Little Trivia

Dancing

2012-02-07T20:29:00.001Z

Dancing Plague of 1958

Packaging Essentials

2011-12-24T16:56:00.003Z

Packaging Essentials
100 Design Principles For Creating Packages

Rockport

Julian Callous

2011-12-13T11:39:00.002Z

A LA-based illustrator. I like his use of color and clean drawing. I am just a kindergarten level illustrator :-)

Russian Avant Garde

2011-12-05T15:37:00.000Z

El Lissitzky's Beat the Whites with the Red Wedge, poster. ( 1919-20 )

Masterpiece lol

Incorrect Product

2011-11-25T22:46:00.001Z

Seeing Jeremy Hutchison's work I was in the fine art graduation show 2011 of Slade School UCL.

The project is to create a product made with an error. The error must make it impossible to use the product for its ordinary purpose; the factory worker must choose what error to make: it is entirely his/ her decision. The artist would accept whatever the worker choose to make.

Tinne van den Bossche

2011-11-25T21:56:00.000Z

I encounter this illustrator's work in an library in Antwerpen.

I love her paper cutting style, together with composition of the images.

Josh Cochran

2011-11-24T23:47:00.000Z

Josh Cochran

One of my favourite illustrators !!!

I like his clean style, a mix of hand-drawing with color.

Mekanik Strip

2011-11-22T19:23:00.002Z

Nice comic store in Antwerpen

http://www.ximeralabs.com/mekanik/
(www.mekanik-strip.be)

St. Jacobsmarkt 73 2000 Antwerpen

I bought the Sketch Travel there.

Ulrich Meister

2011-11-18T18:40:00.002Z

Paul Belford

2011-11-16T18:51:00.000Z

Little response to this week's Wednesday lecture///

Content of the lecture is truly inspiring.

Although I am an illustration student, I am not satisfied just into drawing and image making; I love typography, photography... print-making,etc. This lecture gave me insights how cross-disciplinary knowledge can work together.

“An adv. doesn't look like an adv.; God is in the details.” I like these quotation.

The lecture began with talking about the attitude towards awards.

Who doesn't want to be appreciated and acclaimed? We better have to understand that fame does not always equal to success, in term of creative work. This is not limited to the creative industry.

Grid Systems in graphic design by Josef Muller-Brockmann

2011-11-04T14:39:00.000Z

This book gives from very basic on size of paper to the use of grid in three dimension in our life.

Especially like the construction of the grid and the variation of playing with grid fields.

Public Art in Hong Kong

2011-10-31T08:41:00.003Z

My interest in the contemporary psychogeography has extended into public art. It makes me more curious about the work in Hong Kong.

Here is a quick interest research I found.

cnngo.com/hong-kong/

The Happy Man by Larry Bell, an American artist.

This massive sculpture is located outside Langham Place in Monk Kok.

The scale of work together with the ambience looks irrelevant but I do like the shape of the sculpture. Despite its title as Happy Man, it looks as if a man wants to escape from this compacted city.

The link also shows other sculptures in Hong Kong. I am pretty sure there are better examples in somewhere else. Those golden sculptures are not art, at least in the sense of aesthetic approach. This is not even the intended idea for the donors. ;-)

Further reading: Library in Denmark. (Chinese) >>>

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Today's discovery of artist is Jonathan Borofsky.

Do check about his drawing.

I particularly like Humanity in Motion, as it can be associated with planking. It reminds me work of Antony Gormley, playing with body-shaped sculpture and height difference.

Humanity in Motion by Johnathan Borofsky

Comcast Center, Philadelphia, 2008.

Nothing Personal (2009)

2011-10-30T20:38:00.003Z

I was attracted to watch this movie because of the clean poster design.

One of the songs features in the movie. Beautiful melody.

Have you crazed for something or someone ?

Erila Somogi

2011-10-28T13:40:00.000+01:00

Erika Somogi Brooklyn-based situation painter.

Design Lecture - Tom Uglow Google Man

2011-10-26T21:57:00.001+01:00

This Wednesday lecture was given by Tom Uglow.
I am not really clear about the main theme of the talk. I found his Tee with sketching of pens and pencils with two bold words – "Draw More" much amusing.

Probably I am not a technology and coding person, and I have seen much mentioned today on Google and Youtube before, and the poor lighting control, I was pretty distracted.

Information design sounds a promising pathway in the present and future design development. I preciously remembered Michael, my design PhD friend had told me this seriously three years ago. The conference host by Casey Fenton about the movement of Couch Surfing last month also applied much technique from information design to visualize the complicated data.

Anyway, I like Uglow mentioned that "Grab the luck in front of you".

I got improvement this year as I don't fell asleep in lecture time anymore. This must be the effect of the nice interior and size of the lecture hall. :-)

P.S Tom Uglow's website is much inspiring.

Postcard

2011-10-26T21:41:00.000+01:00

As part of my dissertation research ( when I was still struggling with Travel as my research topic), my tutor suggested me to look into the postcard collection of John Hinde. It looks amazing. Unlike the prevalent landscape/ cityscape postcards with awful layout available on the market, Hinde's pieces look very poetic. Ohoh! John Stezaker should use them for his next collage series.

Design Lecture - Identity

2011-10-19T23:54:00.001+01:00

The lecture was given by professor Phil Baines, expert in typography, covering three sectors, including Penguin Books; Poster & Publication work (Matt's Gallery); Identity & Place ( CSM at Kings X, Bombing Immemorial 2005, Indian Ocean Tsunami Memorial).

I found the Penguin books section most interesting, as it relates much to illustration. The use of color and simple design with illustration shape the style of the long-standing identity of the book publisher.

The use of typeface in Bombing Immemorial also sounds fascinating. Adjusting the weight and width of san serif typeface based on the optical reason makes the overall style look modern.

Michael Katakis x British Library

2011-10-17T14:00:00.000+01:00

Among the works of Michael Katakis in the British Library exhibition, this image impressed me most.

Michael Katakis Photographs will be open from 11 October – 20 November 2011 / Folio Society Gallery / Free

MMarsicano

2011-10-14T20:43:00.000+01:00

http://www.mmarsicano.com/

I hope one day my work can be as strong as this man. He is so cool.

Weather

2011-09-07T13:14:00.000+01:00

Roni Horn ( b. 1955)

You Are the Weather.
(installation shot), 1994-96

Umbrella 傘

2011-09-05T00:41:00.001+01:00

Sparrow 文雀

Triangle 鐵三角

The Umbrellas of Cherbourg

BBC: Banksy graffiti 'should be listed' argues university

2011-08-23T08:58:00.000+01:00

Banksy

Mr Webster, a solicitor specialising in planning law, argues existing legislation on graffiti "is aimed entirely at prevention and removal".

Last year the Abbey Road zebra crossing in London, which appeared on a Beatles album, was given Grade II listing.

According to Mr Webster, the Listed Planning System "is not designed for the purpose of preserving graffiti".

interesting. should the pieces of work by Banksy, containing both message and aesthetic remains?

how gov perceive this kind of movement if it is packaged as art ?

flatmate chat

2011-08-20T11:34:00.002+01:00

The Journey To The West ( Book)
www.freeeonlinedocumentary.com
Criminal Mind (US)
Greater Thinker BBC
Yes Prime Minster, Yes Minster ( BBC)
Echlon Conspiracy, 2009 ( movie)
The Book of Eli

suggested by Jing Xu. (Political Science in LSE)

In The Blink Of An Eye

2011-08-19T01:42:00.000+01:00

“In The Blink Of An Eye” a perspective on film editing
by Walter Murch

1. Cuts & Shadow Cuts
2. Why Do Cuts Work
( Visual discontinuously )
3. But Out the Bad Bits.
Structure/ Color/ Dynamics/ Manipulation Time

DNA - uncut film
Code - editor
4. Sound produce great effect
engaging imagination
5. The Rule of Six

emotion
story
rhythm
eye trace
2D plane of screen
3D space of action

7. various interpretation

10. Decisive Moment

20.Set up. (no. of frame). 2.3 Sequence

capture.

16 panels > Book

Keep on working until I cannot see myself in the material.

2011-08-18T22:07:00.002+01:00

http://digitaldialects.com/

2011-08-18T21:40:00.000+01:00

http://www.guydelisle.com/blog/guydelisle

A showcase of Quilts, Cushions, Cards and Paintings.

2011-08-05T18:31:00.001+01:00

Very nice and bright color combination.
My favourite is fish and beach, the collage painting, with subtle depth.
The sharp color and short stroke adds vividness to the images.

The ink the artist used is Ecoline ( can be found in Paintworks in East London)

Stewartmartinjohnson@hotmail.co.uk

The exhibition is in Craft Central,
33-35 St. John's Square
London EC1M 4DS

Franco Albini's Veliero

2011-07-07T20:28:00.000+01:00

Franco Albini ( 1905-1977) Veliero bookcase in Milan

the double-sided bookcase acts as a porous room divider.

Motif: philosophy of transparency, of lightness.

Harri Peccinotti X Nova Magazine

2011-07-07T02:44:00.000+01:00

Nova Magazine Design

On the first issue of Nova Magazine, contained no fashion images, no big color pictures story.
-colorful thing in the middle. red color paper to catch reader's attention

Harri Peccinotti :
-design headline font :“Harry Fat face” type
-layout magazine
-manage visual style
-takes erotic photography

Read in P.202 nico magazine # 05 2011,

Ablade Glover

2011-07-05T19:35:00.001+01:00

I encounter Ablade Glover's work in October Gallery, which is five minutes walk from the Central Saint Martins Southampton Road Campus. His work does not focus much on the detail, but the atmosphere and power conveyed through the stroke are very impressive and contagious.

Yellow Profile

Don't Here

Market Squares

Illustration I look at...

2011-07-05T13:44:00.001+01:00

Nathan Franco Marques

I pretty like this person's work.

Wim Crouwel X PechaKucha X Design Museum London

2011-07-02T21:22:00.000+01:00

By chance, I managed to get the last two PechaKucha tickets with Pauline Yao for the amazing 1st of July in Design Museum. Wim Crouwel's clean design, with grid in his top priority is my taste. Spending nearly three years in a design school, I feel distant with typography, always feel like the typefaces are related to the western history, with which myself is not familiar. Crouwel's modern design, opens my horizons. It seems typo can be much fun. Seeing his work in Total Design, I wonder if illustration can work with this typography in a clear, Less Is More style?

The curation is fantastic. The display tables are in grid as well.

Who says typographer is a fashion nerd?

My second attendance in PechaKucha was full of joy. The 11 speakers brought different perspective about/ related the work with Wim, although a few of them were more like self-promotion.

Here are my best favourites speaker.

Amsterdam, typical Dutch, with a sense of humour.

Talking great designers' dressing style. What a laughing day.

Oh! I also coincidently met Ayse, my design classmate. She just sat right in front of me. What a lovely day.

Future reading:

The architecture angle of the show

Be a Doll

2011-07-02T18:53:00.002+01:00

Be a doll

Wellcome Collection

2011-06-19T21:41:00.000+01:00

Dirt

Neil Armstrong: “Mystery createswonder and wonder is the basic of man's desire.”

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Medicine Now

Ellie Harrison,
recording what have eaten in a year of her 22.

Andrea Duncans
“Karyotype”
23 paris of socks imitate the gene series.

Amazed by the Bacterial colony picker.

Slade school, Fine Art, Graduation show

2011-06-19T21:33:00.000+01:00

Cornelia Baltes
www.corneliabaltes.com

Atsuko Nakamura
atsukonakamuraaarts.web.fc2.com

David Parker
davidparkerillustration222.blogspot.com

Collage, Critical image

2011-06-19T12:48:00.000+01:00

Peter Kennard

Orange portrait

2011-05-10T21:25:00.000+01:00

I miss you Netherlands. Do you miss me as well ?

FoMu

2011-05-05T12:27:00.002+01:00

Monkey With A Movie Camera

2011-04-13T18:10:00.003+01:00

Letters to Angola from joseph sharp on Vimeo.

2011-04-06T18:11:00.001+01:00

Centre Pompidou

2011-03-20T19:41:00.002Z

Ever Meulen “Verve”

Asian Collage !?

2011-03-19T10:07:00.002Z

Recently, I am interested into the subject of collage, especially after seeing John Stezaker's retrospective exhibition in White Chapel Gallery ( which ened on 19 March 2011). The curiosity and eager about how the work derivates from the original materials given another interpretation of a subject matter. It also leads me to question if there are any artist or illustrators from Hong Kong that have worked with collage as a medium to express their messages.

Coincidently, my friend, L, who studied in Fine Art in Hong Kong visited London. Finally I got a chance to have dinner with him and my best friend, his girlfriend~before his departure. L knew much about the HK art society, and I got a name from him, Jerry Kwan 關晃 ( 1934 - 2008).

Kwan worked with paper cutting. It triggers me how his collage works show an world of an artist's thinking.

Would explore this topic more later on.

Cinema Peroni

2011-03-12T18:46:00.000Z

I stumbled to watch this outdoor movie on Saturday in Old Street, London.

Well, I enjoyed most the mini-size popcorn.

British Art Show 7 - In The Days of The Comet

2011-03-09T22:44:00.001Z

My personal favourite :

Milena Dragicevic - Particularly like her style, with color use, unattached distant feeling.

Christian Marclay - The clock- Collecting footage about clock and time from films to make a 24 hours film, the time mentioned in the movie synchronize with the reality time. Isn't it cool !!!

*Maaike Schoorel - really minimalism in term of mark making, even simpler than Ulrich Meister ( Switzerland artist). I like the “Het echtpaar” with black background, a few brush strokes with very light color that at first glance, you barely see anything. After looking carefully, the bigger images come out, it gives me a sense of dreaming.

Charles Avery - His massive black & white, pencil and water color painting about the harbor in detail is a master piece. And nice typography drawing ( haha I notice in the character there is someone picking nose XD)

Roger Hiorns - “Bench, Fire, Youth” a naked man was sitting on the top of the bench, right hand side of the bench with burning fire. That is not much explaining about this installation, but I am surprised to see a real man there. Remind me of a piece of work from Sattachi Gallery, three men were crowded in the corner attentively looking at something, as you cannot see the men's faces, you would be attracted to get closer, until you realize you are being part of the exhibition together with the three mannequin.

my quick note ;-)

some nice pieces by the artists:
Alasdair Gray
Spartacus Chetwynd
Olivia Plender
Haroon Mirza

“I Want To See A Pigeon Poo Soap”

2011-03-05T23:59:00.000Z

The RCA design interaction graduate, Tuur Van Balen works with biotechnologist James Chappell to design bacteria that breaks down dirt. After eating it, the pigeons will defecate a “biological soup” and start cleaning the city.

Ref. P. 41 Icon Magazine, Iss. Nov 2010

Keynotes :

- add functionality to things that are seen as flying rats
- pigeon's previous human-related function is for delivery post & spy
- continue to push the idea further if it is ethically right

Stuck Stuck Stuck

2011-02-26T21:15:00.001Z

Having a hard time to understand what is a JOURNEY ? ( regarding to my college Unit 7 brief.) I haven not yet come out a actual story, my three metaphor journey versions were not working. So I am still trying to find inspiration that fit the brief, and also interested me.

Time would not be wasted, I convince myself.

I found two books that I particularly like most during researching.

“Aline And The Others” by Guy Delisle, composed of 26 stories, naming from A to Z with girls name. Short weird cartoon comics like style, short story about love and sex, with dark humor.

“While Exit Wounds” by Rutu Modan, a long comic, a man and a female solider tracing about the guy's missing father. brilliant keyframes editing, line drawing with captivating stories.

Finally watching Black Swan, starring by Natalie Portman. Gorgeous and dangerous. Walking between the line, I wonder if we have to loose your inner self to seek for perfection? I am curious.

I hope I will figure out what journey I will like to talk about 3 days left......

Portrait-Photo Brief

2011-02-13T17:57:00.000Z

The first photo brief I tried for this course.

We have induction on 7 Feb 2011 about the lighting in studio.

My trial shooting was 11 Feb, but the model got urgent event to leave...His girlfriend locked outside the door, and he had to be the hero to rush home.

Luckily, he and the technician managed to arrange the shooting time earlier, but as it is around lunch hour, everyone seemed not in a good mood.

But everyone was nice...

A good try, even I made crap photos, I did try to do it.

In The Blink of An Eye

2011-02-12T15:40:00.002Z

The book, written by Walter Murch, is recommended by Esteban, my animation tutor.

At first, I thought it would be another lengthy theoretical textbook, about editing. To my surprise, this 1 cm thick book gives me insight about how to present story-telling, with simple daily life metaphor to explain complicated concept.

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“In The Blink Of An Eye” a perspective on film editing
by Walter Murch

1. Cuts & Shadow Cuts
2. Why Do Cuts Work
( Visual discontinuously )
3. But Out the Bad Bits.
Structure/ Color/ Dynamics/ Manipulation Time

DNA - uncut film
Code - editor
4. Sound produce great effect
engaging imagination
5. The Rule of Six

emotion
story
rhythm
eye trace
2D plane of screen
3D space of action

7. various interpretation

10. Decisive Moment

20.Set up. (no. of frame). 2.3 Sequence

capture.

16 panels > Book

Keep on working until I cannot see myself in the material.

The King's Speech

2011-02-08T20:35:00.005Z

Although I was so tired, working an extra swap as last min for my colleague, I engaged to the movie wholeheartedly......

A day of Talks on the Subject of Illustration

2010-12-15T13:35:00.006Z

While still busy in elective, I took a break to attend the illustration forum at CSM 11/F for University College Falmouth. I could just participate the morning section, unfortunately, the Artworks not to show up at the last minute.

The first speaker, Fig Taylor, portfolio consultant from AOI, gave a view of different types of illustration, how to get the potential clients...... I found the speech a bit bored, maybe I have read the relevant information before. To those who have never get such information, would engage in the talk.

Her recent published book

"How to Create a Portfolio & Get Hired: A Guide for Graphic Designers and Illustrators" published by Laurence King

...replaces the Artworks, a CSM graduate. He showcased quite a lot of his sketchbooks work and studio place. I enjoyed his talk.

The afternoon speakers had Matthew Richardson from Heart Agency and Noma Bar, presented by Dutch Uncle Agency.

Dior Illustrated: René Gruau and the Line of Beauty

2010-11-15T16:34:00.031Z

Until 9 Jan 2011　　　
　
“A celebration of the renowned illustrator René Gruau (1909-2004), who created some of the most iconic fashion images of the 20th century. This exciting exhibition showcases groundbreaking artworks including original illustrations for Christian Dior Parfums, vintage perfume bottles, sketches and magazines, as well as a selection of Dior Haute Couture dresses personally chosen by John Galliano including a special dres designed by Galliano himself, in homage to Gruau.
René Gruau’s bold lines and fluid style were perfectly in tune with the spirit of Dior, capturing the energy, elegance and audacity of the brand. His illustrations also tell of a special understanding Gruau had of Christian Dior himself, born of a close friendship between the two men. Gruau influenced the graphic style of a whole generation of fashion illustrators and the exhibition features specially commissioned pieces from five UK based illustrators, whose works draws inspiration from the rich collaboration between Gruau and the House of Dior.”

　　　　　　　　　　　　

Eadweard Muybridge/ Rachel Whiteread, Tate Britain

2010-09-23T12:30:00.043+01:00

Eadweard Muybridge

Tate Britain 8 September 2010 – 16 January 2011

“British-born Eadweard Muybridge was the man who famously proved a horse can fly. Adapting the very latest technology to his ends, he proved his theory by getting a galloping horse to trigger the shutters of a bank of cameras. This experiment proved indisputably for the first time what no eye had previously seen – that a horse lifts all four hooves off the ground at one point in the action of running. Seeking a means of sharing his ground-breaking work, he invented the zoopraxiscope, a method of projecting animated versions of his photographs as short moving sequences, which anticipated subsequent developments in the history of cinema.”

Rachel Whiteread

Tate Britain 8 September 2010 – 16 January 2011

“Rachel Whiteread is renowned for her evocative large-scale sculptures, but drawing has always remained one of her core activities. This exhibition offers a rare opportunity to explore her works on paper, most of which have never been shown before in a public gallery.

These collages and drawings provide a fascinating and intimate insight into the creative process behind Whiteread's work. While her sculptures are often large-scale and involve a team of fabricators, these paper works provide a more personal, mobile counterpoint. Nevertheless, they also share many of the themes familiar from her public commissions: texture and surface; void and presence; and the subtle observation of human traces in everyday life.”

I learn to float and fly in CSM

2010-05-01T00:36:00.002+01:00

Sleepwalking and Elephant from Venuswaiyee on Vimeo.

Monthly Journal - March

2010-03-31T20:23:00.000+01:00

Alan Fletcher: Fifty years of graphic work (and play)

周啟邦 sayonara~

2010-02-10T01:45:00.003Z

知道真係呆了一呆。細細個就留意佢倆。「明星仔」見報可能是兩三年之事，但係周氏伉儷係娛樂名流版的長青樹，仲要唔係畀人攻擊見報，永遠都係襯到靚靚，令人流下深刻印象。係我心中，周生周太絕對可以作為香港的一個文化代表﹣ICON (留學英國可能影響深遠）。試問有邊對夫妻由年輕到而家都可以堅持著情侣裝，仲要係高難度試範，閃閃金色，shocking pink。希望邦邦早日安息，白蓮達可以節哀順便。

Unit 3, Pick and Mix, 2010 Prediction

2010-02-05T23:16:00.010Z

First time to upload my work this year.

Here it is :

Working from 3 pm to 5 am, accompanied with Cadbury chocolate biscuit, together with 《打出十人行》, 《每當變幻時》, 《十分鍾情》, 《再生號》, 《漫畫風雪》，《手紙～拝啓十五の君へ～》, 《一首簡單的歌》, "Material Girls" 3 episodes. XD. Man's power is so unpredictable.

"Sometimes it can be quite lonely, and the loneliness doesn’t end until you take that music from your heart and make it happen for the world to hear. Once you’ve shared it with the audiences, then you are at peace." quoted from Leehom's diary on 12-18 Aug,2000 No.10. I now, realize how it can be, as it is the same to an illustrator.

Finally, it comes to illustration. Thank you Hyemi and May to sign my name on the registration list. I have heard from the adv. tutor that on the brief day people would be crazy, and run around. But I didn't expect it actually happen. I went to college quite early ( my one and only time so far :) ) in order to get a close place to the stage, hoping to get the register easily. Then it turned out as what we predicted, all the other project briefs were placed next to us, unless that for the illustration. When it was ready to sign up, people flew to the corner like bees. It feels like crazy discount in Burberry or 「街市買餸」. I was shocked. My plan B was signing the information brief for "Mapping making". Maybe people love challenge, I sent a text to my friend to help me!!! Oh! I also have ar May, as she is a strong fighter. It seemed my opportunity cost was only the "map-brief", while the chance to get a place was getting greater...May ran from the door to the opposite side within a second, squeezing into the crowd. It was so horrible when the note was right in front of you, you could hardly put your hand getting near. Some even wrote on the empty place. ...

What I have learnt from this project, " When there is a will, there is a way". XD

see my ☺ in No.10. XD wakakaka

R.I.P

2010-01-28T19:07:00.002Z

ai...
Today seems to be the first official day for the course. After the Monday movie sharing, I told myself silently, " hmm, the real challenge finally comes, and we are going to be busy, not to be lazy again" I thought I would be very excited for today's class. hmm, I still believed that I would. Until the early morning around 4:30 a.m, receiving the skype message from mum, "Uncle Fai has passed away on Monday night" ( leaving two little daughters.)

I did know he suffered from Cirrhosis, but I couldn't believe mortality finally happened.
His wife has told me it may be my last time to see him. On 24/09/2009, beforw heading to the pier, I wished him to take care, be strong. He sat on the sofa, gave me a sickly smile. The moment engraved in my mind precisely.

I only realize the truth a few days later. still feel so bad about this. And as usual, there are some people never put themselves into other's shoes. I wish they could at least show respect to the deceased and help a bit to the children.

Again and again, if the patient cannot overcome til Lunar New Year, that is hopeless... Life is so fragile... within these 6 years, before the Chinese New Year, the relatives passed away, consecutively, ai... This is a principle for human to leave and go to another blackhole. At the meantime, it leaves some sorrow to us...

May the God be with him. And he would united with gradpa/ma & uncle Keung.

Wandering over the YouTube Jan2010

2010-01-24T03:12:00.000Z

Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds

Signmark - Smells Like Victory

油麻地小輪

This video is a bit touching to me.
Cheung Chau pier (油麻地小輪)!?
"在片段中兩小孩過海去香港讀書彷如出國"
"知道啦！爸爸！"
Thank you for the advanced technology shortening the loss of distance.
OH! Patrick Tse is surely more charismatic than Nicholas Tse...

FbS:Daydreaming seems sweeter than night dream~

Paco and the Magical Picture Book(2008)

2010-01-18T19:26:00.001Z

At first, I am interested in this movie by the subject a frog prince and a magic illustration book.
It takes me two weeks to finish it. Touching plot with unexpected ending. Each character is depicted deeply, with their own troubles, but they collaborate to act in a play, organized by the unfriendly, notorious 大貫 uncle. Colour matching of Japanese style is always stunning.

The director, Tetsuya Nakashima 中島哲也,

his other works are still worth seeing, including Memories of Matsuko 嫌われ松子の一生(2006), Kamikaze Girls下妻物語 (2004).

Soundtracks - Juno + simply soundtracks

2010-01-13T19:12:00.000Z

As I bought a pair of boots with heels, my feet are hurt. I hesitated a few days, and finally caught by Camper again ... I will work hard .

Also, I got two albums from HMV! They are not new, £ 10 for 2, sounds like reasonable.

One of them is the "Juno" soundtrack. I was really interested in the film, and probably attributed to the simple but effective illustration's moving image and the pleasant-to-listen music. !!! I finally have it in 2010 !!! Wow wow ! lol Clapping XD . I keep looping it .

"All I Want is You" grabs my heart, the whole album with lovely melodies and beautiful lyrics. 5 stars.

The remaining one is a box of 4 CD " simply soundtracks" film music.

Yep, totally 5 CDs.

Although some may say you can hear them via Last.fm or downloading , if they are good works that can inspire you or make you feel great, I can't help but have an urge to own it. And that is the case, it just like you want to have the IT bag from a boutique. All are natural, so do support creative pieces by postive action♥ !

I was supposed to look for albums from Maximilian Hecker. Again, I purchased something else.

Life is so strange, at the same time, mysterical. You did not plan to go somewhere, like you have to use the 2/F washroom because the G/F is invaded, and then just right outside the door, you met someone with whom you would go travelling. Especially, you two did not meet/ call in often. What we go through everyday is like an episode, endless episodes. The cast is strong with different people, some would left suddenly, whereas new-comers may knock the door. I don't know how many I would own, I just want to enjoy and treasure every single of them. This may be my motto of this year and what I learn most from London.

Insomnia, first step to be out in 2010

2010-01-06T21:32:00.001Z

I could not have a proper sleep last night. Insomnia becomes a prevalent word in my limited vocabulary.

Staying in the house since 01 Jan til 05 Jan. It just makes me being a 宅女. And even sleep around 3-7am, wake up at 4pm. I don't know which time zone I am living in, but it suits quite well to chat with friends from HK. It is not my intention, just the results of insomnia. But I do have benefit, like working in a nearly silent atmosphere ( though my neighbour strikes drum sometimes at midnight)

Today is time to escape from my messy room, breath the fresh air, and try to be brave, and grab a chance that may slightly or chronically affect me in this new year. I went to bed by 1 a.m, woke up at 3 something, and hardly could I fall to sleep again. So much floating in my mind. Then I leave the bed at around 7:30 a.m. Coincidently seeing my mum online, so I must chat for a while. It was not until she asked me if London is snowy that I did not realize it is. See, I just level down the curtain, living in my own world for 5 days. I can't believe London would be that heavy snowy. Thanks to her, I check my journey in advance, and discover the Central Line is partly suspended, whcih indicates I have to date the tortoise speed Hammer Smith & City Line. The longer I stay in London, the more I appreciate MTR/ I hate the underground !!! The trains rarely arrive on time. But I do have to admit the scale of its system is much greater than that of Hong Kong. ( just a bit grumbling for what I am going to say!)

As it seriously affect my schedule, and I miss the lift when enter a building, leading me to walk 5 stories. Although I am offically not a late comer, it is still embarrassed to see everyone sitting properly listeing and chatting. Inside the boardroom, after gone through introduction of ouselves and what we did last night and how we feel to the organization. [( I can't utter a word in front of people when being silent for nearly a week not speaking much in english, it is so stupid... Anyway, my motto of this year, is " GO AHEAD! Don't look back !" This makes me feel so much better. ] There are two more tasks coming, like writing for priorizing the wait-to-do list in 30 minutes, and group "debate" about a specific given topic. Oh! I have only done once English debate in Hong Kong, the topics we have are "Would celebrites participating in charity really make a difference? Or just another way for them to boost their ego? " Coz we unanimously agree or even the topic doesn't have much to debate ( what makes me feel bad is people cannot give much feedback after what I say, because of my POINTLESS explaination??? " We tried another one like "Should the banker still have high wages and big bonus after the bank Crunch " At first, I was not so much the word "crunch" but when I am guessing, the discussion is already, and I have no idea how $$$ flows and UK market, to me "they are already so rich, so NO. (what an unlogical answer " I give empty to this question, which I personally this affect my chance to get in for a saving-Venus' financial plan .

Then collecting my certificate, which suppose to send to my hometown in July 2009. Then Selfridges to see whether I can get a pair of new boots. This is my needy thing, but it always be replaces by other interesting items. And finally I got it from DUNE. OH! And I swear I would never do any aimless shopping again......this year, I spend much much much than i expected today. Even leading me to worry if I can pay for my rent for in April. But what I gain is a brand-cosmetics does have magic power. Ooooppps.... I feel guilty now......

I have to work exceedingly hard as an-extra compensation... see how long I can go on.

In love with violence ?

2010-01-04T20:44:00.000Z

上網偶然click去睇我鍾意的ANTM model Elyse Sewell的消息，睇下佢個blog，八下同男友仲係咪一齊（我對外國人的戀情長度抱持一個好奇的態度！）......先知，佢地一齊七年啦！

不過亦只會係七年！唔係因為七年之癢，而係佢都經歷了過最近唔少報導關於情侶暴力的事件。！仲同男友一齊畀人拉了！（當然最後佢無事！）

係男朋友，會落得下手咩？

吸引我的係佢的回應：

"Jailors. America's Next Top Model fans, all. As the warden took pics of my bloody knuckles for evidence (!!!! evidence!)"

"So there goes that hand modeling job, huh? What's Tyra going to say about this?"

"On the drive home from Albuquerque to Portland, my ex-boyfriend got s**tfaced (drunk) and roughed me up in a Sacramento hotel. I escaped from the room through a blitzkrieg of violence and talked to hotel security, who called the fuzz (police)."

"Because he had a bite mark, inflicted in self-defence, on his arm, Marty told the police to press charges of domestic violence against me. Now I am a felon. I spent the night in jail."

"I wonder if he is not able to reach anyone. You can only make collect calls to landline numbers from jail. The only landline number I had memorized was my grandma's: I had to listen to her declining the charges (!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!) like fifteen times before the bail bondsman agreed to help me and call my mom on her cell."

"Soon I will find out whether I will be prosecuted or the District Attorney will drop the felony charges," the 25-year-old wrote. "Ugh, how distasteful that I even have to think about those boring legal words. Out with 'own recognizance.' In with 'puissance.' Out with 'remand.' In with 'undine.' Do not prosecute! Pray for mojo."

"The D.A. has rejected the case against me. I am free."

"I wish the same outcome for Marty and have no intention of pursuing any further legal action. I would not wish entanglement in the widening gyre of the American legal system upon my worst enemy... Expect few updates to this journal in the next couple of weeks as I will be untangling the web of seven years of cohabitation with my ex-boyfriend, packing up my shit, and thickening up a plot to travel and work in more temperate climes."

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Elyse 心地都真係幾好，仲可以保持a sense of humor，唔會擺個受害者款出來。wish her all the best !!!

香港方面：

報完警，要開埋開記招咁大件事!?
外傷有幾傷？

單從一位受害的女方角度，記招係咪必要呢!?

不過，動手動腳又真係> <"...打人已經唔o岩，仲要打個靚的女人！

2009 countdown

2010-01-04T20:26:00.000Z

I went to Waterloo Bridge for the countdown. Whie walking from Holbron to the bridge, I felt like one of the people in 2012, waiting to get on the survival-ship. Standing outdoor for more than one and half hour, (freezing !!!) at that moment, I just wished 2009 would leave asap !!!

People prevades the bank, and they looked like ants.

Thanks my friend M for taking the pictures.

It snowed after the countdown, when we took the last picture.

movies ＋同門

2009-12-29T20:57:00.000Z

Currently watched :

2012 - on Christmas night (what a special choice TxT)

《關人七事》

看完，像沒看。藝人的演出也不見深刻，某些人甚至可用爛易容。Leo飾演的鹹濕賤老闆倒是扮得入目三分，有想打他的衝動。唯一特別的是女同志Carol......的長相，長得有點像定欣。

《塚愛》

開頭蠻順的，後來剪接上劇情上有點突兀。
氣氛營造得太刻意。黑得不太正常。「為鍾意的人做傻事」這對白在戲內重複兩次，結局尾重複有畫蛇添足。小學同學芳婷不見得特別漂亮，卻是令人入迷的清秀陽光型。可惜，發揮不多。
全片故弄玄虛，誰是生誰是鬼。
概念有趣，不過眼高手低。

《同門》

又是余文樂。他跟《塚愛》表情沒有太大差異。尤幸今次做大佬身邊的貼身保鏢，睇入臉色做人，話唔駛多，喜怒不形於色亦屬合理。
驚(喜)見蔡少芬於電影出現。像《珠光寶氣》的大人物背後的醒目女人，又不似被小聰明所誤。電影中少見的黃貫中及恭碩良亦交足功課。
頗喜歡這部電影，算是近年看過後，不會呻笨的製作。人物刻劃分別。技巧運用吸引。不像其他電影畫公仔畫出腸。張樺的讀白語氣轉變，首尾呼應，恰到交待事件的變化。支線繁多，操縱得宜。最後爆出一個高潮......

●做卧底，女人都真係幾要豁出去。
●想知到警方安排新身份畀卧底，連細個的醫療記錄，學歷都做妥晒？

Films of 彭浩翔

2009-12-17T00:38:00.000Z

I accidentally watched 彭浩翔's two films within three days.

出埃及記 Exodus﹣﹣﹣﹣﹣﹣>伊莎貝拉 Isabella.

出埃及記 ( the policemen wear hydroscope, dress in weird look, waiting to hit notorious suspects under the image of Queen Elizabeth II)

出埃及記 ( Tsim Sir records the molester's statement, whom claimed he just collected evidence about women killing men by putting a DV camea in public loo to overhear what they talked)

伊莎貝拉(audience are looking him from a gaming machine window)

Accidental, yes it is. I am not sure what to do at home during this cold weather. So, I thought it would be nice to watch some old movies I missed before. The plot of Exodus is not really well-writen, and the second conversation between Madam Fong and Tsim Sir sounds weird and unnecessary. I am not going to write any professional commentaries , as there are many pervading the internet. What I would say is I love the angle of his shooting style. ( I don't know it is new or not caz I am not a fan of film masters) Personally, it catches my attention. The image would be wonderful for illustration. The first few minute of the sky view above the cables

伊莎貝拉

in Isabella reminds me of Tekkon Kinreet.

Maybe the Background of these two can have some linkage as well. Both happening between old streets.* The soundtrack of Isabella is awesome. It played in competition at the 56th annual Berlin International Film Festival, where it won the Silver Bear for best film music ( nominated for the Golden Bear as well). The film is set in Macau.

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( Isabella Leong's own story makes me have strong attachment towards this film, I hope she would not be alone, and has a cheerful life with her new family. ♥ )

West Meets East - Berklee Alumni News

2009-12-16T04:02:00.000Z

(a thorough interview about Leehom♥)

Songwriter, multi-instrumentalist, and movie star Wang Leehom '99 has become a cultural icon for a generation of Asian youth.

Vol. 21, Issue 2
Fall 2009 Berklee
By Mark Small

Cover story photo courtesy of Sony Music Taiwan

Among the many fantastic careers of Berklee alumni, that of singer/songwriter, multi-instrumentalist, and movie star Wang Leehom '99 stands out for its artistic depth and breadth and its impact on millions throughout the Chinese-speaking world. Leehom's name and face are so instantly recognizable in Asia that a simple trip to the grocery store quickly becomes a tabloid event. He has had numerous radio hits and million-selling records, and his acting talents have led to silver-screen collaborations with major figures in the film world. He is also ubiquitous in Asian ad campaigns for McDonald's, Coke, Suzuki motorcycles, Elite Shoes, and many more.

Raised in Rochester, New York, the second of three sons born to Chinese immigrants, Leehom grew up fully immersed in American culture and English was his primary language. In addition to undertaking serious classical studies in violin and orchestral percussion at Eastman School of Music, he also played electric guitar and sang classic-rock songs with his garage band. His diverse musical interests and talents have provided experiences ranging from rocking out before tens of thousands at huge stadium concerts to an appearance as a guest conductor and violin soloist with the Hong Kong Philharmonic performing music by Leonard Bernstein, Aram Khachaturian, and of course, Wang Leehom.

After finishing high school, Leehom enrolled at Williams College in the Berkshires region of Massachusetts, where he pursued music and Asian studies. His explorations of Mandarin Chinese and jazz piano illuminated his career path. His music professor, Andy Jaffe '74, pointed him toward Berklee after graduation for further musical rounding [see "Out into the World" on page 25]. Throughout high school, Leehom had been recording his songs, and BMG Taiwan started issuing his records. It didn't take long for his style of rock, pop ballads, and hip-hop (with Chinese lyrics) to catch on. He was named the best new artist for 1996 by People's Daily newspaper in Taiwan and a steady stream of awards, accolades, platinum album sales, and roles in six feature films has followed. Leehom's latest movie role finds him costarring with Jackie Chan in the upcoming film Big Soldier. Previously, Oscar-winning director Ang Lee tapped Leehom for a major role in his 2007 film Lust, Caution.

In a phone call from his home in northern Taiwan in late August, Leehom mentioned his involvement in relief efforts for victims of the late-summer typhoons that devastated southern Taiwan. He lent his celebrity to telethons and a 30-hour fundraising concert organized by the Christian charity World Vision. When he returned to work the next week, he headlined with his band at a 45,000-seat stadium in Beijing. Leehom told me that massive mainland China has more than 300 cities with populations of more than a million people, so he has many places to play. While Leehom is not as well known among Western music fans, his stature throughout Asia is such that he was chosen to bear the Olympic torch for one leg of its trek to Beijing in 2008 and was among the celebrities who performed at the closing ceremonies of the games.

His musical output blends cutting-edge Western popular music styles and beats with folkloric Chinese elements and instrumentation. Leehom refers to his blend as "chinked out" music, a term his Chinese fans don't consider a slur but an accurate descriptor. His American roots and serious approach to Chinese language and culture have yielded a winning combination, making Leehom a cultural icon for a rising generation of Asian youth.

From the left: Wang Leehom'99 and Andy Jaffe '74

Read more on the Berklee website.

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I hope to attend his concert in Europe in some not too distant days.

Holiday is coming to town.

2009-12-10T18:31:00.000Z

Two months have gone. Today is the end of term..~yayaya!!! The last week is digital booth camp. It is actually self-study software period. So good to spend the days learning with your nice friends together.

After struggling with Dreamweaver ( unbelievably, we sit up right the whole morning to figure how to do it, figure out the link...I like this software !) we head to Leicester Square to have lunch at Eat Tokyo. "UNFORTUNATELY", we miss the time for party, but I enjoy my afternoon. hohoho! Going to Convent Garden and Camden Town!!!

Here is the joke we made.

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Paper Art video, by Randi Parkhurst

Patience from Glowing Heads on Vimeo.

my future husband

2009-12-07T03:08:00.001Z

Got these from the old machines games at the Hype Park Winter Wonderland.

my future husband.

The technician was so kind to give me a spare one to choose ...

hohooho ...Maybe I shouldn't be greedy

doodle on the crit.

2009-12-03T21:58:00.000Z

Crit. of London Project. I didn't do much on the research, but I do enjoy playing with the fabric.
It is nice to see people's work. When it comes to use video as the final outcome, I would really be impressed by them, cos I am 100% software-idiot.

When it is "lecture time", I can't help but fall asleep easily. So my sketckbook plays an important role to support me.

Dream Again

2009-11-30T21:30:00.000Z

Yesterday, we went to Brick Lane. The second time since I came back. We got clear targets in mind, so it was not just wandering for nothing.

I got 2 sets of lovely birds ear rings. Ms Kaya bought a lovely leather bag and a ring. She nearly couldn't take the small size off, despite the help from the two sales-ladies.

Somewhere near the Sunday Market had a debut exhibition of the artist, Alex Daw, live performance "Cut Out And Keep". It seems he has an interest in the POP magazine. His work is quite inspiring. To me, at least he takes time and patience, these two elements are somethings I really admire people who actually do. ( Caz I always fail to do so)

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My aim of this Sunday was looking for a little wheel and some dices. I did see some lovely dices in Brick Lane, however it cost £8 for five. It is too expensive for me at the moment to do my project as I have no job yet... Thinking using what materials to replace it except paper.

Then up to Atlantic to see the new location and look for some materials for stocking.

Well, it was a nice day, if it did not rain, I will rank it as a perfect day.

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Dream Again

I give birth in dream, and I have a little girl with a mintue !!! Then I have to register and issue her ID. When I go to the counter at the HK to show my passport, they find that my data is incorrect, like my name on the paper is different with the computer system, and I have to wait.
It takes ages for the staff woman be back, so I carry the bb, following the rope hanging in midair sliding to Mogolia to take a breath. \0/
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Staying up late, and walking a whole day, so I decide stay home today. I decorate the little box and make a paper bicycle...Consider what is the next !?

Wandering over the YouTube

2009-11-16T23:46:00.000Z

These are the brilliant videos I watched today...

incredible stop-motion video ~The mv catches my attention more than the song itself.

For a better quality version, you can go for : the official one. (they ban the embbed link)

also related to music, but it inspires me how important illustration can be. I should draw more instead of just murmuring why I feel unease in my course.

A bit of Rotation

2009-11-12T04:42:00.000Z

＜copied from my xanga＞

打口語比較順口少少：

開學咁耐，好少打xanga，亦唔似以前咁可以日寫夜寫。雖然我都有寫blogspot (大部份BAGD的人都將自己既作品upload係blogspot,　不過typeface同editing tool, 無xanga同wordpress咁靚咁多選擇），畢竟都記錄了幾年所發生的點點滴滴。我依然記得係0係central@MTR我鍾意的人叫我要睇佢 xanga, 因為咁，我都開始寫。開過十幾廿個blog,　只有呢個真係繼續寫。由會考前，到真係入了CSM，都幾年了！而家d人都玩FB,同twitter，不過希望係3年內，都寫下，否則，執筆忘字的情況會愈見嚴重。人又開始愈來愈大！比上仲有好多，細個我的又有唔少（最近係到諗，唔知最快結婚的同學會係邊個呢？）

而家對住個螢幕，對眼好睏，唔想加深近視呀！又唔敢戴contact lens,　我都想試試清新水潤每一天既博士倫！
Rotation 開始都大半個月，係我好唔想，亦畀我估中下，同xx人一group，意味住同個egocentic　，呢一年都會比較有Ｄ壓力！LCC的所有人被拆散去唔同groupT..T!之前話一星期返兩日，會好「他條」，可以安排時間做其他野，一齊去食飯！噢！原來得個講字。一切都係重新來過。
Moving Image is so far what I like the most! It is a group project, you have to compromise, I didn't always speak but my idea is used and developed. It is hard to make fun on myself and strike a chord on the others, but I am trying.　Context，我鍾意個structure,不過咩人做tutor係好有關係！當你講的開口埋口係古巴主義，達達，modernism, socialism, world war II, caplitalism, trajan, roman, 或者係我睇都未睇過的電影，聽都未聽過的term, 開口講，都唔知講咩好。 XXXXXX After that is Typography, Phil Baines does look like an gentle man. Even I am not a big fan of typo. I do have fun. As you can imagine, students from CSM love to create things that are extraordinary, you can see some people are already treating everything so seriously. I still regard the rotation is a period for having basic concept and obtaining foundation skills. Of course, people are growing so fast, that you must have to spare more than 120% effort to catch-up, especially you are not from their culture, not even in an international education before. Photography gives me a motivating week. Everyone is WELL-DONE. Well, not everyone does, words can kill people but also be encouraging...... My groupmate is really cute and professional! 3 out of 5 pictures are good. They are all taken by him in Covent Garden. The one, stalking a lonely guitar-player with sombre expression in the tube is MEANT to be blurring. I did that. T..T Part 2 of the one-week project also includes researching an assigned photographer. Ours is Bill Brandt. Before coming to the class, I was completely blind about anything of any reknown people in the industry. His works are captivating. The high contrast B&W photos, angles, and topics. I always think design, posters, those stuff are hard to be appreciated. Seldom do I find consensus with those award, exhibiting artpieces. But I truly love his work and insistence on his style. As a small potato, I do care how people look at me. It is not hard to sway me from my decision. Be Yourself is not as easy as you imagine. When putting your work with the others, being critized, being compared. Probably I am a true Libra.

I suffered from insomia last night, being awake for more than 6 hours in bed til 5am. Supposingly, I have two daya off this week, just can't figure out why installation for an software may cost 120GB in the disk. My cozy day at home is over. Quartz Composer, why do you treat me so bad. It is getting colder and colder this year, last year was nothing... 2 weeks later, I am going to have the whole day outdoor for drawing the thames...OMG! what a chill!

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I watch 500 days of summer, I love the soundtrack. It reminds me of PH again. I am getting over but I would miss him. When Summer is gone, would Autumn definitely come?

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don't know how they come up with the results, but it is true...
外在美
你個性雖然內向卻很會為人著想，因而深受朋友信賴。通常都擁有長久而深厚的友情。
你在人群中並不顯眼，遇到困難時願意幫助你的人卻很多。

內在美
女生：雖然外在溫和內向，其實非常固執，只要下定決心不管再艱難也要達成目標。碰
到緊急狀況能保持冷靜，越到緊要關頭越能超常發揮力量。
最佳拍檔：木之影男生( that is PH)
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男生：你的行動力很強，勇於向自己的夢想挑戰。你的朋友會覺得你很容易相處，能了
解他的個性和優點，幫助他建立信心。
最佳拍檔：木之影女生
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使你的月影蒙塵的行為：
你的缺點就是太沒自信，你總是在嘗試之前就認定自己的能力不夠。事實上你比自己想
像的更加強大。

使你的月影更加耀眼：
你是獨一無二的！只要拿出自信，鼓起勇氣去做，你絕對沒問題。即使失敗了也別在意，
再試一次終會成功。

Little Trivia

Dancing

Packaging Essentials

Julian Callous

Russian Avant Garde

Incorrect Product

Tinne van den Bossche

Josh Cochran

Mekanik Strip

Ulrich Meister

Paul Belford

Grid Systems in graphic design by Josef Muller-Brockmann

Public Art in Hong Kong

Nothing Personal (2009)

Erila Somogi

Design Lecture - Tom Uglow Google Man

Postcard

Design Lecture - Identity

Michael Katakis x British Library

MMarsicano

Weather

Umbrella 傘

BBC: Banksy graffiti 'should be listed' argues university

flatmate chat

In The Blink Of An Eye

A showcase of Quilts, Cushions, Cards and Paintings.

Franco Albini's Veliero

Harri Peccinotti X Nova Magazine

Ablade Glover

Illustration I look at...

Nathan Franco Marques

Wim Crouwel X PechaKucha X Design Museum London

Be a Doll

Wellcome Collection

Slade school, Fine Art, Graduation show

Collage, Critical image

Orange portrait

FoMu

Monkey With A Movie Camera

Asian Collage !?

Cinema Peroni

British Art Show 7 - In The Days of The Comet

“I Want To See A Pigeon Poo Soap”

Stuck Stuck Stuck

Portrait-Photo Brief

In The Blink of An Eye

The King's Speech

A day of Talks on the Subject of Illustration

Dior Illustrated: René Gruau and the Line of Beauty

Eadweard Muybridge/ Rachel Whiteread, Tate Britain

I learn to float and fly in CSM

Monthly Journal - March

周啟邦 sayonara~

Unit 3, Pick and Mix, 2010 Prediction

R.I.P

Wandering over the YouTube Jan2010

Paco and the Magical Picture Book(2008)

Soundtracks - Juno + simply soundtracks

Insomnia, first step to be out in 2010

In love with violence ?

2009 countdown

movies ＋ 同門

Films of 彭浩翔

West Meets East - Berklee Alumni News

I hope to attend his concert in Europe in some not too distant days.

Holiday is coming to town.

my future husband

doodle on the crit.

Dream Again

Wandering over the YouTube

A bit of Rotation

movies ＋同門