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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

28. May 2014 by Martin Klaasen
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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

27. May 2014 by Martin Klaasen
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Experience

Jakarta, 22nd May 2014 From pollution to traffic jam, the world is certainly not perfect and travelling as I do, brings me from one extreme to another. It took me well over 2 hours to reach my hotel from the … Continue reading

23. May 2014 by Martin Klaasen
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Lighting Tech Qatar 2014

Doha, 13th May 2014 The last two days I attended Lighting Tech Qatar 2014, a conference dedicated to professional lighting and lighting design on the side lines of the huge Project Qatar Exhibition that is being held in no other … Continue reading

13. May 2014 by Martin Klaasen
Categories: Education, going green, Light & Learn, Light and inspiration, light watch, lighting and culture, lighting and sustainability, lighting and the economy, lighting applications, lighting design, lighting design practice, lighting of the future, lighting standards | 2 comments

60!

Singapore, 5th May 2014 Aged to perfection was one of the birthday cards I received on Saturday…Well I don’t want to claim I am perfect, but age certainly brings along heaps of experience, that’s for sure. I read somewhere a … Continue reading

05. May 2014 by Martin Klaasen
Categories: Light & Learn, light and health, Light and inspiration, light watch, lighting of the future | Leave a comment

Test 1,2,3…

Perth, 1st May 2014 Critical for every off the shelf lighting solution is the testing or visual mock up. It has been the subject of many of my blogs and as it is a recurring part of our job I … Continue reading

01. May 2014 by Martin Klaasen
Categories: Light and inspiration, light watch, lighting and culture, lighting and the economy, lighting applications, lighting design, lighting standards | Leave a comment

Extravagance

Perth, 30th April 2014 Contractors (and suppliers) are a strange breed of people…somehow they and certainly the more experienced ones, have a knack for quoting in extravagance when they feel that you are in a squeeze when it comes to … Continue reading

30. April 2014 by Martin Klaasen
Categories: city beautification, Light and inspiration, light watch, lighting and culture, lighting and the economy, lighting standards | Leave a comment

Commercial Heritage

Perth, 29th April 2014 One of my new projects in Perth is the renovation of an old heritage building, currently occupied by a bank (yes, who else  🙂 ). The heritage building has been integrated as part of a corporate … Continue reading

29. April 2014 by Martin Klaasen
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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

24. April 2014 by Martin Klaasen
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Make a wish

Singapore, 22nd April 2014 We receive cold calls for lighting assistance all the time. Sometimes it comes through reference, sometimes through one of the internet links such as our website, LinkedIn, Facebook or even my blog. Quite often there are … Continue reading

22. April 2014 by Martin Klaasen
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