古董雀仔頭

如果我不告訴你這是什麽東西, 你能猜得到嗎?
好!給你十秒......

巳不記得是何年何月何日?趁午飯時間, 走到荷李活道逛逛. 當然我不是以遊客身份來觀光, 更不是什麽古董專家來尋寳,  只是隨意看看有什麽得意趣味小品罷了.

走了好一段路, 看到的不是那些" 精品" 毛澤東頭像, 便是那些銅錢鼻煙壼...等等, 心想, 有多少人仍會對這些" 國際商品"有興趣呢?! 正當不是味兒, 準備打道回公司之際, 被一粒奇怪的黃色雀仔頭吸引. 是什麽東西呢? 擺設? 樽蓋? 印章? 吊飾?

老板見我似" 混吉" 多一點, 也沒有特別招呼, 但我卻是賴着不走, 結果還是開口問個究竟. 終於, 謎底揭開: 是針頂! 知道是什麽嗎?針頂即是用針線織補時, 套在左手中指, 防止被針刺到的手指套. Wow! 這麽大, 真的可以用嗎?

不過它的設計實在很有趣, 中式雀仔頭加一些隨意的線條圖案; 又是紅黃藍色的組合, 再配上一對疑似毛筆繪畫的雀仔眼......終於,我掏出五個大洋把它買下, 用來做什麽? 老實說, 原本真的打算當作針頂用, 只可惜...手指套不入, 唯有當送給自己一件"古董"來鑑賞鑑賞, 何妨?!

達文西的創意奇想

上星期往科學館看展覽, 相信大家對這個設計大師也不會太過陌生 - Leonardo da Vinci 達文西. 也許你是從電影Da Vinci Code (達文西密碼) 認識他,又或是從講述文藝復興時代的書籍認識他;甚至是旅遊期間在羅浮宮欣賞"Mona Lisa 蒙娜麗莎"的時候深深被他/她吸引着...總之,多少你也會聽過這個名字罷?!

今次展覽內容有驚喜也有失望. 驚喜是發覺達文西除了在繪畫, 雕塑及建築設計上, 竟然在軍事, 力學, 飛行學上也有不少有趣的想法和研究. 我不會一一說明, 留待你們自己觀賞, 也許你會發現當中有一些是你我兒時也曾妙想天開過的想法,只是從未認真對待, 何不妨在這一刻回味.

展品中不乏出名的畫作, 但我們認為更值得看的是其人體解剖筆記圖. 雖然看不懂他的"鏡字意大利文" 筆記, 但當配合着精準而線條優美的人體繪圖, 實在令人讚嘆. 如果我們現代人能夠有這般專注及毅力去造學問或處理事情, 世上很多難題也許可以解決.

不得不提 的是一套關於達文西心中理想城市的動畫短片,雖然動畫製作粗劣, 但當中的城市設計正是我們現今社會所謂的建築所缺乏, 或正在摧毀的環保建設 ,有時間不妨慢慢用心觀看, 你會發覺人類真的不需要住豪宅,更不應把商場代替廣場!

好了! 失望 : 是大部份展示品都是低至普通水準的複製品, 所以多少也影響其觀賞價值, 特別是當大家欣賞心愛的畫作時,要感受到顏色所帯出的豐富層次, 實在是有點大打折扣.再加上香港人那種何時何地也實踐的"親子教育" 及"到此一遊" 的拍友, 我想, 此刻正是運用"專注" 的好時機了.

究竟這個展覽值得一看嗎?只要有心理準備及在星期三, 絕對可一看.

可可設計榜 - Euphoria by Calvin Klein

 

香水 - 很多人都認為是奢侈品, 你說得對;而每每就是因為這個原因,設計師總會花心思在其包裝上, 令消費者不單為了它獨特的香味而選購, 更為着其美艷的外表而甘願多付銀兩. Euphoria 便是其中一個好例子了.

葡萄酒色的香水配上原塊度身剪裁的不銹鋼"外衣",造工細緻精美, 十分華麗. 50ml 的瓶身放在女仕手心上, 大細剛好可以單手操作, 很方便. 雖然這是女性香水, 樽蓋卻保留着一點硬朗, 貫徹Calvin Klein 的形象, 領產品整體設計不會太過嬌媚.

造型,色彩, 物料運用, 全部影響着人們對製成品的觀感, 直接帶動及刺激消費意慾;我想...Euphoria 已經造到了.

What left behind?

If you see my drawing on this photo, you may think I am going to talk about architecture, lost of culture & memories...yes! this is the original preference. But when I finally decided to post this photo, I am in a situation of whether to continue blogging or not?

This morning, the last week in October 2010, I am struggling whether this should be the last post and therefore I can complete my whole one year of blogging life perfectly...and then, after this post, what left behind?

I keep on asking myself, "coffeebreak by protoworkannie" will be vanished, lost in this internet world which only takes a few seconds via a years' time, but in reality, this is nothing compare with others. How about to myself, what left behind? 

A memory of sharing? A moment of joy?  A time to take a break? A chance to make friends? A channel to learn from others? A page to draw? ......A valuable experience in my life !

I would like to take this opportunity to say thank you to all followers & readers, reading this post in purpose or just by chance. Especially thanks to:


Wasaweb - he brings this blog alive, I can always enjoy good photos from his posts.
Patrice - her always support and brings sunshine to me, especially when I am depress.
Margg. - a little bird who whistle every morning so I can fly in my dream.


I have to take my break now, if one day...may be one morning, I start to write again, I wish you are still here. May God bless you all :)

Paradise Visa

I have this photo "sitting" in my file for a long long time, I always think it has already been posted, but whenever I checked my record, it was not.

May be I am having too many posts for telling people to take a break, eventually this scenery was etched onto my mind.

It's always enjoyable for us to prepare our vacation, especially after a hard working period. Starting from choosing a destiny, looking for companion, applying the annual leave, planning the itinerary......finally start packing... ; all make us so exciting but sometimes exhausting, too. 

I was busy in last month and still have to be ready on call in October for my site work, so I can't get a vacation any how, but I did travel to "paradise" with my "boundless visa". 

I went to a cafe at late dinner time, finished the tasteless dishes as expected; but when I was having my cup of coffee, looking window outside by my tire eyes and non-reacting body, I felt I was in paradise - a piece of glass separating the world outside, I left my work, my phone call...just behind this glass, right outside..."I am relaxing here, a corner in the last 15 minutes before it closed."

Some days later, I was walking on a street with my "dead shell", it was a place for local people who could only afford their basic living there, rarely enjoy a vacation - what we normally interpreted to be out of town. But I felt peaceful, just so relaxing to walk around, people living in reality, no crazing shopping, no high tea, no net-book, no i-phone...all back to basic - at that moment, I felt I was in paradise again.


See, I travel twice ! Simple and un-predictable. I am now having my "boundless visa" in my pocket at anytime, I hope you will get one too, it's free...enjoy :)

好味道?

又有"新種發見"?每次行入便利店, 很容易便被pucca 魚仔餅吸引, 因為它的包裝盒永遠是那麼色彩繽紛, 加上印刷精美, 從遠處已經能把我的視線聚焦到它身上 - 這已是包裝設計成功的第一步.

只是十圓八塊的零食, 包裝盒也用了兩個專色. 配合簡潔的圖案照片, 把新口味清楚地介紹. 再仔細留意其不同大小字體安排,不但沒有混亂, 反而增添趣味; 可見這是一個專業水準之作.

很多朋友也懂得紅綠, 黃紫, 藍橙,等對色效果.在這個包裝盒上, 對色的變化亦處理得很舒服. 所以一個好的包裝設計絕對影響產品銷售......至少以用家角度來說, 欣賞完外在美之後, 內在美已是其次.

My minute

Just finished my "Google reading" that accumulated for over a months time, so enjoyable. Although some good news and some bad news, everybody are basically fine and keep up with their living. That is the strange but lovely feeling that we have while reading blogs, to care some one who may not know you and existing in different corners of the world, so amazing.

Sometimes when I read posts that talk about the season change in their country, or having heavy rainy days throughout the week...,etc. I can almost feel the same here...may be it's because of the nature, all in common no matter what culture you are, what language you've speak; we are living under the same space.

Last month I was too busy and couldn't spare a minute to write or read blogs, but truly speaking, I had some spare time, but no spare mind. To sit down and write something is not difficult, but to write my heart...I need peaceful and quiet environment, like what I am having right now.

It will be the first birthday of this blog in the coming November, my original decision is to finish my last post in November, I am not sure, still thinking of it, may be it's cruel of just giving my blog one year's life, and may be it's too cruel either, to stop communicate - seems it's not a perfect choice...I have to figure out, promise!