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Integrity

Singapore, 19th October 2012 Now here is a touchy subject for you. Today’s subject of integrity is triggered by the fall from grace of Lance Armstrong, a sporting cycling hero that many around the world have admired and looked up … Continue reading

20. October 2012 by Martin Klaasen
Categories: going green, Light and inspiration, light watch, lighting and culture, lighting design, lighting design practice, lighting of the future | Leave a comment

Colour!

Singapore, 18th October 2012 While the Noche Zero event in Chili should be in its final stages (an event I unfortunately could not attend, but hope to catch up on soon) I am left pondering what life without light would be! … Continue reading

18. October 2012 by Martin Klaasen
Categories: light and health, Light and inspiration, light watch, lighting and culture, lighting design | Leave a comment

Lighting design today

Singapore, 17th October 2012 Lighting and lighting design does not stand by itself. It is part of our total visual environment, perception and experience. It comes integrated, and hopefully coordinated, with architecture, interior finishes, materials, colours, shapes, forms and the … Continue reading

17. October 2012 by Martin Klaasen
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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

11. October 2012 by Martin Klaasen
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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

09. October 2012 by Martin Klaasen
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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

04. October 2012 by Martin Klaasen
Categories: Light & Learn, Light and inspiration, light watch, lighting and culture, lighting and the economy, lighting applications | 1 comment

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

27. September 2012 by Martin Klaasen
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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

08. September 2012 by Martin Klaasen
Categories: Education, light and art, Light and inspiration, light watch, lighting and culture, lighting design, lighting design practice, lighting standards | 1 comment

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

23. August 2012 by Martin Klaasen
Categories: city beautification, light and art, Light and inspiration, light watch, lighting design | 5 comments

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

21. August 2012 by Martin Klaasen
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