Category Archives for lighting of the future
How green is lighting
Singapore 24th August 2011 Many countries, Singapore included, have so called “green councils, organisations mostly government driven that look after the sustainability of buildings, projects and new developments. In Singapore we have an organisation called the Singapore Green Building Council … Continue reading
Google Lighting?
Singapore 18th August 2011 We are undoubtedly emerged already in what will be the future of communication. Mobile phones, tablets, blogs, social networking sites… I feel rather old fashioned as I struggle to keep up with all these I-phone apps, … Continue reading
Sleep box
Singapore 17th August 2011 There are so many creative souls on this planet, it is not surprising something new and clever is being designed all the time. Yesterday I came across a new concept called the Sleep Box, for people … Continue reading
LED data communication
Singapore 16th August 2011 One of the things that has not stopped amazing me is the continuous technological developments in the lighting industry ever since I started my career now 30 years back. In my early days we had the … Continue reading
How low can you go?
Singapore 3rd August 2011 Negotiations, certainly in Asia, are probably the hardest thing to do. You need a kind of bluf poker attitude at times when negotiating your professional fees with a client who is determined to squeeze you to … Continue reading
Taking ownership
Goa 27th July 2011 Day 4 in Goa and things are still moving slow. It’s confirmed I will go back to Goa over the weekend to complete at least a part of the works. The main issue that has dogged … Continue reading
Made in Europe
Singapore 19th July 2011 I have touched on the origin of (lighting) products several times in my blogs. My thought today is triggered by a current story running in the news at the moment about a Singapore furniture retailer with … Continue reading
History
Singapore 23rd June 2011 History is a great part of any countries culture and very often also a starting block for conceptual design in general. As lighting designers we get cues from history such as shaps, forms, patterns as well … Continue reading
Solar bottle light
Singapore 10th June 2011 Sometimes people come up with simple yet “powerful” ideas. Recently I read that students from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) developed a cheap and easily reproducible solar light bulb by using a simple bottle. The … Continue reading
Electricity
Singapore 1st June 2011 The stories about electricity scarcity keeps filling the news, specifically in high demand areas such as populated countries like China, India and Japan, I blogged about it not long ago. Today I read that China is … Continue reading
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