ABOUT US

Martin is the founder and principal of the company that was rebranded as Klaasen Lighting Design in 2011 and now simply Klaasen.  Many of his designs have received national and international lighting design awards.  His expertise and experience spans all applications with projects around the globe.  Martin is also passionate about sharing his knowledge through various media on his Light Talk platform, including interviews, blogs and vlogs, articles and his books.  Light Talk enjoys a worldwide group of followers.

Amanda has a bachelor degree in Design (Product Design) from the Curtin University of Technology Australia. She joined Martin Klaasen and his team at Lighting Images in 2007. Over the years Amanda has gradually gained her experience in lighting design and project management through the many projects she has been involved with. Her dedicated commitment, diligent approach to work and attention to details has been appreciated by her colleagues, her clients and other project consultants.

Her expertise includes a variety of applications such as residential, commercial and hospitality projects. She has been involved a large number of high end hotel projects such as Intercontinental, Hyatt, Anantara, Angsana, Raffles, Sheraton and Marriot Hotels and has travelled to project sites to coordinate the lighting implementation with the client and site team.

Cheryline graduated with Bachelor of Arts in Architecture, National University of Singapore. Prior to joining the lighting industry in 2007, Cheryline was a design manager leading a team of designers and animators at OASE Asia Pacific, the international design center of a renowned German water fountains manufacturer.

On joining Lighting Images, starting her career as a lighting designer and project manager, she honed her skills under Martin Klaasen working on a variety of projects, such as residential, commercial and hospitality projects.

Cheryline’s expertise covers most lighting applications from interior spaces to exterior landscape and façade lighting. Her expertise is highly appreciated at KLAASEN as she continues to be involved in designing the lighting for the world’s leading hotel chains such as Hyatt and Shangri-La.

Jordan has been with Klaasen for 5 years, beginning his career in Lighting Design from the Singapore office where he was mentored by Martin and the Singapore team on all aspects of Lighting Design. During this time he also completed his Master’s Degree in Architectural Lighting and Design Management from HS Wismar. Since then, Jordan has relocated to Lisbon, Portugal, where he heads up the latest KLD office, managing projects in Europe and the Middle East. With a background in Landscape Architecture, Jordan has been involved in private and public projects in North America, Asia, the Middle East and now Europe.

Aishah is a graduate from Temasek Polytechnic, School of Design, majoring in Environment Design. During her school days she was exposed to various landscape and public design fundamentals, one of her works includes the recreation of a public space at Raffles Place Park for her final major assignment. Starting her career as a junior lighting designer, then assisting her senior designers in various commercial and residential projects, now Aishah continues to progress and contribute to the team as senior lighting designer.

Anggi is a graduate from Universitas Gadjah Mada (UGM) Yogyakarta Indonesia, majoring in Engineering Architecture.  In 2014, she interned at KLAASEN Jakarta Office as part of an Internship Program.  Since graduating, Anggi continued to pursue a career in lighting design after brief roles in architecture and property development.  Now she assists the KLAASEN Singapore team on various projects.

Ririe Ardiningrum is a graduate from Universitas of Indonesia, Jakarta Indonesia, majoring in Interior Architecture.  She expanded into all aspects of lighting design previously assisting the Klaasen Jakarta team between 2014-2016, designing lighting concepts for commercial, residential, and offices.  Ririe joins us in Singapore where she continues to support our Asian projects.

Delfira is responsible for administration and accounts related issues for the KLAASEN team. She handles office documentation, human resources as well as project contracts, invoicing and other various duties.