Author: kaichu

via flickr.com photo by kaishin chu © 2011 I’m always happy to see a new fruit come into season, the tale of time and seasons changing 🙂

For most of my design career, I advocated the importance of a company’s mission statement or goals, it’s branding story, and fulfilling their target markets need – not just the physical apparel, but the emotional and feelings derived from using the product/service. Empathy is a huge part of what is important in my mind, as […]

via flickr.com love studying skeletons of other creatures, stirs the imagination 🙂 I wish I lived closer to the Smithsonian of Natural History…

via flickr.com Sometimes my work involves lovely little eye candies 😉 I’ve never had much interest in precious stones/ gems, and yet I really like these swarovski crystal buttons 😉 I think what holds my attention more is the presentation and packaging of these buttons. I sourced these for months and finally happened upon Swarovski […]

via siongchin.com Thanks to Siong for sharing the works of Alex McLeod. I love the whimsical worlds created by Alex, the colours the shapes, just love it all.

via scoutmagazine.ca Great list of things related to how good life is in Vancouver. It’s the essence of Vancouver 🙂 Try checking off this list this year. I dare you to have some fun 😉

via springwise.com This totally reaffirms my thoughts on the importance of ‘Experience’ and evoking a sense of feelings in our busy lives, such as good childhood memories, simpler days. Instead of a stale hotel room, you get a camping experience, much like relieving childhood memories of pitching a bed sheet over sofa and chairs in […]

Over the weekend I was fortunate enough to have randomly visited the Vancouver Aquarium with a close friend of mine and two out of town visitors. It had been years since I last had the opportunity to go. I’m always inspired seeing the beauty of the underwater world, the colours, the softness of the the […]

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via photojojo.com It’s so crazy to realize that 6 months has passed by when I just received this photo time capsule of my photos from half a year ago. 6 months ago that was a really chaotic time, it was the most chaotic time of my life with dad’s dementia hitting the peak and I […]

via thisiscolossal.com I really like this idea of altered books, this way all it’s entirety is preserved and one can still see the cover too. Lovely.

via the99percent.com Great series of tips and articles for creative people. Like their title says, Small Changes equals Big Results. We all could use some more Big Results 🙂

Tetris Sticky Notes | Colossal via thisiscolossal.com  

via laughingsquid.com Thanks to my friend Rachael for posting this, leading me to share it with you. I find function and form fascinating, and thus have always loved looking at specimens and structure combined with biology and such. The dyed colours here makes the details pop and just wow’s the viewer, enabling details to be […]

via vimeo.com Great little creative project to add a little nature mofif to your home : ) Fun project with kids too!

I had a recent experience where during the end of my pitch to a prospective client, they asked if I’d be willing to do some spec work in order to help them decide between me and the other competing agencies. I said no, explained why, and got the job a week later. To Designers Every […]

via benhasapencil.blogspot.com Blogoliolio: Ghost of Gone Birds – Bishop’s O’ O’ Love the colours, composition and style of illustration.

Lost Inspiration. Offering Reward. By Adriana In Resources On April 8, 2011· 10 Comments Whether you’re a graphic designer, a web designer, a blogger or another job that implies being creative, you have to admit that sometimes in your career you found yourself in a situation when you didn’t know what to do. That is […]

via thisiscolossal.com Wow! fantistic sculpture. Now this is where the word ‘awesome’ seems fitting.

via joshuaminsky.com I’ve heard this singer a few times over the last month while doing my grocery shopping over at Granville Island. His voice is soothing and often makes me smile and feel as if I’m in Paris or something (I haven’t been yet). Today, seeing him dressed up nicely, entertaining the throngs of people […]