Sunday, September 23, 2007

同潤館與建築保育


四年前東京之旅途經表參道
被一所古舊建築物所吸引
四五層高的住宅平房
吸引我的地方是它的外牆爬滿了蔓藤
一直一直蔓延
有如穿著青蔥的歷史素服
看著看著 心情不其然平靜下來...

這次重遊表參道
是專程去看新地標表參道之丘OMOTE SANDO HILLS
從正門進入經過極富現代感的高級商店
三樓有通道可穿往同潤館
是比較質樸的水泥牆建築
店舖亦比較有設計味道
拾級而下直達地面預備離開
忽然眼球被一面蔥綠外牆所吸引
立即意識到 是四年前看過的同一所建築
雖然蔓藤好像比以前減少了有點可借
但都很有老朋相遇的況味

心想當地的建築保育意識真是好
很好的古舊跟現代的融合
有感 香港何時才有此水準...

Haptic五感之覺醒




In the tokyo trip, still couldn't find the amaging fruit juice package. But i found them in the book.
Then i knew that the juice had designed by Naoto Fukasawa深澤直人 which in an exhibition of "HAPTIC".
For the exhibition, they invited creators from multidisciplinary fields to make objects that focus not on color or form but on the sense of touch as their primary motivation. It's really a very interesting show.

Quoted from the book:

Banana juice: The package exists. It was not made specifically for bananas, but the texture and design were. Notice the eye-catching label.

Kiwi fruit juice: Flock-printing (or electrostatic flocking) is used to deposit brown fibers onto the dark-green surface of the package. The result is this kiwi-like texture.

Soy milk: The hard tofu texture is given to the white package of juice. The attached straw changes the package's "tofu" identity to that of "soy milk"

Other than the juice package, the show had so many amaging products. BYW, i think they all not for sale.