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The economy

Singapore, 28th January 2014 Haven’t spoken about the economy much yet, but it is a legitimate question we pose to ourselves at the beginning of the year. We finished 2013 on a high, but how is 2014 shaping up (from … Continue reading

28. January 2014 by Martin Klaasen
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Sacrificial lamps

Singapore, 27th January 2014 In one of my meetings today I had an interesting discussion with the interior designer of one of our projects in regards to what or what not to specify in regards to the expected client’s budget, … Continue reading

27. January 2014 by Martin Klaasen
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Inspiration

Yangshuo, 20th January 2014 Today I travelled from Singapore back to Yangshuo, the heart of the Guilin Mountains in China, famous for being featured on the back on the 20 dollar Reminbi bank notes. Over the next 3 days I … Continue reading

20. January 2014 by Martin Klaasen
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Candle light

Singapore, 17th January 2014 As lighting designers of this day and age it is understandable that our prime focus is on designing around and with today’s lighting technology. Obviously if you are a new generation lighting designer you probably know … Continue reading

17. January 2014 by Martin Klaasen
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Priorities…

Shanghai-Singapore, 16th January 2014 I wrapped up my stay in Shanghai with some outstanding design work but I have to say with travel in the afternoon, albeit the later part of the day, it still cuts your day in half. … Continue reading

16. January 2014 by Martin Klaasen
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On top of the world…

Shanghai, 15th January 2014 After a day of successful meetings and design workshops I had a great sense of achievement. The meeting had been postponed several times since late last year because of conflicting schedules, but when we finally made … Continue reading

15. January 2014 by Martin Klaasen
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ONE THOUSAND!!!

Singapore, 2nd December 2013 A milestone reached! Never did I think I would end up writing 1000 blogs when I started to write my first one on a cold but sunny afternoon in Berlin, late October 2009. Now 4 years … Continue reading

02. December 2013 by Martin Klaasen
Categories: Light and inspiration, lighting design, lighting of the future | 3 comments

The heritage lightbulb

Perth, 22nd November 2013 7 Seven  more to go… I am counting down to my 1000th blog post! I would like to take this opportunity to ask all my readers to send in your wishes, comments and feedbacks on how … Continue reading

22. November 2013 by Martin Klaasen
Categories: Light and inspiration, light watch, lighting and culture, lighting applications, lighting design, lighting of the future | 1 comment

Public scrutiny

Perth, 20th November 2013 9 Nine more to go… I am counting down to my 1000th blog post! I would like to take this opportunity to ask all my readers to send in your wishes, comments and feedbacks on how … Continue reading

21. November 2013 by Martin Klaasen
Categories: city beautification, Light and inspiration, light watch, lighting and culture, lighting and sustainability, lighting design, lighting standards | Leave a comment

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

18. November 2013 by Martin Klaasen
Categories: light and art, Light and inspiration, light watch, lighting applications, lighting design | Leave a comment

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