Hi, how are you

Hello, everyone,

It's been so long from here since 2013.  Lot and lots of stuff happening, good and bad...happy and sad...but, we are " survived " ; just like any of you, who has faith, always trust to wait for the rainbow after rain. 

We are so glad that this blog is still viewing by someone...from somewhere...we may not know each other, we hope our post can still be an invisible link to tide us around.

While I am returning and wondering why are some "mysterious" comment found here ? 
Meaning...I can see a comment count but not the content ?!  Ah! It's a Google+ comment problem......

So I disable the Google + comment, then everything come's back. I can view the comment content and say hello to my reader. Bravo ;)

Hopefully, we can spend more time here to share and have a lovely chat !

Antleeli

It's time to say.......

to all of you :)

Let there be LIGHT

Imagine if we were living in a total darkness, no light, even a tiny sparkle of star light, what will happen? There will not have any meaning to DESIGN !

Light,  not only help us to visualize but create dramatic effect to all creatures. Without light,
there is no silhouette, color, texture, sensation to everything around us. 

Lighting design of what we are talking about is not only the outlook of the light fitting, the most important is the arrangement and color temperature of the light bulb that can enhance or spoil an interior within seconds. 

A simple rule to remember, "Kalvin" is the color temperature unit that we will come across when purchase a light fitting, i.e. 'K". 

2700-3000K = warm white light, make us feel like seating next to a cozy filament light bulb.

2700K is more yellowish, i.e. more antique

3000K is in lighter yellow, I will say more comfortable, but at the end it is still subjected to what atmosphere you would like to create.

4000K = white light, I rarely recommend especially for residential because it makes
the interior look "pale".

5000-5500K  = day light, like the feeling of what we are walking under a sunny day. 
Also rarely used for residential unless you want a special effect, because it feel good at outdoor but too bright for interior in such a comparatively small space.

So, pay a bit of attention to the color temperature when you choose a new lamp for your home next time, it really matters.

做個懂得"let go"的設計師

自古以來, 無論邊一行嘅設計師都係比較執著, (雖然我唔知而家重有冇咁嘅設計師?!) 無論係比例、物料質數、燈光效果、結構細節等.....都會有某程度嘅標準同要求.

好多時會聽到啲客話"唔緊要啦!差少少色,分別唔大, 係你先覺得啫, 其他人唔覺嘅,冇問題喎!"又或啫師傅會話"個圓位大咗少少啫, 椅背又矮咗啲啫, 都係凳一張, 唔好改啦!".......等等. 以前我都會堅持要改番好, 唔知就話啫, 又唔係做唔到, 樣樣差少少, 成個設計最後未走哂樣? 改!

又例如好多時客人都會有啲個人喜好或者情義結,好似唔理有冇空間都要擺一張"水牛肺"梳化; 即係高背,極大張, 造工極粗糙, 毫無細節,連基本梳化型都維持唔到; 總之係一大堆牛皮嘅嘢.(對唔住! 激動咗少少, 因為眼見有太多人跌落呢個陷阱.)勸極都唔聽, 幫佢搵咗張又平又靚又唔會過時, 大方得體嘅梳化, 結果都係要買番"水牛肺". 如是者......我開始自我反省.

今日, 我仍然會好慎重, 好認真咁對待同提醒我啲客人, 好堅持咁要師傅改嘢, 但係堅持到某個極限我就會"let go"! 好似有啲悲哀, 不過如果唔放手嘅話, 一個膠著狀態都係做唔成事, 維有盡力而為啦!

但係偶爾都會有奇蹟出現, 就係客人見我"let go"果一剎那, 佢哋會突然清醒咁同我講 "都係跟你意思做啦!" 到今日我都唔係太明白點解會咁突然, 唔通係我個樣太似想"放棄"佢哋? 唔, 又要反省吓啦.......

Yahoo Blog

Knowing that Yahoo is going to close their blog service by the end of this year, although I don't actually have a blog there, it's still not a good news to those who spend their time writing their blogs in Yahoo for yearssssss.

Yes, it is absolutely the right for Yahoo to provide any services they think is profitable or competitive to other social media, but if all effort of the writer & their support can be ignore within minutes, will it be too "money oriented"? No matter how, they are not only user but "client" as well ; hopefully this will not happen in other rapidly expending social channels.

Too much "Traffic" !

After a long day's work, walking from site to my hotel, basically hungry and tired, a hot shower was what I had in my mind. While crossing a bridge, a night breeze woke me up and I was attracted by the tranquil of this view.......I stopped and stayed for a while.....

Wuhan, a city in China that you may say it's trying to develop as the third or even second line commercial city right after Beijing and Shanghai. But same as other cities like Chongqing, there is always a modern corner with a rural or undeveloped street just right next to it. I hate this feeling, it seems some one or some place are being abandoned and sacrified. So, when I was visiting China more frequently, the urban dress up becomes out of my interest.

But, I've remember the night when I was there, I was being attracted again......no huge signage, minimum neon light; a great portion of sky, concrete street path and buildings; no shopping mall but small local shops, passengers are walking in slow rhythm......a corner of tranquil !

Design can bring joy & added values to human life, but can also destroy our treasure when they are overdone......something that have already exist with us in million years ago. Could we bring the tranquil back to Mongkok, Tsim Sha Tsui and Causeway Bay in Hong Kong?
Or...... leave it , let them "melt" into all those "neon trap" and just regret!

East meet West?

East meet West? nothing new! but rarely match, exactly the same feeling as, when I saw this "closed" signage of "America Express" hung onto a very traditional Chinese bi-fold doors in Beijing.

Like "Starbucks in the Forbidden City", although we love coffee very much, it's still awkward to see a western culture located inside a 101% Chinese architecture......is this what we think?

Is it a matter of design issue? historical reason? or cultural difference that creates the discomfort which spoil the harmonize of the overall environment? I don't think so. 

In fact, there should not have any conflict of having a relaxing coffee moment while taking the exploring trip in the mysterious Forbidden City..........but if we treat this as a commercial or western cultural intrusion, then it's not difficult to understand the leaving of Starbuck which was suggested to be combined as part of the beverage outlet inside.

Is there a way that East meet West can be succeeded? In terms of design field, some designer claim that they've made it, but in my memory, I still can't name one, can you?!