Category Archives for lighting and culture
The big lighting forgery
Singapore, 6th August 2012 One of the articles that caught my eyes over the weekend carried by Mondo Arc’s online magazine version, was about the big Qatar forgery. I quote from the article. According to a press statement released by … Continue reading
Sustained sustainability
Brisbane, 3rd August 2012 I am in Brisbane for meetings and discussions with our business partner in sustainability. We have embraced sustainability as an integral part of our lighting design practice and having a wider understanding of the need and … Continue reading
Worlds biggest power failure
Perth, 2nd August 2012 Another one for the record books! All it took was a tripped power transmission line between Agra (home of the famous Taj Mahal) and Unnao in India to trigger a near country wide power failure covering … Continue reading
Heritage and LED
Perth, 31st July 2012 Modern LED lighting technology is great and a big advancement in what is now possible in terms of lighting applications and techniques . But does modern technology marry well with heritage buildings and fabrics? I am … Continue reading
London 2012
Perth, 30th July 2012 With Olympic Games 2012 in London well and truly on the way I can’t really ignore the opening ceremony, which, as Beijing 4 years ago, was spectacular in its own way. Held last Friday night (in … Continue reading
Quatorze Juillet!
Cherating, 14th July 2012 Today is “Quatorze Juillet”, July 14th, the French National Day and somehow I managed to end up in a typical French environment…Club Med Cherating. As it happened the last two days were spent on site with … Continue reading
Absentees are always wrong
Singapore, 12th July 2012 There is a saying that says “absentees are always wrong”. It is easy to blame those who cannot defend themselves, right? In one of our projects we feel that at times our (requested) presence in meetings … Continue reading
Patience
Singapore, 9th July 2012 I was trying to find quotes from Confucius about the virtue of patience, but when you search the internet you find so much rubbish that you don’t know any more which one is truly from Confucius … Continue reading
Le Tour
Singapore, 6th July 2012 With Le Tour de France cycling completing its first week (I am a big fan of it and just saw Peter Sagan win his 3rd stage!) I was just wondering if there are any parallels between competitive cycling … Continue reading
Number crunching
Delhi, 28th June 2012 Another long day and I reckon close to 5 hours driving around in the car! It did not help that my first meeting was in the South, my next one in Gurgaon Hills and my last … Continue reading
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