Category Archives for Light and inspiration
100% Design Singapore
Singapore, 11th October 2012 The month of October in Singapore has design written all over it. First we had the World Architectural Festival, than there was Saturday InDesign over the weekend and this week sees 100% Design Singapore organised on … Continue reading
Always be prepared
Kuala Lumpur, 9th October 2012 Today was one of the key defining moments in the life of a project and its lighting design specifically. In a “monster” presentation we covered all areas from interiors, to public areas, landscape and façade … Continue reading
Lighting Perspectives
Singapore, 4th October 2012 Earlier this year I met with a friend and colleague in the industry and ever since I promised to read his book and give him my opinion on the book (as he is supposed to do … Continue reading
The power of design
Jakarta, 26th September 2012 Today I have the rare opportunity to see the old and new side by side and appreciate how powerful a new design can be and most of all how much design represents or projects 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
Design style
Perth, 23nd August 2012 What is design style, what is the right lighting design style if there is such thing? I had an interesting meeting today as we are in the process of developing a lighting concept for a theatre … Continue reading
Quality time
Perth, 21st August 2012 We had a long weekend as Muslims (in Singapore and around the world) celebrated the end of the fasting month of Ramadan, also called Eid-ul-Fitr. It is one of the interesting sides of the multi-cultural Singapore … Continue reading
Lighting technology
Singapore, 15th August 2012 Choosing the proper lighting technology for our project applications remains one of the most crucial and challenging parts of lighting design. Though you might argue that the way we are going with LED technology you really … Continue reading
Facade lighting
Kuala Lumpur, 14th August 2012 Project meetings in KL today…I very much value the face to face meetings, certainly when I can work one on one with world renowned architects. Nothing beats a set of creative minds, knowing what you … Continue reading
At what cost?
Singapore, 13th August 2012 With last night’s closing ceremony of the London Olympics behind us, we may just stand still at what costs such events come, to the organisers specifically and to the (tax paying) public in general. On a … Continue reading
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