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Day lighting

Singapore, 10th November 2014 It sounds a bit like moonlighting and quite honestly I still feel that anything to do with day lighting is still a bit off the beaten track, like something you do on the side as an … Continue reading

10. November 2014 by Martin Klaasen
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The lighting supplier

Singapore, 7th November 2014 As lighting designers our prime point of contact is mostly our local lighting suppliers, those who represent the big and smaller brands, sometimes their own makes. Now in LED Cowboy world life must be really tough … Continue reading

07. November 2014 by Martin Klaasen
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Becoming a lumen being!

Singapore, 6th November 2014 Part of the development into the new LED age is finding ways to express lighting performances in understandable, comparable and communicable ways and one of the biggest hurdles in LED world has been the assessment and … Continue reading

06. November 2014 by Martin Klaasen
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The power of innovation

Singapore, 5th November 2014 As I met with IGuzzini the other day I came to realise why some of the established companies (who mostly earned their stripes in conventional lighting technologies) are struggling to survive and others seemingly are making … Continue reading

05. November 2014 by Martin Klaasen
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Tuning to the colour of LED

Singapore, 4th November 2014 I came back from Hong Kong with a nice little tool in my back, a mobile colour spectrometer. I had wanted to get one for a long time specifically with my constant frustration in regards to … Continue reading

04. November 2014 by Martin Klaasen
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Getting over the finish line

Singapore, 3rd November 2014 Many of our projects starts years and years before its due completion. Some are on time (and on budget) as in an ideal world but most are not. Over the weekend we received some initial pictures … Continue reading

03. November 2014 by Martin Klaasen
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Confidentiality

Singapore, 31st October 2014 In our professional consultant’s business we deal most of the time with confidentiality issues. We are part of an early design and project team and get access to sensitive client information as part of the design … Continue reading

31. October 2014 by Martin Klaasen
Categories: city beautification, light watch, lighting and culture, lighting applications, lighting design, lighting design practice | Leave a comment

The Air LED’s

Singapore, 30th October 2014 As I was reading some of the literature from the fair on my way back to Singapore last night, one article specifically struck me. It was an article in Hong Kong’s South China Morning Post with … Continue reading

30. October 2014 by Martin Klaasen
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The Hong Kong Lighting Fair 2014 (Autumn edition)

Hong Kong, 29th October 2014 While I came to China and Hong Kong as part of the CLDA activities over the last couples of days, I did take the opportunity to walk the fair. I had not been to the … Continue reading

29. October 2014 by Martin Klaasen
Categories: going green, Light & Learn, light watch, lighting and culture, lighting and sustainability, lighting and the economy, lighting applications, lighting of the future | Leave a comment

The Declaration of Green lighting design – Forum 15 (DOG #15)

Hong Kong, 28th October 2014 I will report about the actual Hong Kong Fair in tomorrow’s blog but today I want to share the DOG event which was held in conjunction with the fair today. The Chinese Lighting Designer Association … Continue reading

28. October 2014 by Martin Klaasen
Categories: Education, going green, Light & Learn, Light and inspiration, light watch, lighting and culture, lighting and sustainability, lighting design practice, lighting standards | Leave a comment

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