a disney movie that does not have johnny depp in it

Posted on 2:58 PM by justin | 0 comments


This is the newest trailer for the Disney classic TRON, i am so excited to see this movie! too bad it doesn't come out until December. oh btdub, this movie will be in THREE DEE, and it's probably going to be 100000x better that Avatard.

Circle of life

Posted on 12:59 PM by justin | 0 comments

simba and mufasa having a moment together. best movie and soundtrack ever.

working hard or hardly working?

Posted on 2:17 PM by justin | 0 comments

Slow day at the office. I basically spent my morning surfing the world wide web while listening to 94.9 and pretending that i was being useful. So far i have gone around the office taking pictures of everyone on what does EHDD mean to them and opened up a new google account and imported all my mails to this account... i hope no one at work reads this. I was super late this morning to work also. woke up at 7:48, 48 minutes later than when i was suppose. Didnt even get a chance to shower and just left the house to catch the bus which was 10 minutes late. I had to make up some WHITE lie to my supervisor about some Bart hold up. she bought it. I will be going to the shop in a bit to do some more work thats pretty much unnecessary, but on Friday i get to go to the Exploratorium for FREE and meet the consultants there to discuss moving the tactile dome to the new location. im excited, but i wish i didn't have work on Friday. and next week apparently i have a design review, which means i will have to present my ideas of this CA wall to two people. yay mini review.... i hope i dont suck. i should go before i start to look too suspicious for writing an essay on the internet

to search or not to search

Posted on 10:06 PM by justin | 0 comments

today in my language and power class we started talking about Foucault's critic of the American prison system that began in Philadelphia. He believed that the observation nature of the penitentiary led to information gathering and surveillance of people. While the intent of the observation tower was to better understand the prisoners so they could be re-educated more effectively, this information could also be considered an invasion of privacy. This practice reminds me of the google commercial during the superbowl. While most people applauded its originality and "awhh" factor, it's also kinda frightening to think how much your searches can reveal your life. Google has admitted that it keeps a record of all the searches and their corresponding IP address, but it says that this information is currently used to improve their search result. However, there are rumors that google has granted access to federal government to these search results in convicting terrorists. If you really think about what you type into the little google search bar, the information is probably a lot more revealing and indicative. I dont really know where im going with my theory, but i guess its just scary to think about how much we are willing to reveal about ourselves to the internet unconsciously...



EHDD day 3

Posted on 10:42 PM by justin | 0 comments

Today I had lunch with my mentor at this place called universal cafe. I got this flatbread with goat cheese and tomato sauce on it which was essentially a really crunchy pizza. It was really good and was paid by EHDD which made it even better. I also got a dessert called strawberry pomegranate granati (i think) which had this shave ice thing on top of home made whipped cream with two shortbread cookie on the side. it was definitely the best part of my day. But it was kinda awkward when the waitress brought it out with two spoon assuming that me and my mentor are sharing it...
Conversation wise, he talked to me about his experience with the profession which is actually in its beginning stage also. He told me he went to University of Michigan for both undergrad and grad school and is very satisfied with working at EHDD. I asked him questions regarding the work field, he asked me questions about berkeley architecture program. nothing really stood out as a memorable topic but i was slightly shocked at how comfortable and happy he is at where he is in life. and that got me doubting if i will EVER be this happy with what i do. I am doing design because i like it and i'm good at it, but i will never be content with working as a standard architect at a good firm. I want to do projects without a budget and i want people to recognize my buildings, to study them, to be inspired by them.
I spent the rest of the day making a presentation on the"product of the week" which is Terrawalk, a rubber sidewalk material made from recycled tire. Everyone great architect in history has sat where i sat today RIGHT? Mr. Clooney said so.

i wake up at 7 am and leave the firm at 6 pm.
16th mission is actually a pretty dope place. a lot of studio space converted from factories and a lot of surprises like this.





Digital installation

Posted on 10:38 PM by justin | 1 comments

this is a new installation for the london heathrow airport called CLOUD by troika, its pretty funky. i like how it changes between sad, dark cloud to a party disco ball but i think it would be more poetic and less robotic if the shape weren't so flat and symmetric.


a,b,c,d,j

Posted on 4:53 PM by justin | 0 comments

alphabet house:
if only architecture were this easy....