Category Archives for lighting standards
“Born in the USA”
Singapore, 9th June 2014 Back in Singapore! While I re-adjust to our daily office work (it’s the first time since several weeks that I am actually a full day in the office!) I reflect on my American experience. I submitted … Continue reading
Light Fair 3 (Colour special)
Las Vegas, 4th June 2014 Before I show you my Las Vegas casino strip night time pictures, I want to finish of today first with one aspect that is being pursued by many with varying success…colour consistency, colour tuning and … Continue reading
Budgets revisited
Jakarta-Singapore, 23rd May 2014 On my way back to Singapore for the weekend after a busy travelling week… One of the key issues that I have had to deal with is quality and budget, the ever recurring challenge when dealing … 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
Executive travel
Doha, 12th May 2014 Yes I missed a day, but with reason…I was down with severe food poisoning and absolutely not in a shape to write anything on Friday. The perils of travel I guess…I must say that (fingers crossed) … Continue reading
A liveable world?
Bandung- Singapore, 7th May 2014 Before returning to Singapore I spent some time to assess the progress of the works on site. Discussing in meetings is one thing but physically looking at what is going on is another story. Our … Continue reading
Marking up
Bandung, 6th May 2014 Bandung today and tomorrow; a lovely little city (well, a few million people, third biggest city in Indonesia I am told!) nestled in the hills with a much nicer and cooler climate then Jakarta. The project … Continue reading
Test 1,2,3…
Perth, 1st May 2014 Critical for every off the shelf lighting solution is the testing or visual mock up. It has been the subject of many of my blogs and as it is a recurring part of our job I … Continue reading
Extravagance
Perth, 30th April 2014 Contractors (and suppliers) are a strange breed of people…somehow they and certainly the more experienced ones, have a knack for quoting in extravagance when they feel that you are in a squeeze when it comes to … Continue reading
Certification
Singapore, 23rd April 2014 One of the things we do as lighting designers and expert consultants is to verify and certify a design to standard compliance. This is specifically the case when it concerns highly sensitive projects which have high … Continue reading

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