Category Archives for lighting and the economy
The week that was 11-15th May
Singapore, weekend 16-17 May 2015 Monday 11; Singapore – Blast from the past It is always intriguing to see how people fare and evolve in life. Last weekend I had the chance to catch up with my former boss in … Continue reading
The week that was April 27- May 1
Singapore, long weekend 1-3 May 2015 Monday 27; Singapore – Client pain There is nothing more frustrating than working with a client who has no respect nor understanding about what good design and project management is. We have been working … Continue reading
The week that was April 6-10
Singapore, weekend 11-12 April 2015 Monday 6; Singapore – Insights in our market This week I am interviewing a number of lighting designers in search of a new job, some with several years of experience, some freshly graduated, and today … Continue reading
The (short) week that was 30 March – 2 April
Singapore, long weekend 3-5 April 2015 Monday 30; Singapore – Graphene lighting technology Are we finally going to get some serious competition for the current LED lighting technology? As I am preparing my presentation for my Bangalore trip later in … Continue reading
The week that was March 9-13
Singapore, weekend 14-15th March 2015 Monday 9; Singapore, Hong Kong, Guilin– Travelling Being on the road is part of our job, sometimes it is a few hours, even a few minutes, sometimes, like today, it can be a full day … Continue reading
The week that was 23-28th February
Perth, weekend 28th February 2015 Monday 23; Perth – Size does not matter Back in beautiful Perth for the week, I have a couple of project meetings lined up as well as meetings for new potential projects. Despite the general … Continue reading
The (short) week that was…February 16-18
Singapore, Chinese New Year long weekend 19-22nd February 2015 Monday 16; Singapore – The Chinese New Year’s rush It is a short work week this week with many companies already shutting down for Chinese New Year and from those companies … Continue reading
The week that was…9-13th February 2015
Singapore, weekend 14th February 2015 Monday 9; Jakarta- Familiar territory After more than 7 years (!) on this project the finish line is in view…finally. Have the problems changed or been resolved, no, not really. We keep issuing the … Continue reading
The week that was…February 2-6
Singapore, weekend 7th February 2015 Monday 2; Singapore: Moon lighting Most of the times we assume that everybody in the project team understands what we are talking about. Everyone in the team, consultants, client reps, contractors are supposed to be … Continue reading
The week that was…12-16 January 2015
Singapore, weekend 17tth January 2015 A new year and a new look for 2015.I had been a bit reluctant to restart my blogging now for a 6th season as I was also getting used again to not having to blog … Continue reading

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