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Taste is the ability to identify quality. To understand quality we need to look critically at: materials that are fit for purpose, ergonomy that considers audience needs, effective use of affordances, usability, accessibility, harmonic color choices, aesthetic choices that elicit emotion, intentional visual hierarchy — amongst others. Taste is in the observer, quality is in the object. The concept of taste becomes more productive when framed objectively around quality, and in ways that are measurable or at least comparable.

“But in the end, stories are about one person saying to another: This is the way it feels to me. Can you understand what I’m saying? Does it feel this way to you?”


― Kazuo Ishiguro

“The only failure is not to try”
# **Virgil Abloh**

Go slow, that way, you won't leave yourself behind. If you do, nothing will/can dismember you.

LIVING

\- A home that feels like a sanctuary

\- A space that feels peaceful and serene

\- Architecture that restores our energy

\- Architecture that encourages creativity

\- As open plan as possible

\- Natural light that fills every room

\- Eco-friendly and sustainable

\- Child and animal friendly

\- Modular design that can adapt

\- Adaptable for a family


COOKING

\-A utilitarian space to enjoy cooking daily

\- Generous kitchen storage

\- A kitchen that is easy to clean and maintain

\- A space to enjoy spending time

\- Open and inviting to other living spaces


SHARING

\- A space that encourages interaction

\- A balance of style and comfort

\- A space that improves communication


WORKING

\- A tech-focused setup that works for multiple people

\- Optimised for sitting and standing

\- A place to design digital and physical

\- A space to collaborate

\- Maybe some gaming too


OUTDOOR

\- An outdoor/sheltered area to exercise

\- Space for a climbing wall

\- Space for equipment/tools storage

\- Grow vegetables/fruits


AESTHETIC

\- Minimal, functional, simple

\- Fusion of Japanese, Bauhaus, and Scandinavian influences

\- Natural and raw materials

\- Brutalism blended with softness

\- Non-colours blended with natural colours

\- Dark facade, light(er) interior

\- Juxtaposition of tones, textures, and light

We always like to see what we've never seen before.

For him, all people are equal. For him, there are no nobodies. In his own opinion, he is not a nobody either.

That world that's in your pocket is not the world.
The world is the one that lies before your feet.
# **Tom Rosenthal**

“Next time is next time! Now is now!”

Nature does not hurry, yet all things are accomplished. The tighter we grasp the sand, the more sand falls through the hand.

Not the prettiest apple but the tastiest, the unaltered, the one that bends the branch.

“One way to open your eyes is to ask yourself, ‘What if I had never seen this before? What if I knew I would never see it again?’”

“The greatest illusion," said the mole, "is that life should be perfect.”

“Most humans are never fully present in the now, because unconsciously they believe that the next moment must be more important than this one. But then you miss your whole life, which is never not now.”

no one sees what you see
even if they see it too

He who chases two rabbits catches neither.

KOMOREBI: is the Japanese word for the shimmering of light and shadows that is created by leaves swaying in the wind. It only exists once, AT THAT MOMENT.

We're growing. We keep growing and growing and as we grow slowly we begin to feel things, touch things and touch the walls of our world that we are in.

“you will never create anything great, if you never create anything at all”

- Ben Burns