Category Archives for lighting and the economy
Qatar 2012
Doha, Sunday 25th March 2012 While in Rome do like the Romans…my travelling brought me to Doha, capital of Qatar and in the Middle East, Friday and Saturday are generally week-ends with the work week starting on Sunday, so I … Continue reading
Old times
Manila 15th March 2012 Today was much in the sign of rekindling with old times, reuniting with people I used to work with many years back. When I say many I mean many…I am talking about 20 years and when … Continue reading
Pushing the boundaries
Perth 8th March 2012 If there is one event I would like to experience as a lighting designer it would have to be a concert spectacular by Jean Michel Jarre, the French composer famous for his multimedia and laser extravaganza’s, … Continue reading
Next generation LED’s?
Perth 6th March 2012 I read that an Australian company (BluGlass) seems to have developped the next generation of high efficiency LED’s and solar panels. According to their website (see below) the technology has already resulted in several (14) patents … Continue reading
A crazy world
Singapore 2-3rd March 2012 Another week gone past…weekends are good for reflections on work, things that happened, issues to resolve in the week coming, but really weekends should be for personal quality time. I have often mentioned in my blog … Continue reading
War of supplies
Singapore 6th February 2012 One of our greatest challenges as lighting designers is getting the lights that we want. We can all dream about the lighting effects and the beautiful light fittings that we would like to see installed but … Continue reading
Lighting design in India 2
Delhi 1st February 2012 As usual in the big Indian cities I spent a lot of time in the back of a car today going from A to B in sometimes agonising slow traffic. It’s not for me, I find … Continue reading
Year of the Dragon
Singapore- Mumbai 25th January 2012 We returned to work today after the Chinese New Year holidays that has just brought us the year of the Dragon, for many the anticipation of an auspicious year ahead. The year of the Dragon … Continue reading
It’s the economy…
Singapore 19th January 2012 In this part of the world we are now in between two major holidays. Xmas and New Year are just behind us, people living in the southern hemisphere (like Australia) are still having their summer break … Continue reading
Tax matters!
Perth 12th January 2012 The other issue that was bothering me yesterday was about tax… I guess when you work generally within one country it is pretty straight forward, your fees are inclusive or exclusive tax (in most countries GST … Continue reading
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