raya!

 

Selamat Hari Raya Aidilfitiri people.
i dont update my blogs as I used to, and i would probably be updating less n less.
some list of earphonium. Maaf zahir batin, and have a blessed eid ;)


Barbarossa - Stone
Michelle Featherstone - Careful
Gabrielle Aplin - Home
mumford & sons - Ghost that we know
taylor swift (ft. civil wars) - safe and sound (tho i prefer the jayaslee's cover)
Madeleine Peyroux - La Javanaise
Benji Hughes - Waiting for an invitation
Correatown - All the world

Pusing Pusing

If everyone seems to have a problem with you, then you should sit and think hard why so. Blaming anyone else instead, making new stories along the way wouldn't improve things. gesundheit.

New stuff im working on for 2 days. enjoying it, so its not a strain ;) If only i got more time to chip in some details. I want to expose the ceiling to give it a more rustic and informal atmosphere.

Its basically an annex building next to a heritage building. The main idea was to be in tandem with the heritage building, and at the same time giving it a modern facelift.

Need to work more on my sketches. Getting stiff, my sketch is.

inquest

"we join the inquisition, regardless we're of dark or light, seeking of balance, because of fear. fear of when there is no equilibrium between dark and light. fear of the substance, for people and also for others."
-High Vampire Witezislav-

How does this transpire into politics? Can politicians really thought of the greater goods instead of each own perspectives?


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Dieter Ram's 10

1.Good Design Is Innovative : The possibilities for innovation are not, by any means, exhausted. Technological development is always offering new opportunities for innovative design. But innovative design always develops in tandem with innovative technology, and can never be an end in itself.

2.Good Design Makes a Product Useful : A product is bought to be used. It has to satisfy certain criteria, not only functional but also psychological and aesthetic. Good design emphasizes the usefulness of a product while disregarding anything that could possibly detract from it.

3.Good Design Is Aesthetic : The aesthetic quality of a product is integral to its usefulness because products are used every day and have an effect on people and their well-being. Only well-executed objects can be beautiful.

4.Good Design Makes A Product Understandable : It clarifies the product’s structure. Better still, it can make the product clearly express its function by making use of the user’s intuition. At best, it is self-explanatory.

5.Good Design Is Unobtrusive : Products fulfilling a purpose are like tools. They are neither decorative objects nor works of art. Their design should therefore be both neutral and restrained, to leave room for the user’s self-expression.

6.Good Design Is Honest : It does not make a product more innovative, powerful or valuable than it really is. It does not attempt to manipulate the consumer with promises that cannot be kept

7.Good Design Is Long-lasting : It avoids being fashionable and therefore never appears antiquated. Unlike fashionable design, it lasts many years – even in today’s throwaway society.

8.Good Design Is Thorough Down to the Last Detail : Nothing must be arbitrary or left to chance. Care and accuracy in the design process show respect towards the consumer.

9.Good Design Is Environmentally Friendly : Design makes an important contribution to the preservation of the environment. It conserves resources and minimises physical and visual pollution throughout the lifecycle of the product.

10.Good Design Is as Little Design as Possible : Less, but better – because it concentrates on the essential aspects, and the products are not burdened with non-essentials. Back to purity, back to simplicity.

(Original source from Archdaily)

It applies to architecture as well, certainly about design being long-lasting, honest, meticulous, and little intervention as possible. it goes beyond beautiful. thru and thru thinking of how our design should react, and interact, both to humans and built environment.

2012 Reading Project #1

Eat Slay Love / Jesse petersen.

I would say its more towards light readings; obviously taking pun of the Eat.Pray.Love.
easygoing, fast, a lil bit too much feminine side of view, but it was okay.

need serious reading.

2012: 1st entry

meet the new panda

well, it might be late, we're already into the 5th day of 2012.

some little recap, reflection. so, how's 2011 been going on?

we start on architecture; i think it went ok, nothing amazing, and not stale either, though I love some of the projects im working on (scroll the pics below). Some of the work strains (and unprofessional attitude) dent the spirit sometimes, but if you didn't feel the pain, you're not really in the game. hoping to learn more, be better, more patience, and insyaAllah, a better reward accordingly to my efforts.

Next, Ive started on a reading projects; totalled 17 new books and novels so far last year. need to work out on that as well, though I'm a lil bit choosy when it comes to readings.

Favorite (cynism) subject will be weight. I've amassed more weights in the last 3 months when I'm driving more than using the public transport. sigh. so: here's to a more healthy lifestyle this year.

Social life? Ive spend less time with my friends, though we do have white water rafting, karaoke and iftar together. they're married! so there's a new dimension somehow in my social circle

Blogging? I've less space and time to do so. But I'm thinking of smacking a lot more artworks and sketches this year. No promises though.

So that's all to it.till next time.

processing

early career brainstorming sessions. various. i wish i can get my wacom asap. (click here)

im an old man

im start listening to slow, very slow songs.

i still read the sports sections first, and though i didnt bother much about politics (its getting stale and boring, really, all these humbugs accusations and counter-accusations), i read business and properties and the likes instead of the usual cartoon strips.

so, we're having more, say, stylish, boutique, executive office towers. mind you, it wouldnt come cheap. and we're cramming soho and what's not into the city. im personally worried of the trend, whether we will be spaced out by oversupply of office towers. I mean, look; is every single office in KL is fully occupied?

The property gurus kept saying that the property's bubble is definitely up, but it wont go bu(r)st. wonder who appreciate properties that their prices are as it is now?

sustainability, isnt just about green and environment and energy, but also financially. there are so many high-end properties being built, has been, and will be; where as in reality, how many of us can really afford it?

it would be sweet to design a 50 mil bungalow. but it will be more meaningful to design within a really limited budget, but gives a bigger impact as a whole.

just a tongue-in-cheek, i know we appreciate design and form and ideas more, but definitely, this one's worth pondering about.


idealism.sometimes.gesundheit.


read something bout vietnam the other day; click here.

no 16 & 17

the immortal life of henrietta lacks / rebecca skloot

The Time Traveler's Wife / Audrey Niffenegger

getting less time to update my blog; things getting busier, hopefully, the rewards is justified.

and I wish to have more new readings!

This is 3d

Some guy just added me up on fb. didnt know whether he's a super junior or a super senior. ah. the power of facebook; inter-mapping human's relation and network.

By the way what really caught my attention is his 3d works.
have a look (click here)

I remember Logo saying something bout 3d professionals, and this guys is really in his elements.

now this is what I call 3d.

You can earn a good living (better in fact) making and visualizing 3d models, in fact one of my senior has his own 3d firms.

BUT, never let the 3d dictates your design. its a tool of visualization and interpretation of design thoughts. I always remember what dr rashid reminds us; become the master of the tool (in this case, at that time, it was sketchup, but along the way, i realize he's commending on other softwares as well. you dont DEPEND on the softwares, you USE them), and not letting the tool master you. I have the (un)fortunate chance to work with one; he's always bitching why his model has more memory than I am, why I can work mine smoothly, and his design form is limited by what he can use of the software. understand the tool, then you can get the tool to work for you. then you can do weird forms to your will (but justify your design!)


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