Category Archives for lighting standards
Lighting standards
Perth 4th February 2013 Back in my Perth office, “enjoying” the Perth summer while I still can, time flies! The nice thing about the Perth climate is that while it may be hot(ter) during the day, at night it cools … Continue reading
Minus One
Jakarta 30th January 2013 Staying in hotels as you travel is a good part of our experience as lighting designers, certainly if you design lighting for hotels for a living. These few days in Jakarta I am put up in … Continue reading
And the cowboys keep coming…
Singapore 14th January 2013 This year will be like the last one…a continuous fight against the LED cowboys. I was confronted to it yet again twice today. Once just by public observation and once through my professional dealings. I had … Continue reading
Planes, trains and automobiles
Lingshui, Hainan, 27th November 2012 This is one of those exciting days when you go to site for the first time. I think it is always a special moment in the life a project, the first time you set foot … Continue reading
The lumen – candela ratio
Singapore, 23rd November 2012 You always learn or realise something new, even after 30 years in the business. Today as a new product range was introduced to me by one of my suppliers the issue of quality and performance came … Continue reading
When you leave it to suppliers
Singapore, 22nd November 2012 Overnight flights, specifically the shorter ones, regardless whether you fly business class, are still quite tiring, certainly if you have walked a site for 3 days in a row and dealt with emotional contractors :). Yes … Continue reading
Painting with light
Mumbai, 20th November 2012 Today painting with light got a whole new meaning for me… In Mumbai for the first stage commissioning of one of my hotel projects, I got some serious “lighting” shocks. Due to approval issues and budget … Continue reading
Value engineering…again!
Singapore, 16th November 2012 This is not the first time I have ranted about value engineering. Today was another frustrating day in staying calm and politely, and politically correctly, explaining to the client the value of doing a proper mock … Continue reading
Specifications
Singapore, 16th October 2012 How critical are lighting specifications? In this day and age, where we have to deal with a continuously moving target called LED technology, getting your specifications right is quite a challenge. And quite frankly after all … Continue reading
Now and then
Singapore, 3rd October 2012 As I am struggling again with my laptop, looking for un-findable files, then try opening files with un-willing software programs that erratically do something else then what I want, I am thinking back to the time … Continue reading
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