Saturday 29 September 2007

> TRENDWATCHING



researching again on branding and new trend in consumer's belief and aspiration.
people are more into digital / virtual world indeed!
however, for me, it wont be applied for now i hope. keep it real, keep it simple for now.

found a website
TRENDWATCHING.COM

alot of info... and will keep reading everyday from now on.

Friday 21 September 2007

> MY MOST CONCRETE BELIEVES



MEN DESERVE TO CARRY OTHER LUXURIOUS ACCESSORIES THAN JUST WATCHES AND CUFFLINKS.
MEN SHOULD BE ABLE TO ENJOY DIAMOND AND GOLD NECKLACES IN A STYLISH AND CHIC WAY WHICH IS NOT AVAILABLE IN THE MARKET TODAY.

EACH ACQUISITION OF MEN, SHOULD BRING PLEASURE TO ITS OWNER, SHOULD BE USED AND ENJOYED DAILY, AND SHOULD REFLECT SOMETHING OF HIS UNIQUE SENSIBILITY, EXPERIENCE AND ASPIRATION. STYLE MORE THAN ANYTHING, IS AN EXPRESSION OF PERSONAL CHOICES MADE MANY TIMES OVER. IT IS A STORY OF CONSISTENCY AND CONVICTION. AND IT IS A LIFE LONG EMOTIONAL COLLECTION RATHER THAN EPHEMERAL POSSESSION. IT GIVES HIGHER VALUE, AND A MEAN TO ASPIRATION THAN JUST STOP AT THE PRODUCT ITSELF.

THERE ARE WAYS TO CHANGE ONE'S TASTE / HABITUAL MINDSET. BY EXPLORING WHAT IS LUXURY AND INJECT INTO THE PRODUCT OTHER THAN JUST USING THE MATERIAL CAN CREATE OR CONNECT TO THEIR SECRET DESIRE, AND BRING FULL PLEASURE.


STYLE IS MOST POTENT WHEN ITS LEAST COMPLICATED
CREATION OF A SET OF DIAMOND AND GOLD NECKLACES STAND OUT FOR ITS UNIQUENESS AND MASCULINITY MODERNITY. THE NECKLACE INTEGRATES WITH THE OWNER THAT ADD A DASH OF EDGE AND SUBTLE GLAMOR TO ANY MEN'S WEAR

Sunday 16 September 2007

> TRANSUMER MAGAZINE


Tyler Brule’s new magazine Monocle, launching early 2007. The mag's mission is “to appeal to successful professionals who travel widely and divide their time between several cities.”

Tuesday 11 September 2007

> GETTING MY GRAPHIC GUY

getting help from an art director, Fung, who works in ad agency in HK.
talked to him over net, and he is happy to help as contributor for my name card and brochure (if i decide to have one) under my direction. so its great new. gave him a brief and waiting for creative feedback in 2 days

Monday 10 September 2007

> REMINISCING BIARRITZ - LUXURY?


After spending 2 months in Biarritz, living at a beach house with host family, meeting new people, going to nature, almost dissolved into the ocean everyday. My mind got clear, my train of thoughts landed on better ground, my body felt right and my soul was peaceful.

Talked to those I met, we agreed on it.

It doesn't have to be Biarritz I believe, but it is an example of places to recover our energies as well as return to our objectives. to be in touch with our being, and having definition of life.

Such experience is a total experience that can't be borrowed, be found on internet (at least not for now) nor be replaced by drugs probably. One has to "experience" it, to acquire such status. Even the richest, without being immense into such experience, they won't be able to own it.

I wonder. such a causal down to earth spot. such a simple lifestyle, no posh car, no constant chasing of produce, it brings so much to our aspiration. It is indeed such a luxury of a scenery that fascinates. It brings back values, and dimensions of ourselves. bring back the simple basic feeling of being alive. It felt like everything right outside, as it's right inside. it let us go a step closer to our dream of living in flames with consciousness.

This is Luxury with no effort. a sense of being, a sense of deserving, a sense of spirit.

Is having a luxurious possession in contradict to all these, no!
i must say. Perhaps not everyone can stop and have the luxury to experience such. I believe it is possible designs to act as a mean that remind us of such atmosphere. the way expressing designs that make us be in touch with "being" and regain our full pleasure of life energy. and as well, since it's so hard to get such experience, people without experiencing it, find it rare, and love to have it, chase it

Monday 3 September 2007

> PROTOTYPE DESIGN DRAFTII



Another design to be made into prototype

INSPIRED BY TAO and my way of thinking,

CROSS:
not necessarily Christianity as it's always being perceived as. to me, cross is:

horizontal - linear traveling, i.e. from A-B, B-C, C-A, like taking a tube, a bus, that's how we think, we live our life on a mostly 2 dimensional ground
vertical - enlightenment
diamond in middle - point of enlightenment, cross road of the vertical & horizontal. the point where we stop and go beyond the linearity

II - 2nd piece