Category Archives for lighting and culture
There is always another bus around the corner
Singapore, 20th June 2012 Sometimes your patience thins out to a level where you lose faith in good outcomes. But keeping faith and (healthy) optimism helps staying sane as in our project world nothing is straight forward and nothing really … Continue reading
Back to good old floodlighting
Singapore, 19th June 2012 Now here is a challenging question…do you design, and push your design through with all justifications and solutions, knowing that it likely will not stand the test of cost and maintenance over time or do you … Continue reading
Even the best fail
Singapore, 18th June 2012 The Dutch have just been sent packing from the Euro 2012 Soccer Tournament :(. We did not even win a game, what a shame! Being (one of) of the best, having some of the greatest talents … Continue reading
Frustration
Singapore, 13th June 2012 I guess that closely linked to inspiration there is frustration, specifically when you are not getting (to) what you want. While I had an inspirational day yesterday I had a kind of frustrating day today. Not … Continue reading
Mainstream media exposure
Singapore, 11th June 2012 Part of our job, when you get more established and recognised as expert lighting designer, is that your opinion is being sought by the professional media. In my life as professional lighting designer I have had … Continue reading
Budgets, copies and alternatives
Singapore, 9th June 2012 Clients can be impatient at times. In a few of our projects we have completed the concept design stage and as we move into design development we are now in the process of consolidating budgets. I don’t … Continue reading
Engrish
Singapore, 7th June 2012 Back in Singapore…besides catching up on project work with the team, meeting one of my clients for a concept presentation, one of the challenges today was having to translate our documents into another language. Most of the time … Continue reading
For “guts” and glory
Yangon, Myanmar, 6th June 2012 My last day in Yangon…we took the time to go visit one of the other leading hotels in the city currently undergoing renovation to have some reference in regards to the local design and contractor … Continue reading
World Environment Day
Yangon, Myanmar, 5th June 2012 As I am ploughing through the hotel area by area to inventorise the lighting and list out the current state of affairs, it seems apt that today is world environment day. At least so I … Continue reading
Poor maintenance…a killer
Yangon, Myanmar, 6th June 2012 My first day back in Yangon since a long time…I was last here around 2003-2004 invited as guest speaker at an architectural lighting event. Not much has changed on the road from the airport to … Continue reading
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