Note back in Dec 2008
The 2008 December was a really good one:
The secret of the Pacific Place toilet is disclosed, it's so wise that I escaped from lesson and took MTR home on that particular Thursday and seized the chance to take that issue 133 of metro pop:
The secret of the Pacific Place toilet is disclosed, it's so wise that I escaped from lesson and took MTR home on that particular Thursday and seized the chance to take that issue 133 of metro pop:
Thomas Heatherwick!!!!! Genius!!!!!!!
And this issue also lead me to explore the unreachable gents' toilet..cool~
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The first time to watch ballet, and it's the first time i learned the whole story about The Nutcracker. The show was good, the stage settings, the dance, the costumes, the Tchaikovsky's music together made a perfect night.
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Paksen invited me to her house party on Christmas and it's a very pleasant and hea-able one..lotta fun too~
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And unexpectedly I got some nice Christmas presents, and I bought myself sth, too:
My 2008 ended happily.
Following here is some info about Thomas Heatherwick I searched from the Internet:
Thomas Heatherwick (born 1 March 1970) is an English designer, often mislabelled as a sculptor or artist. He is known for innovative use of engineering and materials in public monuments.
Thomas Heatherwick describes himself as a three-dimensional designer. Considered “UK’s brightest young designer” in Icon magazine, an extraordinary selection of projects ranging from public art with England’s tallest sculpture, to a bag collection for Longchamps, a rolling footbridge and a collection about ideas for the Conran foundation, has been invented and produced by him.
His projects are diverse, innovative and breathtaking each in their own individual way.
Quite good looking actually...haa
Born in London, he studied three dimensional design at Manchester Polytechnic and at the Royal College of Art, winning several prizes. Shortly after graduating from the Royal College of Art after a two-year furniture MA course in 1994, he was commissioned by Harvey Nichols department store in Knightsbridge to design a temporary structure for the shop's facade.
Heatherwick's design was a ribbon of laminated wood that wound through the storefront windows. The design was widely acclaimed and won him a D&AD yellow pencil (the gold award) in 1996.
He founded Thomas Heatherwick Studio (now called just Heatherwick Studio) in 1994 with his aim being "to bring architecture, design and sculpture together within a single practice".
Surprisingly, even the Hong Kong Southorn Playground in Wan Chai is also the work by Thomas Heatherwick!!! ( surprise 在修頓咁唔浮誇, 真係唔講唔知原來係佢嘅作品囉~) The followings are others notable projects by him:
B of the Bang, Manchester
他受委約設計一座紀念碑，紀念2002年曼徹斯特城的英聯邦運動會。最普遍，亦是最迂腐、最不費力的做法，是那些表現民族間和平友愛的象形雕塑 ── 你知道我說甚麼的 ── 中國城市要塞慣常用的那些呢。HEATHERWICK就是要提醒自己，不要，就是不要這些。「最頂級的運動，是完全無和平可言，因為運動競賽本身就是要異常進取的，所以我們給自己下的挑戰是：有甚麼東西是最進取、最有動感的？」海膽？！一個56米高，150噸重的，滿身尖刺的雕塑，在2005年初進駐會場旁邊，成為全英國最高的建築物。這個名為B OF THE BANG的紀念碑，遠看像煙花，其實是180枝尖刺從一條驅幹「放射」出來。我們懷疑，究竟有沒有人夠膽識從雕塑下面走過？也許設計師嫌未夠驚嚇，還將紀念碑離水平傾斜30度！
East Beach Cafe, Littlehampton
Harvey Nichols, London (UK)
The Rolling Bridge, Paddington Basin, London
Model for the temple in Kagoshima, Japan
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