Category Archives for lighting design
Approve or reject
India, 11th May 2010 One of our duties as a lighting designer is to approve or reject light fittings submitted to us as possible alternatives for our specifications. Specifically in Asia it is tough to keep exact specifications as clients … Continue reading
Meeting of the minds
Chengdu, 5th May 2010 Design coordination workshops are crucial for the success of a project, certainly when many overseas consultants are involved. I am in Chengdu to attend such design workshop for one of our hotel projects. It is never … Continue reading
Design and reality
Shanghai, 30th April 2010 When we design our lighting we have all these beautiful images in our mind on how it will look like. When you are developing the lighting concept and you have virtually no constraints and can let … Continue reading
Where does lighting design stop?
Shanghai, 29th April 2010 …and electrical design start? This is one of the questions I get asked frequently. What is in the scope of work of a lighting designer and what not…Of course it depends on the practices, but as … Continue reading
Who’s concept is it anyway?
Netherlands, 20th April 2010 Borrowing the tagline from the TV comedy show “Who’s line is it anyway”, I want to talk about lighting concepts that are not necessarily driven by ourselves but by others… But first an update on the … Continue reading
Warranty
Singapore- Frankfurt, 10th April 2010 Who invented the term warranty? In my early days in lighting we used to talk about guarantee, not warranty… a warranty seems to be a guarantee with a lot of small print……. 🙂 I am … Continue reading
Corporate lighting identity
Singapore, 8th April 2010 A fair amount of our projects are in the hospitality, commercial and corporate lighting applications. While we often focus on the practicality of our lighting designs and mood setting, creating a corporate identity is not always … Continue reading
Projects revisited
Perth, 6th April 2010 Not always are we able to revisit our projects years later to see how they have stood the test of time. A lot of the time after the project is commissioned we never return to site. Project … Continue reading
A happy contractor
Perth, 30th March 2010 The success of our lighting designs is generally measured by the level of satisfaction from our clients. We look at the end result and assess how well the lighting is doing justice to our original design … Continue reading
“Back of House”
Mumbai, 26th March 2010 As lighting designers we are generally involved with public areas only, those areas where the public goes, whereas service areas (the so called “Back of House”) are mostly functional and left in the care of the … Continue reading
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