Category Archives for lighting and culture
Switches
Mumbai 28th August 2013 I have arrived in Mumbai where I will be attending and guest speaking at the Architecture and Design Summit tomorrow organised by the economic Times of India. While the Indian economy seems to be in shambles, … Continue reading
Media Facades (again)
Singapore 26th August 2013 It’s time for that subject again… It pops up time and again in our projects and as it happens today I had design discussions for two of my projects that call for one. While media facades … Continue reading
When professionals meet…
Langkawi 23rd August 2013 Today was a really interesting day. As I await my flight back to Singapore I reflect on the meeting we had, aptly called a “workshop”. We are embarking as reported on yesterday on the refurbishment of … Continue reading
From street light to moon light
Langkawi 22nd August 2013 After two busy days in Jakarta I find myself literally in the middle of the jungle, from one end of the spectrum to the other. Where Jakarta was a cacophony of light (street lights, media facades, … Continue reading
LED and the lack of soul
Sanya 15th August 2013 In the end the whole typhoon hype luckily fizzed out as I reached Sanya without a single bump during my flight, though with a considerable time delay. It was only 2am when I finally found my … Continue reading
Hangzhou’s Grand Canal
Hangzhou-Shanghai 13th August 2013 I was originally going to talk about the lighting in my hotel room, which was really bad, but then I went out for my early morning walk along Hangzhou’s Grand Canal and found a more interesting … Continue reading
China travel
Hangzhou 12th August 2013 After a long weekend courtesy of Hari Raya and Singapore’s National Day last Thursday and Friday, I am back on the road again. After a long day of travel I have reached Hangzhou for my first … Continue reading
Light and commerce
Singapore 7th August 2013 With a (very) long weekend ahead some thoughts about light and commerce. Public Holidays is when retail, events and food outlets try to get hold of the public spending dollars with special offers and promotions. I … Continue reading
Work and religion
Singapore 6th August 2013 This is of course a sensitive topic, but with Ramadan coming to an end tomorrow, it is very actual and made me wandering about with some thoughts about this. Personally I don’t have any issue with … Continue reading
Pro-active designing
Singapore 2nd August 2013 In my second day back in the Singapore office after the 3 day outing to Malaysia, much of my time was spent on design matters. It is amazing how relatively little time we actually spent designing … Continue reading
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