Category Archives for lighting design
How many permits does it take to install a light bulb?
Perth 4th July 2013 Sounds a bit like a joke and certainly feels a bit like a joke…. I had a meeting today with a project team to figure out the costs and process of applying and installing our lighting … Continue reading
When lighting is the only difference
Perth 3rd July 2013 It is not often that you get to do a lighting refurbishment only, I have had a few over the years, but they have been far and few between. The nice thing about these kind of projects … Continue reading
Are LED’s creating job losses?
Perth 2nd July 2013 Today I had a shock revelation during a discussion with the hotel operator of a project we are currently doing with them, realising that our strive to improve the sustainability of the hotel through savings in … Continue reading
Daylight
Bali 27th June 2013 Daylight is of course the cheapest form of lighting and it’s free, but incorporating daylight in the lighting design is not necessarily an easy task certainly in the tropics!. The subject of daylight came up during … Continue reading
Soft or Grand opening
Jakarta- Bali 26st June 2013 In countries like Indonesia ( and many others around the region) local culture and work attitude can be a great challenge when you plan ahead in projects. Why do something today if you can do … Continue reading
Super moon
Jakarta 25st June 2013 Once in a time we have a blue moon, and now we just had a super moon. This happens when the moon reaches a point in its orbit that brings it closest to earth and thus … Continue reading
Modularity and corporate identity
Singapore 21st June 2013 One of the things that you look out for from time to time as a designer, depending the nature of the project, is modularity. In other words designing in modular elements or components that you can … Continue reading
Haze and (light) pollution
Singapore 17th June 2013 We live in an age where pollution, certainly in the big multi million people cities, is becoming a way of life rather than the exception. Today in Singapore we were hit by extreme haze that blows … Continue reading
Design with purpose
Singapore 11th June 2013 Sometimes you wonder whether people actually are really that naïve or they really don’t understand the process of design. I am talking about a project architect who expects us to deliver a design without him providing … Continue reading
Guilin
Guilin 7-8th June 2013 One of those places in the world you really want to visit! I am on a short stopover to meet my client for a new project here and as it happens the project is in … Continue reading
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