Category Archives for lighting design
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
What’s in a lux?
Singapore, 24rd April 2014 One of the most frustrating discussions is when clients ask you for lux calculations…at least when it comes to clarifying a lighting design for mood or ambience…As it happens I received coincidentally a request from two … 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
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
Supplier specifications sensitivity
Singapore, 15th April 2014 This is and always shall be a sensitive subject. We all reach a stage in our design process where we have to actually specify the light fittings for our project. Today is such day where I … 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
The Ante room…
Singapore, 11th April 2014 Today we are presenting to the big bosses of one of our hotel projects. It’s D-day so to speak and a long row of consultants will be presenting their design progress one after another during the … Continue reading
Light & Build, Thursday
Frankfurt, 3rd April 2014 As I wait for one of the few flights out of Frankfurt on this day were I understand that nearly 1000 Lufthansa flights are cancelled, I reflect back on this year’s L+B. The lounge is practically … 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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