Category Archives for light and art
Beautiful light
Perth 7th February 2013 As I drove to site tonight where I was due to check out some visual lighting mock up I could not help marvelling at the wonderful skies we have in Perth. The transition from day to … Continue reading
Naturally organic
Perth 6th February 2013 I don’t know about you, but most of those email forwards you get from “friends” are a waste of time. Some of them even urge you to pass it on to 10 others within 24 hours … Continue reading
Lighting standards
Perth 4th February 2013 Back in my Perth office, “enjoying” the Perth summer while I still can, time flies! The nice thing about the Perth climate is that while it may be hot(ter) during the day, at night it cools … Continue reading
Getting it right
Jakarta 21st January 2013 Made it safe to Jakarta …no flooding in view, but a lot of traffic and detour driving to reach the site. Today, finally after 4 years on the job with lots of delays, we reached the stage … Continue reading
Concepteur Eclairage sand Frontieres
Singapore 15th January 2013 More and more I realise that most of the time we design for the higher end of the scale. Understandably as it is generally people with money who can afford the cost of hiring a professional … Continue reading
One of those days
Perth, 6th November 2012 Just one of those days where a lot and nothing is happening…In Australia the Melbourne Cup (Australia’s biggest horse racing event for the uninitiated) brings the country to halt with every Tom, Dick and Harry placing … Continue reading
The buck stops with me
Singapore, 25-26th October 2012 Today is a public holiday in Singapore (Hari Raya Haji) so I am taking it easy, great time to tidy up lots of little things that had been lingering around as the rest of the team … Continue reading
Stones
Singapore, 22nd October 2012 No, not the Rolling Stones…my subject are the actual stones. As lighting designers we have to deal with all kinds of materials in the spaces we design for. Stone is one of them. I never knew there … Continue reading
Now and then
Singapore, 3rd October 2012 As I am struggling again with my laptop, looking for un-findable files, then try opening files with un-willing software programs that erratically do something else then what I want, I am thinking back to the time … 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
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