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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

11. March 2014 by Martin Klaasen
Categories: city beautification, light and art, Light and inspiration, light watch | 1 comment

What else to manage…

Haiko – Hong Kong, 5th March 2014 I have been on a “what-to-manage” spree in my last few blogs, so what else is there to manage? It very much depends on your position within the team, but regardless where you … Continue reading

05. March 2014 by Martin Klaasen
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Managing time

Singapore, 3rd March 2014 I can’t really believe we have already moved into March, spring time for the Northern Hemisphere, autumn for the Southern part of the world. Not only time seems to fly but also our project schedules. It … Continue reading

03. March 2014 by Martin Klaasen
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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

28. February 2014 by Martin Klaasen
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The new generation

Singapore, 26th February 2014 As we see a steady growth in our projects as a result of our recognition in the market (at least one should hope so!), I find myself in a situation of expanding my team to cater … Continue reading

26. February 2014 by Martin Klaasen
Categories: Light & Learn, Light and inspiration, light watch, lighting and culture, lighting design practice, lighting of the future | Leave a comment

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

20. February 2014 by Martin Klaasen
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The chicken or the egg

Singapore, 19th February 2014 This is an age old issue; who was first, the chicken or the egg…the chicken would not exist, if not for the egg and reversely you could say that there would be no egg if not … Continue reading

19. February 2014 by Martin Klaasen
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Fees, Budgets and prices

Perth- Singapore, 12th February 2014 As I make my way back to Singapore, I can’t but get saddened (perhaps frustrated) from the continuous urge from each and everyone in the chain of design from the first fee negotiations, the establishment … Continue reading

13. February 2014 by Martin Klaasen
Categories: Light and inspiration, light watch, lighting and culture, lighting and the economy, lighting design practice, lighting standards | Leave a comment

Light and colour

Perth, 11th February 2014 As I drove to and from site last night I kept thinking how much colour is important in our lives. Not only as designer but just as an ordinary person, we always seem to admire and … Continue reading

11. February 2014 by Martin Klaasen
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Hot Desking

Singapore, 3rd February 2014 As I am preparing to go to the airport for my meeting in Jakarta tomorrow (early meeting so I am forced to do an overnighter), I recall an article I read this morning when I had … Continue reading

03. February 2014 by Martin Klaasen
Categories: Light and inspiration, light watch, lighting design practice, lighting of the future | 1 comment

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