Category Archives for Light and insiration
The LED alternative
Jakarta- Singapore, 15th July 2014 I am in transit in my Singapore office for half a day before leaving for Hong Kong and Shenzhen tomorrow. The usual project and admin issues to follow up on. We are working on a … Continue reading
Design without concept
Singapore, 11th July 2014 It happens at times that the project owners are in a hurry don’t really have a properly conceived idea what they want except it has to be quick and cheap. What’s new you are going to … Continue reading
LED concept and reality
Singapore, 9th July 2014 While the Indonesians have a day off to vote for their new president, work on our sides just moves on. I often state to my clients that a lighting concept is as good as the reality … Continue reading
Awards night
Perth, 3rd July 2014 Today a look at awards…I am attending the Australian Institute of Architects Awards night as an invited guest. Not so much to do with lighting, though there is a an architectural lighting category, but it does … Continue reading
The beauty of light
Perth, 30th June 2014 After a private little break with my Alex in Sydney last week I am back at work in Perth… What strikes me time and again when I am in Australia is the colour of the light. … Continue reading
Impressions from Yangshuo
Yangshuo, 17th June 2014 Today was mostly spent in meetings after having spent the first hour doing a site inspection walk with the client and project team. These meetings are generally very focussed and solution oriented. The progress is good, … Continue reading
Predicting the mood
Singapore, 11th June 2014 As part of our design services we develop dimming schedules or control matrixes that indicate to the electrical contractor and the dimming system programmer how we would like each of the lighting circuits that are addressable … Continue reading
The new office
Singapore, 10th June 2014 As we have moved into our new office we have also been looking at putting up some nice project images on the wall to give our office more of a design studio feel. The debate was of … Continue reading
Light Fair 4 – Las Vegas
Las Vegas – Singapore, 5th -7th June 2014 The thing with travelling the date line is that on your way back you lose a whole day, but as it turns out for me nearly 2 days! I left Vegas on … Continue reading
Light Fair 2
Las Vegas, 3rd June 2014 Today the fair officially opened to the “public”. While seminars and courses have been going on since Sunday, the actual exhibition opened its door with an official ribbon cutting ceremony in the morning. A strong … Continue reading

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