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Fish tan

Singapore 3rd June 2011 You read it correctly, it is not fish tank, but fish tan. Today I read about a fish dealer who has come up with an artificial tanning light for fish! It fits on an aquarium and … Continue reading

03. June 2011 by Martin Klaasen
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India

Singapore 2nd June 2011 Now here is an interesting country…those who have travelled there probably know what I mean. After China, India is the biggest economic engine of this region, a country with more than a billion people. China and … Continue reading

02. June 2011 by Martin Klaasen
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Electricity

Singapore 1st June 2011 The stories about electricity scarcity keeps filling the news, specifically in high demand areas such as populated countries like China, India and Japan, I blogged about it not long ago. Today I read that China is … Continue reading

01. June 2011 by Martin Klaasen
Categories: going green, light watch, lighting and the economy, lighting of the future | Leave a comment

Networking

Singapore 31st May 2011 Today I spent the whole day at the HA+D (Hotel Architecture and Design) conference listening to interesting topics regarding the future of the hotel industry and networking with people I know, people I had not seen … Continue reading

31. May 2011 by Martin Klaasen
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Subjectivity and objectivity

Singapore 30th May 2011 It is that time of the month where I am writing my column for Lighting Today magazine again. I have been doing that for the past 8 years or so and always enjoy sitting down and … Continue reading

30. May 2011 by Martin Klaasen
Categories: light and art, light watch, lighting and culture, lighting and the economy | 1 comment

The art of lighting (artwork)

Singapore 27th May 2011 Most of our projects whether in a hospitality, residential or commercial/corporate environment have some form of art work displayed in the public areas, from simple 2 dimensional paintings to daring 3 dimensional art pieces. For us … Continue reading

27. May 2011 by Martin Klaasen
Categories: light and art, light watch, lighting design | 1 comment

Moral ownership and copyright

Singapore 26th May 2011 Intellectual property is always an interesting topic. I am currently putting the last hand to our website (watch out coming out very soon now!) and as we are in the process of putting our company project … Continue reading

26. May 2011 by Martin Klaasen
Categories: Education, light watch, lighting design, lighting design practice | Leave a comment

Link between fees and quality

Singapore 25th May 2011 The last few days I have been discussing our fees with client and operator for a project that is positioned at the high end of the scale, in other words a 6 (7?) star hospitality development. … Continue reading

25. May 2011 by Martin Klaasen
Categories: Education, light watch, lighting and the economy, lighting standards | Leave a comment

LED…again

Singapore 24th May 2011 As lighting designers we are only at the beginning of really understanding the “physics” of LED lighting and its effects when applied in space, at least I do. With the technology continuously changing, improving, it is … Continue reading

24. May 2011 by Martin Klaasen
Categories: going green, light watch, lighting design | Leave a comment

Scene setting

Singapore 23rd May 2011 Probably one of the more difficult challenges of a lighting designer is scene setting. I have been playing around all afternoon with aiming and programming for the commissioning of the Chinese Restaurant, part of the Intercontinental … Continue reading

23. May 2011 by Martin Klaasen
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