Category Archives for lighting design
Minimal design
Shanghai, 24th March 2010 Posting my blog early today, as I have some heavy travelling ahead over the next few days. Putting myself to the task to post a blog everyday means I need to plan ahead because with my … Continue reading
Back door lighting supplies
Singapore, 10th March 2010 One of our toughest assignments as lighting designers is to make sure the light fittings that are installed are actually what we originally had planned and specified. I am saying this because while we are talking … Continue reading
Lighting rules of thumb
Australia, 2nd March 2010 There is not one solution to a lighting problem… there are many! As I discussed the lighting design of one of our hotels projects today, I was asked the question by one of my staff if … Continue reading
Lighting catalogues
Perth, 24th February 2010 As lighting designers we rely heavily on our experience when specifying products for our lighting designs. The more experienced we are the better we also can read manufacturers product catalogues. Suppliers that have been around for … Continue reading
Lux meters
Perth, 22nd February 2010 Yesterday I mentioned about lighting levels. We all know that we need a lux meter to measure it. But how useful is it? We human’s actually don’t see light, we see reflections! Lux meters measure the … Continue reading
Broadcast lighting levels
Perth, 21st February 2010 With the Winter Olympics in Vancouver moving into its second week I guess we have all been able to catch some of the sporting heroics on TV at some point in time. Because of the worldwide … Continue reading
“Fighting” for space
Singapore, 12th February 2010 As a lighting designer one of our constantly recurring challenges in practically every interior project is our “fight” for the right locations for our lights. If only lighting was the one thing that mattered… 🙂 The … Continue reading
Total recall
Shanghai, 7th February 2010 It is a wintery and rainy Sunday in Shanghai today. The streets seem unusually quiet, possibly because people have started to return to their home towns to celebrate Chinese New Year with their families later in … Continue reading
The power of simplicity
Shanghai, 3rd February 2010 As lighting designers we tend to overdo it at times, don’t we? We want to make sure the client feels they really got value for their money. We come in and add a spotlight for the … Continue reading
Architectural Lighting
Shanghai, 1st February 2010 February already…..New Year seems like yesterday! … Today was “doctor-consultation-day” for me, with a continuous stream of my project designers coming in and out my office to discuss little or bigger lighting issues that need the … Continue reading
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