Category Archives for lighting and the economy
Fee proposals (2)
Perth 27th October 2010 As long as we are submitting fee proposals to our clients we are in business. I don’t know about other practices, but historically we have an average scoring or success rate of over 30%. In other … Continue reading
The King of Lighting Tower
Hainan 25th October 2010 A new 330m high landmark tower is going to be built in Guzhen, a township in Zhongshan near Guangzhou, China, which will be called the King of Lighting Tower. I read this in the China Daily … Continue reading
Legal and financial
Singapore, 12th October 2010 Designers are generally good at what they are supposed to be good at…finding creative solutions and design concepts for their clients who have often no idea what it means to be a creative soul. It is … Continue reading
What is reasonable ?
Singapore 9th October 2010 In our lighting design business or most design practices for that matter, there are lull times and busy times. In all the years that I have practiced lighting design not once have I had projects that … Continue reading
Lighting at home
Singapore 6th October 2010 You may have noticed that I travel less these last few months. One of the reasons is that I am following a regular treatment for my back so I am disciplining myself to the cause of healing. … Continue reading
Accounts!
Perth, 18th September 2010 This is one side of the business that needs to be done but which not necessarily is something we excel at or enjoy doing… 🙂 Though I am relatively good with numbers (I am known to spot … Continue reading
The budget dilemma
Perth 15th September 2010 I want to talk a bit more about budgets as it is a recurring major issue in practically all our projects. Clients always want to spent less and get more, who doesn’t? My specific issue today … Continue reading
Advertising (2)
Singapore 10th September 2010 A while ago I blogged about advertising and how it works (or not) for us lighting designers. Today I was drawn back to this aspect through a different angle, real estate project advertisement. Don’t they know … Continue reading
The cheque is in the mail (2)
Chennai 7th September 2010 When I finished yesterday’s blog I realized that there is still a whole other side to the story. If you manage to collect your due payment the story ends happily, but what if you keep chasing … Continue reading
The cheque is in the mail…
Singapore- Chennai 6th September 2010 Off to India for a site coordination meeting with client and operator. One of the recurring issues for us all the time is collection of payments for our services. We generally do a round up monthly … Continue reading
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