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Boss or bossy

Singapore, 4rd March 2011 In continuation of responsibilities, the subject of my blog yesterday, I would like to touch on the aspect of being the boss or being just bossy. In Asian culture hierarchy and position in life (and business) … Continue reading

04. March 2011 by Martin Klaasen
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Responsibility

Singapore, 3rd March 2011 Ducking responsibility often happens when it comes to projects. When we have multidisciplinary consultants involved all working in a team it is important to agree (and know) who is responsible for what! Most of the times … Continue reading

03. March 2011 by Martin Klaasen
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Hard or soft copy

 Singapore, 2nd March 2011 Setting up my new company also requires me to rebuild my lighting library… We need to be on the top of our toes when it comes to specifying lighting systems and be aware of the latest … Continue reading

02. March 2011 by Martin Klaasen
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Size matters

Perth, 1st March 2011 If you want to see something sizeably impressive, a passenger cruise ship like the Queen Elizabeth certainly is. If you have never been close to such monster ships you can hardly imagine. They carry more than … Continue reading

01. March 2011 by Martin Klaasen
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What attracts us to light?

Perth, 28th February 2011 Over the weekend I wrote my column for the upcoming issue of Lighting Today magazine and I thought of sharing parts of it. The subject of my column was triggered by one of the main cover … Continue reading

28. February 2011 by Martin Klaasen
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LED in the cold…

Perth, 25th February 2011 I am learning more and more about LED’s every day. First I shared with you my experience in regards to dimming, now I need to share with you about temperature and how it affects LED’s. In … Continue reading

25. February 2011 by Martin Klaasen
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LED dimming

Perth, 24th February 2011 One of the latest issues we are now facing as lighting designers is the compatibility of LED lamps for dimming. Though many lamp manufacturers claim their lamps are dimmable it seems that actual dimming capability varies … Continue reading

24. February 2011 by Martin Klaasen
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Left or right handed

Perth, 23rd February 2011 Many tasks and sports have to deal with whether you are right handed or left handed. Writing is probably one of the most obvious ones. In sports we have left and right handed golfers and tennis … Continue reading

23. February 2011 by Martin Klaasen
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Custom design

Singapore, 22nd February 2011 Customising light fittings is a regular part of our job as lighting designers. While there are thousands of light fitting designs available in the market each with numerous lighting effect variations, it may be surprising that … Continue reading

22. February 2011 by Martin Klaasen
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Lighting calculations

Singapore, 21st February 2011 Lighting calculations are as good as the person who enters the parameters of the calculations in the computer, isn’t it? I have blogged about this before. I am currently doing some lighting expert assessment work for … Continue reading

21. February 2011 by Martin Klaasen
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