Category Archives for Light and insiration
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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