Category Archives for lighting and culture
Exchange currency
Singapore 9th June 2011 Bit of a scare with my blog yesterday, not sure what happened but could not upload other then just the heading. One of those days you wished you were an IT expert! I later realised I … Continue reading
Control the uncontrollable
Singapore, 8th June 2011 We can control lights and lighting effects with electronic or simple mechanical equipment, we can control our environment to a great extend by what we do, but controling the human mind is probably the most difficult … Continue reading
Fish tan
Singapore 3rd June 2011 You read it correctly, it is not fish tank, but fish tan. Today I read about a fish dealer who has come up with an artificial tanning light for fish! It fits on an aquarium and … Continue reading
Subjectivity and objectivity
Singapore 30th May 2011 It is that time of the month where I am writing my column for Lighting Today magazine again. I have been doing that for the past 8 years or so and always enjoy sitting down and … Continue reading
Perceptions
Shanghai 20th May 2011 Perception is a real subjective thing. I pondered on this while listening to the news in regards to the arrest of and accusations against Dominique Strauss-Kahn, the head of the IMF. There is the “victims’ side … Continue reading
The short cut
Singapore 11th May 2011 Today I want to share some of my site experience with contractors, more specifically lighting suppliers. Somehow they always try to take a “short cut”. While I can understand you want to minimise input/work and maximise … Continue reading
Business development
Singapore 5th May 2011 Doing fee proposals is obviously a key part of running our business as without fee proposals you don’t have any outlook on potential work. But there is a whole world out there before you can actually … Continue reading
Royal weddings
Singapore 29th April 2011 It is difficult not to mention the royal wedding between Prince William & Kate Middleton today. The whole world seems to be in attendance and the ceremony is broadcast live on TV probably in every country … Continue reading
Smear campaigns
Singapore 28th April 2011 It is interesting to continue the parallel with elections with our daily work as lighting designers. As the election battle in Singapore heats up, the verbal war of words does as well and it is interesting … Continue reading
Euroluce
Milano, 15-16th April 2011 I have a confession to make…I had never been to Euroluce at the Fieri Milano before. I have raked up 12 visits or so to Hanover and Frankfurt’s Light & Build over the last 25 years, … Continue reading
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