Category Archives for lighting and the economy
Back to earth
Singapore, 5th November 2013 After a long flight I am back in the Singapore office for a few days before heading off again to China and other… Back from a high in Copenhagen with little sleep, it was back to work … Continue reading
PLDC 2013 Day 3
Copenhagen, 2nd November 2013 The last day started with a low hanging fog, probably in line with how many people felt the day after last night’s events…thanks to Tuborg (Denmark’s home brewed beer) free beer was distributed throughout the city … Continue reading
PLDC 2013 – Day 1
Copenhagen, 31st October 2013 It is with create expectation that I started the day, excited to listen to interesting lighting stories, excited to interact with colleagues and friends in the industry. Days like this start at breakfast and end generally … Continue reading
PLDC pre-program day
Copenhagen, 30th October 2013 PLDC is on us! I arrived this morning in Copenhagen under a partly sunny sky, which was quite a nice change from the gale force winds we had over Europe on Monday. Wind blasts up to 12 … Continue reading
Hotel renovation
Singapore, 23rd October 2013 Back in Singapore I attended a meeting for one of our projects, the renovation of a famous landmark hotel in Singapore. Our port-folio counts many hotels as hospitality lighting design is one of our fortes and … Continue reading
Death of Salesman
Singapore, 8th October 2013 I have never really envied those sales people, certainly not in today’s cut-throat LED environment. If you are not investing heavily in innovation right now and don’t have a clear LED message for the sales people … Continue reading
Lighting design and the economy
Singapore, 4th October 2013 This week has come and gone….like it only had Monday and Friday… I guess it is with some concern that we look at the developments in the US. While this part of the world still seem … Continue reading
Professionalism on cue
Perth, 23rd September 2013 Another lengthy meeting about design and budgets…but for a change it is refreshing to deal with professionals rather than with an individual developer. Contrary to many projects where we deal with individual owners or first time … Continue reading
Budgets and budgets
Perth, 18th September 2013 Most of what we do revolves around money and in our project world more specifically around budgets. Getting it right is an art by itself because often budgets are made in the early stages of a … Continue reading
Identity crisis
Perth, 16th September 2013 Back in cold and rainy Perth! Brrrrr…..Though spring supposedly has started in this part of the world I have arrived in the middle of a cold and rainy weather spell… Travelling back to Perth with my … Continue reading
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