If you are perhaps interested in reading the older archives (from 2005-10), they’re now available at the main wordpress hosting space until I can determine a method to this madness.

I haven’t written properly on my blog since the year before last. After my first return to blogging I attempted to merge my various presence within the interwebs; only to realize much much later that I had no clear idea of what direction I was heading towards.

So I’m back to writing about events and people that I find interesting, philosophical anecdotes and photographs to love, share new ideas, design new world to explore, investigate the research of linguistic relativity and fashionable inventory that makes me happy.

If you’re still interested in solely design-related finds and info-graphics, you can visit the posterous blog, or subscribe to my tumblr for illustrations and photographs.

The old archives of conferences and photography will be restored, eventually. However, since much of what written covers approximately 6 years of people, place and things that feel irrelevant somehow, I’m putting it on the stove’s backburner for now.

Thanks for stopping by.

..it’s a *little* overwhelming every time I open google reader.

Therefore to curb the unexpected noise and whistleblows, there is now recently also setup as an additional redirection rss feed if you wish to read only the original idleglory’s blog ramblin’s.

http://feeds.feedburner.com/idleglory/blog/

Now, if only Claimid would start working again…

Lilly Yeh (on the right) won first place.. ironically we’re also “friends” on flickr

Image V.I.

The fleeting moment of a koi at sunset is yet another second passing in time of an underwater habitant coexisting in our world. These fish live a peaceful existence in the local zen-influenced gardens in historical chinatown, dancing beneath the watery depths for visitors or merely traveling through the miniature world in an everyday fashion. Yet their world is ? Smaller than ours, on an miniature scale.

The concept of sustainability is about protecting and sharing our seen or yet unseen world with these other creatures, building an understanding and greater love for them through observation and preservation.

IMAGE V.II.

Concrete is an integral part of city urban planning; there is hardly a city in the world without its sturdy foundations and great blocks supporting public buildings or cozy homes. Initially created by the Greeks (or Hellenes, as they refer to themselves) for the preservation of their great architectural achievements and monuments to the gods. For this reason, we take near-infinite permanence for granted, forgetting that nevertheless, nature’s immortality will stem growth from the cracks and destroy from within.

Sustainability is about working in unison with nature, whether or not the lifetime of the work is outlived by the many vines and plants growth entwined. It is because of this that we must create and build in mind of the life and end of the object, instead of its birth.

In recent news, I’ve won a free lift-ticket and coach pass to Whistler, Blackcomb in February later next year thanks to the folks at Digital Web ! The koi fishes featured above were my snowboard designs submissions for the Web Directions North Conference.

Thank you, thank you to the all of the judges and editors at Digital Web