Category Archives for lighting applications
Test 1,2,3…
Perth, 1st May 2014 Critical for every off the shelf lighting solution is the testing or visual mock up. It has been the subject of many of my blogs and as it is a recurring part of our job I … Continue reading
Commercial Heritage
Perth, 29th April 2014 One of my new projects in Perth is the renovation of an old heritage building, currently occupied by a bank (yes, who else 🙂 ). The heritage building has been integrated as part of a corporate … Continue reading
Certification
Singapore, 23rd April 2014 One of the things we do as lighting designers and expert consultants is to verify and certify a design to standard compliance. This is specifically the case when it concerns highly sensitive projects which have high … Continue reading
Make a wish
Singapore, 22nd April 2014 We receive cold calls for lighting assistance all the time. Sometimes it comes through reference, sometimes through one of the internet links such as our website, LinkedIn, Facebook or even my blog. Quite often there are … Continue reading
Love my tender
Singapore, 21th April 2014 In a pun on Elvis’ song “Love me tender” I reflect today on tender interviews that we conducted today for a major renovation. The thing with tenders is that it can be very messy and most … Continue reading
Blood Moon
Singapore, 16th April 2014 Many parts of the world, from America via Singapore to Australia, were able to experience the so called Blood Moon, a celestial event that happens rarely. It happens when the full moon travels through Earth’s shadow turning … Continue reading
Tailoring our deliverables
Singapore, 14th April 2014 The risk we have as a small practice with multiple projects is that you can easily fall into repetition. Deadlines are here to stay so when under time pressure there is always that recourse to “cut … Continue reading
Light & Build, the aftermath (Italy)…
Italy, 4th April 2014 On the back of our L+B visit we flew to Venice, Italy, for a workshop/visit to Linea Light, one of the lighting manufacturers that we have started to work with but had till now not much knowledge … Continue reading
Light & Build, Wednesday
Frankfurt, 2nd April 2014 The spectre of the Icelandic volcano outburst that grounded many of the fair-goers for days last time around is hanging over us again! This time it is the country wide strike of Lufthansa pilots, resulting at … Continue reading
Light & Build the preparations
Singapore, 27th March 2014 I am about to fly off to Europe tonight to attend Light & Build next week with a short stop in Holland first to visit my parents over the weekend, but before I can do so … Continue reading

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