Category Archives for light watch
Look and learn
Bangkok 22nd February 2012 Another trip, another hotel! As hospitality lighting is a big chunk of our daily work as lighting designers it is obvious that we check out the lighting in every hotel we stay. We learn from others … Continue reading
Between hope and glory
Delhi 17-18th February 2012 What an interesting day it was yesterday…and once again always expect the unexpected! A presentation that had been planned to start a 1pm, with 4 teams presenting 30 minutes each, finally only started at 2.30pm to … Continue reading
Presentation and anticipation
En route to Delhi, 16th February 2012 The next two months will be pretty full on travelling…I am in the lounge waiting for the boarding announcement for my flight to Delhi as I write this entry and upload later … Continue reading
bLEEDing away
Singapore 15th February 2012 There is this new craze from companies, corporate institutions and hotel operators who are coming out with these design guidelines to comply with LEED certifications, Green Marks to look like a responsible company. I don’t know … Continue reading
Are you Linked-In?
Singapore 13th February 2012 If having a website and being connected to the internet was the key for staying in business just a few years ago (Bill Gates once famously said that those companies not on the world wide web … Continue reading
There is a time for everything
Singapore 11th February 2012 It got late yesterday and as you may have noticed I am a bit more relaxed about my daily blogging…:) Had some meetings yesterday, including a presentation of our lighting concept for a mock up room … Continue reading
Lighting Design; art and science
Singapore 9th February 2012 Sometimes I wonder about those who practice lighting design as a profession. Today’s thoughts are triggered by a very enlightening meeting I had today with an architect/ developer who contrary to most people was very knowledgeable … Continue reading
Switch logic
Singapore 8th February 2012 I wish there was a software program that could work out a switch logic for residential and public places. We spent nearly a day on figuring out a logic for the location of switches and laying out … Continue reading
Dynamic mood lighting
Singapore 7th February 2012 As lighting designers we are the magicians that create the moods and ambiances for the various places we design for. We are in the middle of designing the concepts for a business hotel, a shopping mall … Continue reading
War of supplies
Singapore 6th February 2012 One of our greatest challenges as lighting designers is getting the lights that we want. We can all dream about the lighting effects and the beautiful light fittings that we would like to see installed but … Continue reading
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