Category Archives for lighting and the economy
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
Project management
Jakarta, 5th July 2012 What better place to reflect on the day past then while waiting in the lounge for the flight back to Singapore. It has been a good day, good discussions and above all good decisions! Thanks to … Continue reading
Jakarta, coming of LED age
Jakarta, 4th July 2012 Today and tomorrow I will be in Jakarta attending meetings. For those who travel regularly around the region you pretty much know the flight routine. Up early, check in and relax in the lounge until departure … 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
Power of visual mock ups
Delhi, 27th June 2012 Yes I did not write my blog yesterday…just did not happen due to work and travel. As you will notice I am in Delhi but didn’t have the energy after arriving here to write my blog … 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
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
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
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
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