Oh! Calcutta

Kaleidoscope...

from home to the bus stop.

Bullied by Decency

Yesterday, 'bus' ing home I faced a dilemma that has bothered me often enough. Often enough to write about that is.
Got a seat, sat through most of my journey, got up with two stops to go. Passageway on a Volvo is quite narrow and me and my bag had to make way through, mumbling apologies ( me); and getting stuck ( my bag).
The landing area near the door,was packed with people. Most took one look at me and squeezed, angled, contorted, themselves to make way... and waited. A few just sucked in their tummies, held their breath ...and waited. A father picked up his kid . The doors hissed open. The conductor looked at me reproachfully.
I didn't think too much after that and quickly got off.

But you see, it wasn't my stop.
And it wasn't the first time.

Alonely

Whiteboard art...dont wanna go :(

My weekend..

About that "knowledge is free" thing. I honestly have been giving it a lot of thought and the idea is sounding better with each round. I am sure I will have something up in a few days time.

I found a quote I like:
“Simplicity is not the goal. It is the by-product of a good idea and modest expectations.”– Paul Rand"

Watched a movie " The Spirit" this weekend. Honest opinion is that I liked it. It is a very visual movie by a person who has a clear idea of what he wants to convey.The wikipedia entry for it is bloated and useless with too much emphasis on the plot ( which actually is not very important)

Finished reading the book "The Godfather" by Mario Puzo this weekend. Really good read, the characters are mind blowing and well balanced. The story tight and unputdownable. Will also try to read "The Sicilian" if I can get my hands on it.

Submitted an entry for a design competition this weekend, lets see how that goes.

Not bad for a weekend...

Knowledge and me

Knowledge should be free. I will see what I can do about it.

generally....

I have this unknown craving for finishing off stuff that I just started doing. Things can be done so well with patience. I want to believe that's the only way of doing things well.

Was reading a blog of a friend of a friend. She writes about simple everyday things that make her happy in a simple everyday language that is so wonderful to read. Will take a leaf out of her book and note down 3 things that made me smile today.

1. A note on a manhole cover: "Do not enter without authorization. Confined space."

2. Ross explaining his speed of eating to Rachel in an episode of Friends. " I grew up with Monica; if you didn't eat quickly you didn't eat at all."

3. My roommate shouting out bits of lyrics while listening to music over headphones.

:)

Designer-ware

Have noticed lately how I keep cribbing about things I don't have. Designers don't get appreciated enough; someone else gets the credit; never enough money....blah blah blah.
Amidst all that something does beg to stand out.... We own a lot of Designer ware.

This is my coaster. It is one of a kind; hand painted by the designer herself. No one else has a coaster exactly like this one....and no one ever will.

Thanks Manjiri :)

T-design

Having opposed the concept of technology as a initiator of design for most part of my design life...this does seem a bit hard for me, but there are instances where this is true.

Good technology does help in initiating good design.

Here is the technology link:

Player one:
Young trainee...talks about a new technology (glass) that slows down light that passes through it
Player two:
Me.....thinks that there is potential...dunno where or how
Player three:
MBA geek ( this one is cool though)....says can be used for foiling assassination bids ( political leader behind the glass.....assassin unable to pin point location...you get the drift)

Brilliant!!

Saw a cool portfolio on the net today....trying to use Google's creepy crawlies to add importance to that by adding a link here as well: