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Building concepts

Delhi21st -22nd March 2012 It was another one of those days…I really did not manage to get on to my blog yesterday and today I may have to concede as well so this will be a 2 in 1 blog … Continue reading

22. March 2012 by Martin Klaasen
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Laws of perception

Jakarta 12th March 2012 Lighting design is very much a matter of perception. Lighting is something that we need to see, so as a lighting designer we need to understand how human beings perceive, see things. But perception as part … Continue reading

12. March 2012 by Martin Klaasen
Categories: Light & Learn, Light and inspiration, lighting and culture, lighting design | 1 comment

Pushing the boundaries

Perth 8th March 2012 If there is one event I would like to experience as a lighting designer it would have to be a concert spectacular by Jean Michel Jarre, the French composer famous for his multimedia and laser extravaganza’s, … Continue reading

08. March 2012 by Martin Klaasen
Categories: city beautification, light and art, Light and inspiration, light watch, lighting and the economy, lighting applications | Leave a comment

Life in the fast lane

Perth 5th March 2012 On the way to the airport this morning I couldn’t help thinking how people always want to look better, bigger and faster than they really are. The taxi that drove me to the airport in the morning … Continue reading

05. March 2012 by Martin Klaasen
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Presentation and anticipation

  En route to Delhi, 16th February 2012 The next two months will be pretty full on travelling…I am in the lounge waiting for the boarding announcement for my flight to Delhi as I write this entry and upload later … Continue reading

17. February 2012 by Martin Klaasen
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Are you Linked-In?

Singapore 13th February 2012 If having a website and being connected to the internet was the key for staying in business just a few years ago (Bill Gates once famously said that those companies not on the world wide web … Continue reading

13. February 2012 by Martin Klaasen
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There is a time for everything

Singapore 11th February 2012 It got late yesterday and as you may have noticed I am a bit more relaxed about my daily blogging…:) Had some meetings yesterday, including a presentation of our lighting concept for a mock up room … Continue reading

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

War of supplies

Singapore 6th February 2012 One of our greatest challenges as lighting designers is getting the lights that we want. We can all dream about the lighting effects and the beautiful light fittings that we would like to see installed but … Continue reading

06. February 2012 by Martin Klaasen
Categories: Light and inspiration, light watch, lighting and the economy, lighting design, lighting standards | Leave a comment

Something from nothing

Singapore 17th January 2012 Time and again we are faced with situations were (prospective) clients ask us to produce “something from nothing”, often a frustrating activity. Let me elaborate… Today I had two fairly similar experiences in two different fields … Continue reading

17. January 2012 by Martin Klaasen
Categories: Education, Light & Learn, Light and inspiration, light watch, lighting design | Leave a comment

Cut and paste?

Singapore 16th January 2012 It is so easy to fall back on something you have done before… just copy and paste…but when you run a practice like ours where you are hired to come up with lighting design concepts, creative … Continue reading

16. January 2012 by Martin Klaasen
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