In light of that one-week-holiday-but-i-still-got-design-to-do spirit, here’s a highlight of some games to check out: endless fun while stimulating your brain to solve those space-planning issues.
Architects should have no problem navigating this game - they read and draft out so many elevations in their lifetime! A homage and 3D twist to those 2D games of old Nintendo.
My favourite game firm eschewing the traditional space continuum to create yet another dimension to their already immersive CG environment with their Source Engine. (trailer)
3. Echochrome by SonyJapan
Releasing soon, this uses an axo engine called the Object Locative Environment Coordinate System, an interactive optical illusion software, to create an Escher-esque landscape which one has to navigate through and “solve”. (trailer)
This trend of 3D puzzle games is exciting, exploiting and capitalising on the very notion of three-dimensionality. Make sure it doesn’t screw your head up!
(Via Thomas’ blog, SuperColossal)
Designboom, a famous online portal about art, design and architecture has been running quite a few posts about Singapore’s scene. It began with the Singapore Design Festival 2007, and it went to feature other local news such as the newly opened Naumi Hotel and an interview with Theseus Chan, principal of WORK.
Do check out WOHA’s Studio at Hong Kong Street: a corporate resort studio in characteristic tropical browns and serious monochromatic tones.
As we make our way towards new cityscapes of varying densities and varying experiences, perhaps here I would like to share with you our itinerary through images from E都市 (E-City) website which is like an alternative version of Google Earth, or SimCity for real. You can search offices, streets, even locate all the McDonald branches in the city!
This website only maps cities in China, and I wonder how they would update the buildings/maps when they change. Nevertheless, it is a great effort to detail every single buildings, render them and it is amazing simply to view the different cityscapes in China!
And I attended Prof. William Lim’s lecture “Towards a Design Culture of Creativity and Criticality” last week.
Beyond his rhetoric about the move away from the capitalist structure, Euro-modernism and Eurocentric modes of thought, I ponder over his machinistic dissection of the topic creativity, with deadpan tape recitation and linear powerpoint slides (cue the clicks). Perhaps the only vestige of creativity is in the wacky
typographical
presentation notes.
And then I spotted Sir Ken Robinson on TED Talks and I was hooked. It’s almost antithetical. So much for the university professor… Do watch this!
After a longggggggg hiatus (while qmark was out having fun), we suddenly remembered that we actually had some stuff here going on.
So the trip to neighbouring Malaysia is to attend PAM’s (their version of SIA) annual conference, where they brought in speakers mostly from our region to speak about their work. Simple enough, but it was for me at least, an eye-opener, inspiring sometimes, disgusted sometimes, funny many times, sleepy too at times, yet ultimately an enriching experience being exposed to the innards of the architectural community.
After DATUM:KL, we went on a round-peninsula trip visiting different parts of Malaysia (Datum was an excuse to travel). Who says our neighbour is boring? Well if you peer and explore deeper, there’s much to discover, not to mention loads of fun, art opportunities, cultural depth and simply fun fun fun.
So here you go; we will soon post places and events topic by topic, inviting you into our little magical journey. Check back soon!
Qmark presents //freshnotes, a series highlighting the noteworthy. Not just about styles, not about pretentious-consumption-cool, but things that are useful, thought-provoking, challenging, cute and hence noteworthy!
Q. Ever wondered how shops do those fancy twines and lettering stuck on their glass fronts? Well, I got the chance to work on a handy cutting device called the STIKA DESIGN CUTTER. Simply create a vector drawing in Illustrator, or import an image file, and you are on your way to sticker haven. It prints on vinyl sheets which you can get from ArtFriend, or any other art shops.
While it is a precision cutter, if you have too many sharp and tight edges, removal of the cutout may be more difficult. Still, these stickers look great simply because of these sharp corners!
(Peeling off the vinyl.)
Qmark’s 10 ideas:
1) Template stickers for panels! (Scaled human figures, North Arrow)
2) Decorate your table, laptop, sketchbook etc etc…..
3) Guerilla Advertisement
4) Papercut artwork
5) DVD Labels
6) Prank signs (Mix up the male/female toilet)
7) Company/Personal Chop Graffiti (for Singapore)
9) Irritating confetti?
10) Wacky Moles!!
considers having green paint-splatter shaped moles.
back to Malacca! 
Graffiti (for Singapore)
considers having green paint-splatter shaped moles.
