Category Archives for Light and insiration
I-Light Marina Bay 2012
Singapore 10th October 2011 Today I spent most of the time finalising my entry for the I-Light Marina Bay Festival to be held in March next year. I participated last year with an entry called the whirlpool and really enjoyed … Continue reading
Reality bites
Chennai 3rd October 2011 Out in India again for some site commissioning work. I don’t know what it is but life here in India always seem to drag on endlessly not in the least because of the pace of life … Continue reading
The art of lighting
Singapore 27th September 2011 Let’s take a break from LED’s for a change and talk about something else. With the I-Light Marina Bay 2012 art festival on the cards next year, expressions of interest have been sent out for artists … Continue reading
Tribute of Light
Singapore 12th September 2011 Nine-Eleven came and went with many memorials held all over the world. Ten years later it still leaves an incredible mark on our lives, for those who lost loved ones in the attack it will be … Continue reading
The book!
Singapore 2nd September 2011 This blog is about my (daily) life as a lighting designer and while there are generally many design or lighting related events happening in the day I select one of them as the subject of my … Continue reading
Lighting design and song writing
Singapore 26th August 2011 Conceptualising lighting is very similar to composing a song I guess. I am in the middle of working out a lighting concept for a building façade and am approaching it from different angles but am not … Continue reading
The economy again…
Singapore 22nd August 2011 I think none of us can’t help but anxiously watching the world economy (and our projects)…are we or aren’t we going into a recession again. I did not see 1997 coming and was totally un-prepared, resulting … Continue reading
Lighting Design
Singapore 15th August 2011 My blogs are all directly or indirectly related to my world of lighting and lighting design, but I do not always blog directly about the process of actually designing…the creative component of our profession. I am … Continue reading
Australia
Albany-Perth, 12-13th August 2011 “Hey I know you! You are that guy from the news paper!” the cab driver told me on the way to Albany Airport for my flight back to Perth. Albany is a relatively small country town … Continue reading
How low can you go?
Singapore 3rd August 2011 Negotiations, certainly in Asia, are probably the hardest thing to do. You need a kind of bluf poker attitude at times when negotiating your professional fees with a client who is determined to squeeze you to … Continue reading
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