Category Archives for lighting applications
Is the economy affecting our lighting design industry
Singapore, 10th October 2012 Online magazine Illumni asked some of us lighting designers with a practice in Australia whether we are feeling the pinch on the back of information that some local practices in Australia had closed shop. While I … Continue reading
Planning ahead of time
Kuala Lumpur, 8th October 2012 One of the biggest challenges for a lighting designer has to be planning ahead of time when it comes putting together specifications for a lighting installations. The lead time between design and actual implementation (read: … Continue reading
Retrofit MR16 LED problems revealed!
Singapore, 6th October 2012 After nearly a year of frustrating testing and researching I can finally share my findings and conclusions on why we have problems with LED MR16 retrofit lamps. The most significant problem being flickering issues when dimming … Continue reading
Lighting Perspectives
Singapore, 4th October 2012 Earlier this year I met with a friend and colleague in the industry and ever since I promised to read his book and give him my opinion on the book (as he is supposed to do … Continue reading
LED ODM
Penang, 2nd October 2012 There are times when you need to be pro-active to make sure you stay on top of things. Today I spent the day in Penang, Malaysia, with one of the leading ODM LED manufacturers in this … Continue reading
Another day…
Singapore, 28th September 2012 Another day, another time spent on LED dimming issues…a continuing saga. I am starting to be convinced now that dimming retrofit lamps should be avoided at all cost, at least in commercial or public applications. I … Continue reading
The power of design
Jakarta, 26th September 2012 Today I have the rare opportunity to see the old and new side by side and appreciate how powerful a new design can be and most of all how much design represents or projects the time … Continue reading
F1 ast forward
Singapore, 24th September 2012 Operation moving, successfully completed! I am now in transit in Singapore on my way to Indonesia for the coming days. Surely you will all have read about the F1 night race that was held last night … Continue reading
Amazing progress
Singapore, 11th September 2012 Probably a little over a year ago I was still pretty sceptical about the performance of LED technology in outdoor flood lighting applications, but I have to admit the technology has caught up with me! As … Continue reading
Lighting calculations
Singapore, 10th September 2012 Interestingly on the heels of my last blog on best practice and architectural lighting designers, I spent a good part of the day today, assessing lighting calculations and how well they actually represented what we are … Continue reading
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