The tropical heat spell is unbearable sometimes.

On another note, i think my roommates (they are two terrapins) weren’t quite as affected since they’re in the water all the time.

Ah i miss the Californian weather!

“In many ways, the environmental crisis is a design crisis. It is a consequence of how things are made, buildings are constructed, and landscapes are used. Design manifests culture, and culture rests firmly on the foundation of what we believe to be true about the world.”

– Sym Van Der Ryn

“..At present, what distinguishes a good design from a mere copy is not limited to a component of originality, but to its capacity to hold significance; its adaptation to the real necessities of its users; its respect for the environment with, for example, the use of recyclable materials; its versatility, which allows for its use in diverse environments and situations; an approach in accordance with industrial requirements, so that its manufacturing costs permit production of the design for the general population, as has been desired by many designers for a long time; its innovative components as much as its form as its background; its ergonomics as a fundamental element to obtain a relationship between the chair and its user, and last, an aesthetic that responds to the lifestyle of those to whom it is directed as a way of also obtaining a form of spiritual liberty..”

- Patricia Bueno, Introduction:Just Chairs

“..because chairs are a perfect excuse for may things. A source of inspiration to express artistic restlessness. The throne that allows for the accumulation of power. The sophisticated office chair from which to exercise command. The beach chair that offers a rest by the sea. The comfortable reading chair that provides a link to the real world while the hours fly past immersed in imaginary worlds…”

“..a daring design becomes a paradigmatic example of a manifesto of aesthetics that express a break with the ideas that came before. The chair also serves to express our need to be close to nature and to others rather than being against them. Or as the perfect excuse to wait or leave…”

- Patricia Bueno, Introduction: Just Chairs

When i first entered Manhattan on a bus ride from Boston, my first thought was this -

“whoa that’s a lot of tall buildings. i wish i am piloting a giant robot and stomping on things.”

Ah i miss New York.