Category Archives for lighting design practice
Professional hazards
Perth, 29th May 2014 It is fast approaching winter in Perth which brings along early darkness and late sunrises. Now on my early morning walk (normally somewhere between 7 and 8 in the morning) the sun just comes up and the … Continue reading
Meetings
Shanghai, 20th May 2014 Not one meeting is the same I dare say; often even meetings are totally unpredictable. I am not talking about your regular progress meetings often held in clients’ or contractors site office; no I am talking … Continue reading
Lighting Tech Qatar 2014
Doha, 13th May 2014 The last two days I attended Lighting Tech Qatar 2014, a conference dedicated to professional lighting and lighting design on the side lines of the huge Project Qatar Exhibition that is being held in no other … Continue reading
Scheduling
Singapore, 8th May 2014 Scheduling your time is probably one of the most challenging things in running a practice like ours. For some reason (now that I want to feel semi-retired 🙂 ) I seem to be busier then ever with … Continue reading
M-Day!
Singapore, 25rd April 2014 Tomorrow is M- Day…after a bit more than 3 years it is time to Move to a bigger and better office. To minimise disruption to our clients we have decided that M-Day should be this Saturday … Continue reading
Love my tender
Singapore, 21th April 2014 In a pun on Elvis’ song “Love me tender” I reflect today on tender interviews that we conducted today for a major renovation. The thing with tenders is that it can be very messy and most … Continue reading
Thousand and one litte things
Singapore, 17th April 2014 As we are about to start a long Easter Weekend with Good Friday tomorrow, I reflect on a day in which I have done a thousand and one things without really having the satisfied feeling of … Continue reading
Supplier specifications sensitivity
Singapore, 15th April 2014 This is and always shall be a sensitive subject. We all reach a stage in our design process where we have to actually specify the light fittings for our project. Today is such day where I … Continue reading
Back to reality…
Singapore, 10th April 2014 After having taken a few days of to spend some time with my parents in Holland after L+B, I am now back in our office in Singapore and back to the reality of the day. Project … Continue reading
Pick up the phone
Singapore, 25th March 2014 Picking up the phone can sometimes avoid a lot of problems and headaches. When we arrive at a point where tensions have developed in a project, sometimes about trivial issues, it is far better to pick … Continue reading
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