未來其一

變成一個思想偏激的人。

Berlin - Alexander Platz

During the trip in Berlin, we have an assignment to do field research in certain places and our group is Alexander Platz, where local people call it "Alex". After spending a day there, I made two videos to describe what I have seen there.

First one called " Speak English?" is to present the situation of Gypsy walking around in Alex to ask for money help.

Second one called " Above & Under" is to present the traffic in Alex where thousands of people just transfer underground and only few tourists are on the ground.

speak english? from HYL on Vimeo.

above&under from HYL on Vimeo.

I am totally blank this week...

Berlin - Jerszy Seymour

interview with Jerszy Seymour from HYL on Vimeo.

Happy Birthday, John

Berlin - waving cats

I find the waving cat is very popular in Europe for some reasons I don't know!

waving cat in Tina's flat

waving cat in Edial Dekker's  studio

Note: Oct 4

1. things for short time - why do we need them? what's the real problem?
2. normal to do or not normal to do
3. go to big range, modelling all possibilities, then decide what might work or not
   and dig deeper to the possibility one
4. research what metal can be used or how it be used may help
5. in some communities of northern Netherlands, you couldn't have curtain in your living room
   what you have done must be known
6. keep in mind the question and be careful not to go far away from the beginning question
7. " what's the difference between artist and designer?"
8. see a beautiful object but couldn't realize what it is (function reveals?)
9. when going to a exhibition, you don't understand then you just go away (immediately goes to ideas
10. will you give up your original idea when you make a beautiful mistake which lead to a better resultor answer?
11. the opportunities without expecting 
12. you forget to see the beauty besides you because you focus on your goal of journey
13. you make decisions with all sources come to you either they are good or not, clear or not
14. you are you
15. make 1:1 model can face the reality
16. your skill goes to the product, not product goes to your skill
17. the process of design has a lot of changes, so need to do it quickly
18. F.O.C -->website
19. if you design a DIY product, you have to think how people act to it
    (if they make it wrong, will it keep as stronger or useful as you expect? )

Note: Sept 30

1. Stalker / Tarkovski -->imdb
2. think as a consumer first, then go back to think as a designer
3. trustworthy is designed

DO YOU TRUST CIGARETTE?

Note: Sept 28

1. Thomas Ruff / photographer -->tate magazine / -->foam magazine pixel the image, math trace image, the coincidence of nature, physical, math and products
2. How to present your work in print??
3. "The future issue" 
4. The Home Collection / Vitra catalogue 2006 -->shift
5. unconscious but actually designed precisely
6. Take a position
7. During a long research which you couldn't figure out,
   think about presentation first, it will help you back to your research.

Note: Sept 27

1. Did Apollo 13 really land on the moon? or it's just a fraud made by US government?
2. unnecessary - useless
   (if nothing is useless why created a word "useless") 
3. we trust our own experiences
4. distraction 
5. strategy / strategist 
6. Dutch really like their toilet which can see the truth that comes from  their bodies.
7. learn to make conclusions
8. to connect things (art / design / bio / eco / marketing...etc  ) with trust 
9. digital personal icon display mask which could avoid eye to eye contact 

stay up late

yesterday night was the first night I didn't sleep in Eindhoven

Note: Sept 21

" THINGS,PEOPLE,
THINGS and PEOPLE"

1. now is design presented
2. object which solve the problem disappear their functionality  (odd)
3. Prooff
4. Jurgen Bey
5. Fernando Pessoa XXVI Poetry
6. Super Normal
7. seeing letters dancing on my book due to lack of sleep

The Great Contemporary Art Bubble Trailer Documentary

Note: Sept 20

1. In the past, you just knew things happened around you.
   Nowadays, you know pretty well the world and couldn't ignore it.
2. You Know, but you don't believe, because you don't see it.
   You see pretty clothes, organized society, you forget the broken environment.
3. Love doesn't equal to idealise;
   You love someone, something, you love not only the good side but also the bad side.
4. People look like what they look like (educated for example)
5. What's the unit to volume? free lunch offered to students by government ?

Examined Life

mute

lack of vocabulary,
lack of communication,

lack of speaking ability,
lack of social possibility.

I am muted by myself.

Giacomo B-day party

Yesterday was Giacomo's 23th birthday. He arranged a party in his place and designed a poster for it. I went to the party not only enjoyed it but also learned few things from it.

1. The gesture in the poster means a lot to the Italian, they really like to do this while they are talking.
   
2. Never go to a party on time, always be 1 or 2 hours late.
   
3. Beer Pong : also known as Beirut, is a drinking game in which players throw a ping-pong ball across a table with the intent of landing the ball in a cup of beer/water on the other end. The game typically consists of two two-to-four-player teams and multiple cups set up on each side set up in triangle formation.(wiki)
   
4. The Etiquette of cheek-kissing : one goes to right cheek and then to left, and remember making kiss sounds.

Happy Birthday to Giacomo!!

finger fish

From Eindhoven 櫥窗篇

Note: Source / Scott Burnham On Trust

1. sustainability 
2. simplicity 
3. transparency 
4. traceability 
5. understanding
   

http://blog.matt.cc/

Futurist : Eastman Innovation Lab


Thought:

1. Trust vs economy
2. valume = price ? expensive / cheap trust-worthy?
3. CCTV? Car recorder? 

Workshop:
What product / service you don't trust and try to improve the trust by design

Media --> Sources -->different angles --> ALLHEADLINENEWS.COM
                                 --> Public comments --> Facebook Poll & Chart & Discussion 

                                 --> People we trust --> FaceBook Searching Engine

Note: Sept 13

Barbara

1. Believed, but not has to be the truth
2. reality & fiction
3. always "think twice"
4. media / news / photograph / authority - trust-worthy?

Ted

1. RAF
2. anti-trust
3. cynical
4. designer or artist? solution or comment?
5. book recommended : "The Craftsman" " Freakonomics" 
6. never excuse yourself in the beginning 
7. rituals

Oana

1. Allebeplein (a place)
2. trust bubble (people who trust each other become a trust bubble)
3. responsibility of social communication
4. multiculture--problem
5. will to change? tradition remained?
6. new york - separate race society

Note: Symposium Questioning Time

1. The Future Well / Jay Parkinson
   stand to work / don't eat the food which doesn't rot
2. Cradle to Cradle and Timely Innovation / Michael Braungart
   saving environment is usually not so effective
   not to seek efficiency but effectiveness
   no green design, just " good design"
   carbon neutral
3. Vision of the Future / Joep van Lieshout
   if product is expensive, it will be produced less and kept long
   slave city
4. The Beginning and the End of Time / Robbert Dijkgraaf
   Flatland
   4 dimension cube = hyper-cube
   Big Bang Theory
   Wheeler-Feynman Absorber Theory : There is only one electron in the world
   time still in the black hole
   the Multiverse
   baby universe / cosmic landscape 
5. Time for a rhyme & Write on Time / Alexis de Roode
   try to solve your own problem with time by writing a poem

English Practice 1 & 2

1

Damn the weather, damn the rain,
it made me cold and wet;
I hate to carry an umbrella,
It can help me not to be wet but get weight.


2

25 minutes, more or less,
from home to school,
on foot.


a slow suicide of my knee.

Note: Welcome word Design Academy Eindhoven

1. start blogging
2. designer shapes the future (and find your way to)
3. interface the world (and reflect to your work )
4. research what the world needed
5. mentality / share / cooperation / conscious
6. contextual design :
   connect cultural, social meanings between human & object & world 
7. social design:
   design really met people, critical module or thinking

Intro week tomorrow!

Good night and have a nice sleep!

9

進入個位數字後，心情更是容易起伏。

I Miss you

你向我走來，
我們互相擁抱，

你用以前那爽朗的笑聲說，"好久不見，我好想你"
你的頭髮已經花白，是個硬朗的老婆婆呢。

我用力抱緊了你，跟你說我也好想你。

夢裡，我們都笑著。
醒著，眼淚卻無法停止。

阿珠，你好嗎？