Thursday, August 26, 2010

TRAIN MAP IN ASIA

At the first time I moved to Singapore. Riding on train was my favorite thing in traveling the city. I still remember how I used to have the rail map in my wallet all the time. Sadly, its a new thing for me since the train facility in my home country is not supportive for all citizens. At the time, there were only 4 MRT lines in Singapore. But now, I just found out that they might be working for adding 4 more. And 1 of them is connected to Malaysia. Its pretty confusing looking at the rail map now. But still quite easy to read at the first glance. But, what about other cities in Asia? I like looking at those rail maps because all the lines form a unit and they're all using attractive colors. And of course very helpful for travelers.

Singapore rail map (speculative)

Bangkok rail map

Hongkong rail map

Beijing rail map

Seoul rail map

Tokyo rail map

Tokyo rail map is the most difficult to understand for me. It looks more like a wiring diagram than a rail map. With more than 12 lines and colors, it works better as an artwork if you printed it out in large format.

Monday, August 9, 2010

SATOSHI SAIKUSA

Satoshi Saikusa was born in Japan in 1959. He moved to Paris in 1984 and two years later he began working as a publicity photographer. He quickly became known for his distinctive style. He proved to be extremely versatile, producing photos that perfectly envisaged different themes: sensual, glamorous, elegant and so on. His publicities soon got him noticed, as did his portraits and landscape photos. He famously worked with Shiseido, Estee Lauder, Loewe, Rochas and Cerruti. Charlotte Gainsbourg, Laeticia Casta, Monica Bellucci, Anna Mouglalis, Naomi Watts, Sophie Marceau, anne Hathaway, Catherine Deneuve… the most beautiful actresses in the world have posed in front of Satoshi Saikusa’s lens for magazines like Vogue, GQ, i-D and Harper’s Bazaar.

A shot of Naomi Watts and Charlotte Gainsbourg. Below are more photoshoots by Satoshi Saikusa. Based on the concept of Kabuki and beauty.

And my personal favorite is taken from his China Syndrome collection for W magazines in 1995. After more than 10 years...


Wednesday, August 4, 2010

EASY WAY TO EARN MONEY?

I recently found a website to earn money. I don't know if its true but I think everyone can give it a try since its for free. Its just a few clicks to register then you start do what the website needs you to do. Basically its a surveys company, I didn't know that such a thing exist. So, you earn money by commenting on other websites that apparently registered to this site. A few Dollars for one comment and you can redeem your accumulated money by using Pay pal. Is it really an easy way to earn money?

If you're interested, try to sign up for free. click my link HERE!!! and find out the truth...haha..

Monday, August 2, 2010

You ever heard of Nendo?

Nendo is a Japanese design based company led by Oki Sato (the dude above). Well, he's not a newbie in design world. But I remember when I first saw his work a few years ago, I thought he's a genius. His works are very interesting. As interesting as Tokujin Yoshioka, a fellow Japanese designer/architect/whatever he's working as. One of my favorite is the arm chair he made out of paper. Me, as an designer myself never would have thought to use such a fragile material. His design is somehow unique, fun, and from my point of view, a true Japanese. Now go check them out.
The actual name of it is cabbage chair (I just found out)

This guy designed chocolates... or are they pencils?

A fruits holder with shapes of the fruit itself and glowing mushroom!?

This is very cute. A miniature of interior design project he worked in. A practice that rarely seen for Interior design consultant these days. A design for Issey Miyake branch outlet. And check below for the actual size one.

Tuesday, July 27, 2010

HOW TO SOLVE RUBIK'S CUBE

After more than 20 years

Rubik's cube was invented by Erno Rubik, a genius architect from Hungary in the 70's. He as the inventor needed 17 weeks to solve his own toy. And now more than 20 years later, there are millions of people who still don't know how to solve it. I know 2 ways, the easy way and the hard way. Now follow the instruction below to solve the Rubik the easy way.

Nice and easy. Solved within seconds.

But for those people patient enough to find out how to solve it, please scroll down. I'm actually to lazy to tell you the details. So, I looked for videos to guide you much easier. And I found this guy's video and uploaded it for you :D

Here's the part one:



And here's the second part:



Monday, July 19, 2010

SEX MUSEUM???

If you are traveling to Japan, spare some time to drop by Hihokan sex museum in Beppu. I like museum, but I've never been to such a place. Women visitors might get disturbed to see what's inside this place. For some reason, this museum contains everything about sex fantasy of men, even though I found few things quite disgusting. But well, enjoy! Its sex anyway.

A picture of a woman being f**cked by teenage mutant ninja turtle, a pair of dear having sex, and a sado masochism girl. A very good start right?
Snow White having sex with the seven dwarfs, a woman having sex with I believe a monkey. and a another woman having sex with a dog.


And some freakish statues