Category Archives for lighting of the future
Teach the teachers
Manila 16th March 2012 Being an honoured guest speaker at an event comes with responsibilities. It is not just an exercise in self-promotion in which unfortunately too many speakers loose themselves. The fact that you are invited as a speaker … Continue reading
Old times
Manila 15th March 2012 Today was much in the sign of rekindling with old times, reuniting with people I used to work with many years back. When I say many I mean many…I am talking about 20 years and when … Continue reading
Next generation LED’s?
Perth 6th March 2012 I read that an Australian company (BluGlass) seems to have developped the next generation of high efficiency LED’s and solar panels. According to their website (see below) the technology has already resulted in several (14) patents … Continue reading
A leap of faith
Singapore 29th February 2012 Today is a leap day, one of thise days that only come along once every 4 years, to bring us back in sync with the actual earth’s rotation around the sun. My grandmother (Dutch side) was born … Continue reading
Are we loosing our way?
Singapore 27th February 2012 A few days ago I had a very interesting discussion with an up and coming young lighting designer. She told me that all her projects were based around the LED technology and that she had yet … Continue reading
Switch logic
Singapore 8th February 2012 I wish there was a software program that could work out a switch logic for residential and public places. We spent nearly a day on figuring out a logic for the location of switches and laying out … Continue reading
Dynamic mood lighting
Singapore 7th February 2012 As lighting designers we are the magicians that create the moods and ambiances for the various places we design for. We are in the middle of designing the concepts for a business hotel, a shopping mall … Continue reading
The bigger picture
Singapore 20th January 2012 I have recently started to engage in a cooperation with environmental specialists to add further value to our goal in providing the greenest and most sustainable possible lighting solutions to our clients. The point is that … Continue reading
It’s the economy…
Singapore 19th January 2012 In this part of the world we are now in between two major holidays. Xmas and New Year are just behind us, people living in the southern hemisphere (like Australia) are still having their summer break … Continue reading
Recharging for the year ahead
Perth 10th January 2012 So what has been happening in lighting design land these past few weeks? December saw the usual busy end of the year rush to get things finished before Xmas with many companies slowing down towards the … Continue reading
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