom we are working to develop an artwork that … Continue reading
Managing expectations…
Singapore, 28th February 2014 Easy to say and promote, much more difficult to actually keep it up! Obviously the more projects you have the more demands exists from your clients to deliver. Not only in the form of actual concepts, … Continue reading
Invisible light
Singapore, 20th February 2014 There was an article in the newspaper this morning about an decision somewhere in Scandinavia where a local authority had started to paint all reindeer antlers with a luminescent paint as to make them more visible at night … Continue reading
Lighting design style
Perth, 18th November 2013 Some people don’t understand that you need a light to create lighting. Today I had a minor communication with one of my clients who told me he did not really wanted to see any lights, yet … Continue reading
Gravity
Somewhere between Hangzhou and Anji, 11th November 2013 Killing time in the back of my client’s car on the way to the project site; I am in China these few days and on my way to a destination resort we … Continue reading
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