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Perceived versus measured light

Singapore, 26th August 2014 One of the great misunderstandings when it comes to appreciating dimming and the dimmed lighting effect is that there is a difference between the visible appreciation of light and the actual measured output. Heaps of studies … Continue reading

26. August 2014 by Martin Klaasen
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Leading or trailing?

Singapore, 25th August 2014 And it keeps going on…It seems the so called dimming specialists don’t really know what to do either! I have been studying the LED dimming technology a bit the last few days as I have come … Continue reading

25. August 2014 by Martin Klaasen
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The LED dimming saga

Singapore, 22nd August 2014 The saga related to LED dimming problems keeps on going. I think that by now we can safely say that E27/ E14 based LED lamps cannot be dimmed by commercial dimming systems. At least not properly … Continue reading

22. August 2014 by Martin Klaasen
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Photo shoot

Perth, 14th August 2014 When it comes to being in the “lime light” I have different feelings. I happily get on a stage to share my expertise and experience through my seminars and guest speaking, I do that regularly and … Continue reading

14. August 2014 by Martin Klaasen
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The last few stages

Perth, 11th August 2014 Back to work after a long weekend break in Phuket, courtesy of Singapore’s national day celebrations. I had a long day in Jakarta last week to review the progress of the installation works on a hotel … Continue reading

11. August 2014 by Martin Klaasen
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Communication 2

Jakarta, 6th August 2014 Now here is another piece of communication that comes totally out of left corner. Before I left Singapore this morning where I still had a submission deadline to complete, I was also confronted with a piece … Continue reading

06. August 2014 by Martin Klaasen
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Communication

Singapore, 5th August 2014 It is not a secret that in our line of work, communication is key. There are many ways to communicate and there is a very obvious difference between the written and spoken words. We have several … Continue reading

05. August 2014 by Martin Klaasen
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Lighting manipulators

Singapore, 4th August 2014 Really when you think about it lighting designers are manipulators…our task is to control and manipulate light into a shape and form that makes sense and produces a performance that is the right light at the … Continue reading

04. August 2014 by Martin Klaasen
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Percent for the art

Singapore, 1st August 2014 Australia has a Percent for the Art scheme that require any developer, whether private or government, to spend a percentage of the development costs on art. The policy requires the developers to allocate 1 percent of … Continue reading

01. August 2014 by Martin Klaasen
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No budget, no glory

Singapore, 31st July 2014 July has come and gone…Is it me or is time just zooming past? How do you deal with clients who have no budget or better still have money (we know the mother company has plenty of … Continue reading

31. July 2014 by Martin Klaasen
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