Category Archives for lighting applications
On a rainy day…
Perth, 22nd May 2010 It is week-end and it’s raining. A typical wintery day in Perth, one moment the sun pierces through the dark grey clouds, the next moment heavy rains pour out of the sky. Overall it is wet, … Continue reading
Laser technology
Netherlands, 21st April 2010 I need to leave for the airport shortly to go on standby for my flight back to Singapore! Yeah! No idea if how it will work out, but if I am on the flight I won’t … Continue reading
Emergency lighting
Netherlands, 18th April 2010 Still no flights in Europe…British Airways announced today that all their flights for Monday have been cancelled, which means my planned meeting in London is off. We will try and have the meeting through a conference call … Continue reading
T5 still alive and kicking
Netherlands, 16th April 2010 As I write my blog, many people are stranded because of the volcano eruption in Iceland which caused the unprecedented closure of the European airspace. Ash clouds have spread throughout Europe, cancelling all flights in or … Continue reading
Corporate lighting identity
Singapore, 8th April 2010 A fair amount of our projects are in the hospitality, commercial and corporate lighting applications. While we often focus on the practicality of our lighting designs and mood setting, creating a corporate identity is not always … Continue reading
Earthquakes
Perth, 5th April 2010 I woke up to the news of an (7.2 on the Richter scale) earthquake in Los Angeles last night. There does not seem to be major damages or casualties but reporters were talking about the swaying … Continue reading
Playing with water
Shanghai, 18th March 2010 “Playing with water” for today’s subject is brought up by some lighting issues we faced over the last two days in regards to illuminating some water bodies. Coincidentally three of our projects have different types of … Continue reading
Night Safari
Singapore, 14th March 2010 There are two night time lighting attractions in Singapore that are rather unique in the world. One is the Formula 1 night race on which I shall report on later this year (in September), the other … Continue reading
Lighting at the dentist
Singapore, 12th March 2010 Now for something completely different… as a famous person once said 🙂 Today I went to dentist (guess we all have to go there once in a while…don’t worry will not bother you with the details) … Continue reading
Lighting with translucent materials
Singapore, 9th March 2010 Lighting does not exist without its environment, the architectural envelope that defines our field of view. Most of the time, we design lighting with solid reflective materials in mind. From matt surfaces to glossy surfaces and … Continue reading

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