Category Archives for lighting and the economy
Timing
Singapore 3rd May 2011 After another long weekend (1st May holidays) it’s back to work again. Time is flying, one third of the year gone already! But today is a special day though…my birthday! Another year wiser 🙂 …when I … Continue reading
Big lighting business
Singapore 26th April 2011 Back at work after my extended Easter break 🙂 It was a good trip to Europe, met many people in Milan and learned a lot from meeting the principals and visiting their lighting factories and showrooms … Continue reading
Holding back…or not
Singapore, 12th April 2011 The subject of today is about whether to submit work under the promise of getting paid rather than waiting to get paid before issuing your work. This is specifically an issue when somehow the client is … Continue reading
Light up for Japan
Singapore, 6th April 2011 I read today about the initiative organised by the owners of the Empire State Building in New York. In support to Japan they approached a number of other world renowned sky scrapers to light up their building … Continue reading
The value of our services 2
Singapore, 31st March 2011 I am in the middle of doing several fee proposals…something I keep doing mostly myself as this involves more than just quoting for our fees. It also involves business strategy, looking at building long term client … Continue reading
The value of our services
Singapore, 30th March 2011 An issue frequently haunting us is inevitably linked to our fees. How much or how little should we ask for our (professional) lighting design services? This debate has recently been stirred up in relation to Vivid … Continue reading
Is our profession seasonal
Singapore, 29th March 2011 One of the questions I have never really been able to answer is whether our profession as lighting designer is subject to seasonal influences. Over the many years I have been practicing my profession I have … Continue reading
Made where, by whom?
Singapore, 18th February 2011 Like cars the world of lighting manufacturing is an intricate web of product and component origins, licensing and copyrights. “Made in country X” does not really mean it is made in country X. The only thing … Continue reading
Retro fit
Singapore, 9th February 2011 The problem with LED’s has mostly been the inability of retrofit lamps to actually perform to the level of its famous predecessors. There have been many attempts to make LED versions of the incandescent and the … Continue reading
Tax
Singapore, 11th January 2011 One of the most dreaded things we all face is declaring our taxable income. Nobody really wants to pay taxes, right? As a lighting design practice however, whether we like it or not, we need to … Continue reading
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