BLOG

Category Archives for lighting applications

PLDC Day 2

Madrid 21st October 2011 On my walk to the venue we walk straight into the rising sun. It is cold and chilly but it is compensated by the warm rays of the sun and a magical play of light and … Continue reading

22. October 2011 by Martin Klaasen
Categories: Education, light watch, lighting and culture, lighting applications, lighting of the future | Leave a comment

PLDC Day 1

Madrid 20th October 2011 PLDC 2011 is on the way! After a welcome party last night on the (windy) rooftop of the Circulo de Bellas Artes building, we officially kicked off this morning with a keynote address from Paul Marrantz, … Continue reading

21. October 2011 by Martin Klaasen
Categories: Education, light watch, lighting applications, lighting design, lighting design practice, lighting of the future | Leave a comment

Another (LED) bites the dust…

Singapore 29th September 2011 Some more developments on my experiences with the Philips 10W LED Master lamp. I have blogged previously about the temperature issues and the fact that the lamp has a mechincal fan inside to assist with the … Continue reading

29. September 2011 by Martin Klaasen
Categories: Education, light watch, lighting applications | Leave a comment

LED and overheating

Singapore 21st September 2011 Learning something new about LED’s every day it seems! While it is nice from public relations point of view to have a 100% LED project with a short ROI (Return on Investment), we keep having little problems with … Continue reading

21. September 2011 by Martin Klaasen
Categories: light watch, lighting applications, lighting of the future | 26 comments

LED and quality

Singapore 7th September 2011 If you are not using LED’s nowadays you are considered being old fashioned and behind today’s realities of the world. Philips and others are already blasting advertisements via TV in the aim to reach out to … Continue reading

07. September 2011 by Martin Klaasen
Categories: light watch, lighting applications, lighting standards | 1 comment

Niche lighting design

Singapore 1st September 2011 I am an architectural lighting designer by profession as that is really 90% of my day to day work, like the lighting of architectural buildings, city and landscapes, commercial and hospitality applications and so on. But … Continue reading

01. September 2011 by Martin Klaasen
Categories: light and art, light watch, lighting applications, lighting design | Leave a comment

Fast forward…

Singapore 23rd August 2011 Just got off from a 2+ hour long conference call with owner, architects and designers…a three city, two countries call, the wonders of technology! We are still early in the pace, at least that is what … Continue reading

23. August 2011 by Martin Klaasen
Categories: light watch, lighting applications, lighting design, lighting design practice | Leave a comment

Power of presentation

Singapore 22nd July 2011 It has been one of those days where I was mostly submerged in the preparation of presentations. I have a a couple of them coming up over the next few weeks. Generally it is last minute work … Continue reading

22. July 2011 by Martin Klaasen
Categories: Education, light watch, lighting and culture, lighting applications | Leave a comment

Easy does it

Singapore 21th July 2011 Installation and maintenance are not always at the forefront of all designers but it should. Before something can look nice it has to be installed and in order to still look nice when you come back … Continue reading

21. July 2011 by Martin Klaasen
Categories: light watch, lighting applications, lighting design, lighting standards | Leave a comment

Made in Europe

Singapore 19th July 2011 I have touched on the origin of (lighting) products several times in my blogs. My thought today is triggered by a current story running in the news at the moment about a Singapore furniture retailer with … Continue reading

19. July 2011 by Martin Klaasen
Categories: going green, light watch, lighting applications, lighting of the future | 1 comment

← Older posts

Newer posts →