Author: kaichu

Nice piece. Esp. liked the closing video, it is inspiring : )

via urbandiner.ca For many years I’ve been introducing to new friends and old some of my Chinese heritage by the way of food and culture. One of my favorite is the Chinese Autumn Moon Festival or Harvest Moon Festival. It’s a tradition based on history and tales, but ultimately, it’s about bringing friends and family […]

via looseaffiliates.com If you haven’t had the chance to check out Loose Affiliates‘ Picnurbia, please do. An engaging and interactive piece of public art that ‘provides a new experience of urban picnicking’. It’s great to see more public art within Vancouver, and that they are engaging the audience to be part of it 🙂 It’s […]

via flickr.com What a great photograph of an amazing exhibition! love the lines and the reflection, causing infinity. Love love love.

You may think that coping with challenges in a busy workplace will impress your boss. Both of you, however, might be surprised to learn that juggling your assignments may be making you less, not more, efficient. That’s the conclusion of a study by management experts who looked at the effects of employees having to wear […]

via diyphotography.net Ok. I totally need to experiment with DIY special shaped bokeh, especially since I often take out of focus / blurry shots on purpose. Too bad I didn’t come across this during the fireworks festival we had here in Vancouver a few weeks back. Christmas will lend me the opportunity to test, with […]

via chefs.givecentre.com Hello Everyone! Today (Aug 15th) I start my Going Local! Local Food Challenge, to help raise money for Growing Chefs! I have chosen to eat local produce/products from within BC. If you would be so kind to contribute to my efforts, your generous support would be so much appreciated by myself, and by […]

via designtaxi.com I love the recent introduction to custom and fun filler text. A couple of months ago, I was introduced to Bacon and Meat themed ipsum. Thanks to those who make boring filler text more fun! What fun ones have you seen? Please share!

via fastcodesign.com Brilliant idea! An open source app that allows any creative to design their own custom chair, for fun, and gets your creative juices going!

Celebration of Light 2011, a set on Flickr. A collection of photos taken by me, during the Celebration of Lights 2011.

pretty | VanDusen Botanical Garden, a photo by kaishin | dash of food on Flickr. felt like sharing something that represented these summer days… 🙂

Augmented reality leader Layar just took its system to a whole new level by installing a real-world object recognition protocol that’s a little like Google’s Goggles. In one swoop it may have turned AR apps from intriguing, inspiring, and occasionally useful toys into serious tools for information discovery and, of course, advertising. Let’s call it […]

Last night I had the pleasure of sitting in on a talk by Mineo Yamamoto out at the UBC Beaty Biodiversity Museum, along with my good friend, Rachael Ashe, and learned about the art of fish and nature printing, Gyotaku. It was interesting to learn that the acting of making a rubbing originated in China, […]

via blog.flickr.net In my possession, I have about 5 cameras total, tho I would probably have more if I had time and money to shoot film. I’m always in awe seeing other people’s camera collection, esp when vintage or that they are all working cameras too! Different types of camera can give totally different perspectives […]

via youtube.com Now that’s smart User Focused design thinking. Empathize with the busy consumer, make more efficient of their lost time while waiting for transit, save them time with a new way of visual/virtual grocery shopping = Win-Win. Love it!  

via vancourier.com Aww, here I am (lower right corner) with the Canada Parks Board Crew from Ucluelet, working on the mosaic at Grandview Elementary. It’s reported that the projected ended up with 180 volunteers, all ING customers and employees, with additional assistance from summer school kids from the neighbourhood, and little ones from Grandview Elementary […]

via thenextweb.com Love hearing about useful designs like this 🙂 A typeface that helps dyslexic people read more easily. Now that’s good problem solving/design 🙂

VANCOUVER – More than 150 employees and clients from an online bank are taking the day off to spend it building a playground in one of Vancouver’s poorest neighbourhoods. ING Direct clients, employees and local residents are spending a full day building a new outdoor playground at Grandview Elementary on Woodland Drive. This isn’t just […]

via ted.com   Neil Pasricha’s, The 3 A’s of awesome totally resonates with me: Attitude, Awareness and Authenticity. This is how I have tried to live my life, without defining it in physical word descriptions, but here you go 🙂 Seeing this makes me smile and feel the happiness I have felt in the last […]