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What is Evidence Based Design (EBD)?
Business lesson from my boiler contractor: Evidence is better than Value
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The HomeStyle I Am Dream Of
I “fell in love” with an Asian actress named Zhou Yutong. Not only her excellent acting, nor her personality, but her taste in fashion and interior design, the home decor. I would like to introduce some amazing furniture she picked for her own home. I will also introduce her fashion style in my future blog! Poltrona…
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What would the new restaurant design be like in the post pandemic time?
Weekend dining out has been one of the biggest things I miss from pre-pandemic days. I miss many things about the dining out experience; the anticipation of getting together with friends, trying new dishes, and not having to cook!. As the city slowly allows the restaurants to open, I find myself focussing more on restaurant settings than the menus when…
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What does confidence has to do with Design?
I had an interesting conversation with an architect colleague of mine last year. It was during one of those zoom meetings where we were discussing different projects our offices were working on at the time, and also the difficulties from the pandemic. I don’t remember how we started the conversation about design and designers, but the gist of her…
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The High-Class Vibe Evaluated by The Emptiness of The Space
Pure minimalism has become the favorite design temperament of many designers around the world. They are pure, natural, rustic, and artistic. Belgian designer Vincent Van Duysen is known for his minimalist style. He set up his own office in 1990 and has since flourished in the fields of interior design and architecture. Vincent Van Duysen is good…
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Art Installations in Fashion Shows
In the last blog, I talked about the architectures at Fashion Show. When I was browsing the archives of this year’s fashion shows. I also found a lot of beautiful art installation projects, one of them is from the marvelous AMO, which is the research and design studio of the OMA architecture firm. Louis Vuitton x Axe Majueur Louis…
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Remembering old phone call I had with a client
In the age of COVID-19, ALL of us are going through unfamiliar and stressful times…whether lining up to get into the grocery store, trying to avoid a person while pretending that we are not, getting a doctor’s appointment through a video call (ok that was a positive one)…etc. There have been many weird and unfamiliar things/acts we had to learn…
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The Magic of The Chinese Alley From My Memory
I was so busy recently, busy with everything, the new office location for the full-time job, the position changes, the end of the part-time job, the new plan for the coming year, and how to treat myself well. It brings me back to my hometown. I wish to take a break and fly back to my…
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Top 3 questions from architecture school candidates
Every year in the fall, I reconnect with the school where I received an Architecture education through emails. Those emails describe the students I would interview as part of the admission process for applying to the architecture program at Cornell University. After the move back from New York City years ago, and wanting to reconnect with my…
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Architectures In The Fashion Shows
Editor’s Note: This post was originally published in Life Outside of Design Studio and has been updated for accuracy and completeness. Chanel – Palais Galliera,Museé de la Mode de la Ville de Paris Chanel’s previous shows would almost certainly have been held at the Grand Palais if it hadn’t been for the resort collection, whether it was icebergs or beaches,…
