Category Archives for lighting and culture
Dazzling lights
Singapore, 2nd June 2012 Couldn’t use my laptop last evening as it was in the capable hands of Gerard, IT expert extra-ordinaire…My external hard disc had crashed on me and my laptop needed some serious clean up! All done now, … Continue reading
Sorry it’s the system!
Singapore, 31st May 2012 One of biggest “fights” has to be against those multi-national companies when it comes to payment. Today again I had to deal with two of these cases where the project director hides behind “the system”. The … Continue reading
Wheeling and dealing
Singapore, 29th May 2012 Making sure you get the best deal for your client seems a fairly straight forward exercise but in practice it is not. Certainly if your lighting design is worked out in Singapore and your project location … Continue reading
Brain gain
Perth, 15-16th May 2012 Travel has caused me to miss a day… :). I am generally quite good at planning my blogging, but somehow yesterday it did not work out between meetings, packing and travelling. Back in Australia to attend … Continue reading
Back to being a baby
Singapore, 11`th May 2012 Another week gone, don’t know whether it is just me but this week has just zipped past. Quite an exciting week I must say, with a bit of everything; meetings, fee proposals, design sessions and no travel … Continue reading
Irreversible evolution in lighting?
Singapore, 8th May 2012 The evolution in lighting technology and the now unavoidable social responsibility of having to be sustainable and “green” (whatever that means…) has brought us to a situation where lighting designers like me, who have been brought … Continue reading
Day light saving time
Singapore, Monday 2nd April 2012 What happened to April Fool’s Day? Am I getting older and missing the action? I did not see or notice any big prank normally quite easy to spot on TV or in newspapers? Or was … Continue reading
The world as a market?
Singapore, Wednesday 29th March 2012 My thoughts today have really been consumed with project opportunities around the world and if and how I should go after these. As we get involved more and more with operators and developers operating worldwide, we … Continue reading
Valuable
Singapore, Wednesday 28th March 2012 Flying overnight is less and less my thing, even if it is business class. I used to fly overnight all the time as to not loose valuable time, but right now what is valuable is … Continue reading
Light & Shadow
Doha, Tuesday 27th March 2012 My last day in Doha…I made the best of this day, on the side lines of this event, to go and visit some of the leading developers and consultants in this market to understand and … Continue reading
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