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Back to work!

Singapore 14th July 2011 After a restful stay in Holland and France it’s back to work again! I know from experience that flying back to the east somehow creates more jetlag problems (for me) then the other way around. I … Continue reading

14. July 2011 by Martin Klaasen
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Holidays

Singapore- Amsterdam 29th June 2011 On my way for a well deserved break! Going back to Europe to spent some time in Holland and France with my family, so this will be my last blog until I come back mid … Continue reading

29. June 2011 by Martin Klaasen
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Long time between drinks

Singapore-Chennai 20-21June 2011 Did not make it last night…so today as compensation an extra-long blog, it is a long flight so plenty of time…I had a brief stop-over in Singapore on my way from Australia to Chennai, India. Another place, … Continue reading

21. June 2011 by Martin Klaasen
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Patience

Perth 16th June 2011 Patience is a virtue they say…In our job as lighting designer we need to exercise patience at various times, in many ways, specifically with clients. They take their time with everything. Specifically when it comes to … Continue reading

16. June 2011 by Martin Klaasen
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Financial Year

Perth 15th June 2011 Financial years are funny things, but every professional company has somehow to deal with it. In Australia we are generally running from July to June, so this is the last month of the financial year. We … Continue reading

15. June 2011 by Martin Klaasen
Categories: light watch, lighting and the economy, lighting design practice | 2 comments

Developping the relationship

Perth 14thJune 2011 I would like to elaborate a bit more on yesterdays’ topic of doing a paid conceptual design as a way of “getting to know each other” rather than providing speculative design in the hope of being selected. … Continue reading

14. June 2011 by Martin Klaasen
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Avoiding unhappy marriages

Perth 13th June 2011 In our lighting design profession we are always in the process of building durable relationships with new clients. Generally our relationships are instant, the result of a speedy dating process. There is seldom a long term … Continue reading

13. June 2011 by Martin Klaasen
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Exchange currency

Singapore 9th June 2011 Bit of a scare with my blog yesterday, not sure what happened but could not upload other then just the heading. One of those days you wished you were an IT expert! I later realised I … Continue reading

09. June 2011 by Martin Klaasen
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Moral ownership and copyright

Singapore 26th May 2011 Intellectual property is always an interesting topic. I am currently putting the last hand to our website (watch out coming out very soon now!) and as we are in the process of putting our company project … Continue reading

26. May 2011 by Martin Klaasen
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Business development

Singapore 5th May 2011 Doing fee proposals is obviously a key part of running our business as without fee proposals you don’t have any outlook on potential work. But there is a whole world out there before you can actually … Continue reading

05. May 2011 by Martin Klaasen
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