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The transition to LED

Singapore 19th June 2013 It is undeniable that within the next 5 years conventional lighting will be obliterated into nothingness and if by today you have not yet made the transition to Led as a lighting manufacturer you are unlikely … Continue reading

19. June 2013 by Martin Klaasen
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Building a brand image

Singapore 18th June 2013 After a day of relative little excitement, also known as a fairly routine lighting design work day (but NOT a groundhog day 🙂  ) at the office, it was time tonight to mingle with the Singapore lighting … Continue reading

18. June 2013 by Martin Klaasen
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Haze and (light) pollution

Singapore 17th June 2013 We live in an age where pollution, certainly in the big multi million people cities, is becoming a way of life rather than the exception. Today in Singapore we were hit by extreme haze that blows … Continue reading

17. June 2013 by Martin Klaasen
Categories: city beautification, Education, going green, light and health, light watch, lighting applications, lighting design | Leave a comment

Agent provocateur

Singapore 14th June 2013 Wikipedia tells me that traditionally an “agent provocateur” is an agent employed by the police or other government entity to act under cover to entice or provoke another person to commit an illegal act or to … Continue reading

14. June 2013 by Martin Klaasen
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Streetwise

Singapore 13th June 2013 You can pick out clients and consultants who are streetwise. You can see it from a mile (assuming you are streetwise too J), just the way they deal with issues, with challenges. In my more than … Continue reading

13. June 2013 by Martin Klaasen
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Working environment

Singapore 12th June 2013 What is the most conducive work environment? I guess we all know the extremes from workers locked up in a factory with only one exit (we have seen what happened in Bangladesh and China recently) to the … Continue reading

12. June 2013 by Martin Klaasen
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Design with purpose

Singapore 11th June 2013 Sometimes you wonder whether people actually are really that naïve or they really don’t understand the process of design. I am talking about a project architect who expects us to deliver a design without him providing … Continue reading

11. June 2013 by Martin Klaasen
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Fast track

Singapore 10th June 2013 We are quite used to clients requests to fast track projects…they always want things yesterday. Unfortunately many do not understand the design process and how one consultants work impacts on the others. As we are generally … Continue reading

10. June 2013 by Martin Klaasen
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Guilin

  Guilin 7-8th June 2013 One of those places in the world you really want to visit! I am on a short stopover to meet my client for a new project here and as it happens the project is in … Continue reading

08. June 2013 by Martin Klaasen
Categories: city beautification, light and art, Light and inspiration, light watch, lighting design | Leave a comment

Manipulating light

Hainan 6th June 2013 Our key task as a lighting designer is to manipulate (artificial) light into lighting effects that either create the mood or the visual performance required or conceptualised for the application. While we have computer rendering programs … Continue reading

06. June 2013 by Martin Klaasen
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