Category Archives for lighting design
Minus One
Jakarta 30th January 2013 Staying in hotels as you travel is a good part of our experience as lighting designers, certainly if you design lighting for hotels for a living. These few days in Jakarta I am put up in … Continue reading
Jakarta
Jakarta 29th January 2013 On the day after Dutch Queen Beatrix announced her abdication, I am back in Jakarta, early morning flight, 1-2 hours traffic jam and into a meeting, a fairly normal scenario. In fact the flight from Singapore is … Continue reading
Keeping up with the times
Singapore 28th January 2013 Here is a statement for you: Life is not getting easier with a new computer! I have spent a good part of the weekend getting to “know” my new laptop so that I could start working … Continue reading
Coming to fruition
Singapore 25th January 2013 We don’t always get to live a project from start to finish. In my particular case I left several of my lighting design projects with Lighting Images in China when I moved to set up my … Continue reading
Computers
Singapore 24th January 2013 It is safe to say that life without computers in our, or nearly any, profession is practically impossible! I have lived the years of doing lighting design without personal computers and laptops and I can tell … Continue reading
Personal versus objective
Jakarta 22nd January 2013 As I am waiting in the lounge to take my flight back to Singapore I am reflecting on the main event passed about which I blogged last night. I mentioned that I came away with a … Continue reading
Getting it right
Jakarta 21st January 2013 Made it safe to Jakarta …no flooding in view, but a lot of traffic and detour driving to reach the site. Today, finally after 4 years on the job with lots of delays, we reached the stage … Continue reading
Not from behind my desk!
Singapore 16th January 2013 Life of a lighting designer is not one that is executed from behind a desk…oh no! While we may spent quite some time behind our computers to communicate, research, document or create, getting out and about … Continue reading
And the cowboys keep coming…
Singapore 14th January 2013 This year will be like the last one…a continuous fight against the LED cowboys. I was confronted to it yet again twice today. Once just by public observation and once through my professional dealings. I had … Continue reading
Money, money…
Kuala Lumpur 11th January 2013 Another early morning flight…grrr. Got up a 5 am to catch the 7am flight to KL today, lucky I don’t stay to far from the airport. When I came outside my taxi was already waiting…Singapore … Continue reading
The long awaited book compilation of Martin's first year of blogging is available. Order now.
Feedspot Top 100 Lighting Blogs