Monthly Archives: May 2010
Pre-Expo
All packed up for my trip to Shanghai for the World Expo tomorrow. I don’t seem to be as excited as I used to be after being imbued by the intensive media coverage. Enthusiastic nonetheless as I’ve never been to the World Expo before, and this year’s theme of “Better City, Better Life” will definitely […]
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Shelf Doors
Added some coverings for my studio’s shelve. Like many of my DIY projects, it took much longer than I initially planned. But it’s worth the effort, I can now use it to display whatever images I can dream up. Nice furniture should be made to last, the ability to re-skin it to suit different contexts […]
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Greening My Studio II
Much of my time is inevitably spent staring at the computer screen, I’m quite sure that wouldn’t benefit my eyes one bit. I’ve planted a row of plants in front of my monitor hoping that the various shades of green would bring some relief to my straining eyes. They should also help cleanse the indoor […]
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L.A.M.P.
Much of my time this week was spent on setting up my L.A.M.P server. I couldn’t think of any better way to reuse the many old and abandoned desktops lying around at home. With a platform to do some elaborate testing, I’m one step closer to starting my website design business again…
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DIY Clock III
Design no. II kept failing because of the long minute handle, so I decided to re-design the DIY Clock in my home office (again). Replaced the handles with transparent strips cut from plastic folders, and tipped them with post-it bookmark strips for a hint of primary colors. It looks almost as though the blue and […]
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DIY Clock II
I kind of feel lost now that school is finished and summer vacation has officially started. The emptiness wasn’t as tranquil as I thought it would be. I seriously need to find a new goal. Watched a couple of documentaries related to design (i.e. Objectified & Helvetica), then spent much of the other time modifying […]
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