Category Archives for lighting design
Looking through “the box”
Bandung, 24th February 2014 I am starting the week with a trip to lovely Bandung, in the rolling highlands of Indonesia, where I am attending an all-important project kick-off meeting, but more about that tomorrow…. With the Sochi 2014 Olympic … Continue reading
The invisible part of lighting
Singapore, 21st February 2014 Continuing on from my contemplations yesterday, we had some further head on discussions with the project manager of one of our projects in regards to the wiring and control of the lights. The building progress is … Continue reading
Invisible light
Singapore, 20th February 2014 There was an article in the newspaper this morning about an decision somewhere in Scandinavia where a local authority had started to paint all reindeer antlers with a luminescent paint as to make them more visible at night … Continue reading
The chicken or the egg
Singapore, 19th February 2014 This is an age old issue; who was first, the chicken or the egg…the chicken would not exist, if not for the egg and reversely you could say that there would be no egg if not … Continue reading
Quality versus quantity
Singapore, 18th February 2014 Time and again we come across project budgets that have been put together by quantity surveyors who have no idea what they are talking about. Worse even, they then manage to get owners approval (of course … Continue reading
Light and colour
Perth, 11th February 2014 As I drove to and from site last night I kept thinking how much colour is important in our lives. Not only as designer but just as an ordinary person, we always seem to admire and … Continue reading
Playing with light
Perth, 10th February 2014 Playing with light is an integral part of getting your design right. You can figure out a thousand times on paper or even visualise in your mind how lighting is going to look like, but it … Continue reading
LED and emergency lighting
Perth, 7th February 2014 On the day that the Olympic Winter Games of 2014 kick off (tonight) in Sotchi (Russia) I have been dealing with the subject of emergency lighting in one of our projects. I may have blogged about … Continue reading
Welcome mode
Perth, 6th February 2014 Back in Perth for the commissioning of stage 1 of one of my hotel projects. In this case the aiming and focussing of the lights as well as the programming. There is so much you can … Continue reading
Forward thinking
Singapore, 5th February 2014 In transit in Singapore on my way through to Perth tomorrow I spent a good part of the day planning ahead. My schedule for the year is filling up very, very fast and any plans that … Continue reading
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