When I was around 15 years old, that was the first time my parents took me to the Tai Hang area, shown in the map on top, Tai Hang is the peculiar looking grid layout in the center. Said to be home to one of the oldest original settlers of Hong Kong island (Hong KongContinue reading “Week 6 The Invisible Staircase & The Lotus Palace”
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Week 5 The Fight
I share a room with my fiancee, and then there are two other rooms are occupied by my fiancee’s sister, and a friend of mine, it’s a 500 square feet lil’ apartment, and that leave my room with no proper chair which is seriously hurting my shoulders and back, my laptop piled on top ofContinue reading “Week 5 The Fight”
Week 5 Creativity and the Brain
The recent 2 weeks is a real walk in to our own heads. Week 4 was relatively self-reflecting; then week 5 took us into thinking design process/ creative methods, and moved on to some science of how the brain is wired. It’s interesting to see the Bauhaus’ first attempts in identifying the thinking process andContinue reading “Week 5 Creativity and the Brain”
Week 4 The Beings
Having to deal with moving stuff into a new flat this week, with band practice and work at the same time was super crazy! Still having managed to have studied all the materials that have been provided, I love self-reflective stuff: What are my values? How do I know the,? What is a value toContinue reading “Week 4 The Beings”
Might Sound Baloney (how I was formed)
To relate my sense of self to graphic design, I would have to go into what I usually only tell my close friends. Later on some content might sound baloney, but you can take them as stories and just stop reading if you feel uncomfortable. I took a pretty long and winding path before IContinue reading “Might Sound Baloney (how I was formed)”
Week 3 (a mission to write 500 words only)
Here in Hong Kong, what I see is that the design schools are quick to react to the whole mix of categories, everybody is in a hurry to catch up on building an app and innovations. But working in a college, I find that they are in such a hurry that the basics are oftenContinue reading “Week 3 (a mission to write 500 words only)”
Week 3 Globalisation, the Internet & Don’t Panic
What is a graphic designer in this day and age? Talking to a colleague today (him in his mid 40s), we both realised we have witnessed the height of the www. We recalled a whole range of fun times with a Flash built clothes matching site thingy, hopping around as a cartoon character on anContinue reading “Week 3 Globalisation, the Internet & Don’t Panic”
Places To Go (on foot or keyboard)
Have to declare, most physical shops which held print makers, printing services and productions were first shrunk and now almost totally boot out of existence. Only a week ago myself and a colleague took our students to an exhibition at a place known as PMQ, and around that area there used to be 2 paperContinue reading “Places To Go (on foot or keyboard)”
Sunday Materials’ Day! (thoughts on lectures and reading turned in to an emotional rant and personal reflection)
After the cramming and racing to finishing things of week 1, I have temporarily established that I shall take Saturdays off, use Sundays to read and study course materials (which is today!) and balance finishing assignment and tasks over the weekdays with work, band practice and other stuff that goes on. So I think theContinue reading “Sunday Materials’ Day! (thoughts on lectures and reading turned in to an emotional rant and personal reflection)”
Reflection On Practitioner Case Studies
I am really happy to finally be able to have access to this sort of insightful interview (I’ve watched around 5 episodes of Abstract Season 1 on Netflix…but I think it’s kind of different). Watching them in order, I started think about what is in common between them and why they were selected in thisContinue reading “Reflection On Practitioner Case Studies”
ANDY was here 🤓 