Breather

All these ever straining works.

As my good friend says; as our profession demands, perhaps we wouldn't get married.
we will, but maybe when we're turning 50.
Fuelling myself with what I like most; read books. sketches. spend more time with my mom n sis.
I need this breathing space.

Hoping all is for the good, with good intention.



Praying the best for you. God bless.

no entry

Non-architectural. Artline 0.4 & 0.6 on tracing paper as door blinder / cover.

Missed doing these kinda stuff.

joyoux capricorn

Congratulations hisham; fellow capricorn & terendakian

On paper

Progress? or lack of it?

It's been 2 and a half year I'm practising (or hauling my ass hard for) architecture.

I wish all my designs would be on ground. It cant be all, hoping some interesting ones would.

The parameter...lets just say I enjoyed most of it. There's the hard times; staying up late for days n weeks, getting pushed and pushed to produce good works in period of seconds, whilst (I guess it's just me) being under appreciated. I mean, really under appreciated.

I longed for the days where I can design like I give a damn, where I can really think and push something for, involved and making more details of my own; alas, time is not a privilege.

That's the challenge working in a medium size office i think, where you juggle your mind between anything and everything. I get lil bit of jealous how the boys in the big mega firm can concentrate on designs more, their toys compared to our office's, their trips, and get paid really good bucks for it.

Its not the bucks that we (me) want; its the appreciation, the empathy of what I have committed to.

bored

some stuff out of boredom. n down with fever.

will upload some of the thai trip's pics later. godbless

Cosmopolis

“Property is no longer about power, personality and command. It's not about vulgar display or tasteful display. Because it no longer has weight or shape. The only thing that matters is the price you pay. Yourself, Eric, think. What did you buy for your one hundred and four million dollars? Not dozens of rooms, incomparable views, private elevators. Not the rotating bedroom and computerized bed. Not the swimming pool or the shark. Was it air rights? The regulating sensors and software? Not the mirrors that tell you how you feel when you look at yourself in the morning. You paid the money for the number itself. One hundred and four million. This is what you bought. And it's worth it. The number justifies itself.”

from Cosmopolis. I need to find more readings like this, brain-exercise material.

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.