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When professionals meet…

Langkawi 23rd August 2013 Today was a really interesting day. As I await my flight back to Singapore I reflect on the meeting we had, aptly called a “workshop”. We are embarking as reported on yesterday on the refurbishment of … Continue reading

23. August 2013 by Martin Klaasen
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From street light to moon light

Langkawi 22nd August 2013 After two busy days in Jakarta I find myself literally in the middle of the jungle, from one end of the spectrum to the other. Where Jakarta was a cacophony of light (street lights, media facades, … Continue reading

23. August 2013 by Martin Klaasen
Categories: going green, Light and inspiration, light watch, lighting and culture, lighting and sustainability, lighting design | Leave a comment

LED and the lack of soul

Sanya 15th August 2013 In the end the whole typhoon hype luckily fizzed out as I reached Sanya without a single bump during my flight, though with a considerable time delay. It was only 2am when I finally found my … Continue reading

15. August 2013 by Martin Klaasen
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Hangzhou’s Grand Canal

Hangzhou-Shanghai 13th August 2013 I was originally going to talk about the lighting in my hotel room, which was really bad, but then I went out for my early morning walk along Hangzhou’s Grand Canal and found a more interesting … Continue reading

13. August 2013 by Martin Klaasen
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The LED challenge

Singapore 5th August 2013 Started the week with a little cold and sore throat, probably climate and time differences after my stay in Europe catching up. You get that once in a while. Don’t forget with my frequent travelling I … Continue reading

05. August 2013 by Martin Klaasen
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Pro-active designing

Singapore 2nd August 2013 In my second day back in the Singapore office after the 3 day outing to Malaysia, much of my time was spent on design matters. It is amazing how relatively little time we actually spent designing … Continue reading

02. August 2013 by Martin Klaasen
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Taking responsibility

Kuala Lumpur- Singapore 1st August 2013 As a professional consultant we need to own up to our actions and recommendations. I have blogged about it before but really want to emphasize this again today. I had another round of project … Continue reading

01. August 2013 by Martin Klaasen
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Memory lane and the test of time

Kuala Lumpur 31st July 2013 After a day of meetings that ended a bit earlier than expected (yes some meetings can be conducted efficiently!  🙂 ), I decided to visit an old stomping ground, the KLCC Petronas Twin Towers, where I spent … Continue reading

31. July 2013 by Martin Klaasen
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On site

Kuala Lumpur 30th July 2013 Not much time to rest! Already back on site in Kuala Lumpur to inspect a site mock after a long day of meetings…back in the groove! J After an early morning flight to KL we … Continue reading

30. July 2013 by Martin Klaasen
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Generation Y not

Perth 5th July 2013 What better way to end the week (before going on leave) with a little party and the celebration of the birthday of my youngest daughter Kyra (happy birthday Kyr!). She reached the respectable age of 20 … Continue reading

06. July 2013 by Martin Klaasen
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