AROMA TROPIKA

27-Apr-2005
Project: AROMA TROPIKA HOUSING DEVELOPMENT, SEKSYEN 27, SHAH ALAM
Job Description: Illustrations, Plan Coloring, Advertising, Broucher Design, Display Board Design
Client: Melangi Development Sdn.Bhd

This was almost a complete package service that I did for Melangi Sdn.Bhd under Design Option Team. (DOT)

The perspective was done with a perfect effort. A series of revisions took place to suit the client’s needs.
I provided the colouring work in vector file for bigger printing. The site location is very good especially to muslim's family because it is near to the mosque and also the schools. It is also near the LDP highway.A perfect setting was also done for the brochures.


A newspaper cutting advertisment design.
They offer me to buy one of the units which was cheaper than the selling price once it is launched. I guess I'm not that rich at that time and can't even afford to buy not even 1/2 of the unit! I might buy one if the money fall from sky.

It was a good exercise for me to combine sketched drawing with a digital colour technique. It also helped me to create a set of new library template.

TYPE A
TYPE B
TYPE C
TYPE D

Showroom Display board - clean and simple and to be viewed in the showroom

A lot of time and effort were poured in for this job. Not just time but also the long travel to the client’s office making the route home further than usual (we didn’t have 'skpe' that time).

The clients are really friendly young bosses. These young bosses in a growing company are very enthusiast at producing perfect outcome and deliver the best for potential customers. I had to quickly cope with their momentum and it was not easy.

"Even after the job was completed we still keep close contact
not just clients but as friends too."

Design in Mind

image: sketch from Kota Bharu Urban revitalization

Do we really know the true/exact meaning of our own words?

MIND. The Oxford dictionary defines it as the faculty of consciousness and thought or a person’s intellect or memory or WIKIPEDIA refers to the collective aspects of intellect and consciousness which are manifest in some combination of thought, perception, emotion, will and imagination

And the DESIGN ? The design is all in my mind. Its ORIGIN from Latin designare ‘mark out, designate’. Or might be like Betty Davis quotes (The Lonely Life, 1962US movie actress (1908 - 1989)-

To fulfill a dream, to be allowed to sweat over lonely labor, to be
given the chance to create, is the meat and potatoes of life. The money is the gravy. As everyone else, I love to dunk my crust in it. But alone, it is not a diet designed to keep body and soul together.

DESIGN+MIND = map of my mind is like a drawing produced to expend imagination and mark out the path to keep creativity together. Together it flourishes like the blossom of the brain.

This is a Blossom of the Brain
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This is a Blossom of the Brain—

A small—italic Seed

Lodged by Design or Happening

The Spirit fructified—

Shy as the Wind of his Chambers

Swift as a Freshet's Tongue

So of the Flower of the Soul

Its process is unknown.

When it is found, a few rejoice

The Wise convey it Home

Carefully cherishing the spot

If other Flower become.

When it is lost, that Day shall be

The Funeral of God,

Upon his Breast, a closing Soul

The Flower of our Lord.

Emily Dickinson(1830-1886)

Notes : 19 May 2007
Expand a bit futher based on a good comment by "yu".
a definition from Kamus Inggeris - Melayu Dewan Bahasa

Mind = 5. person’s way of thinking, mentality, pemikiran: an analytical ~, fikiran yg analitis; an activity that appeals to the artistic ~, kegiatan yg menambat fikiran yg kreatif; 6. intention, inclination, hasrat; 7. mental faculty as opposed to physical, fikiran, minda

And from the Kamus Dewan itself

Minda = akal fikiran, daya berfikir: ~ yg disuburkan dgn ilmu pengetahuan yg banyak, akan menjadi alat yg tajam utk mengatasi berbagai-bagai masalah dan mengilhamkan pemikiran baru; kita kurang menggunakan ~ utk berfikir.

"Design is map of mind.A thought of mind is a give of 'Hilm'(arabic) or 'Ilham'(malay) which is from Allah s.w.t "yu.

a map of my mind = ilhamku

Which ilham in Malays means 1. petunjuk drpd Tuhan (terbit di hati), gerak hati or . 2. sesuatu yg menggerakkan hati atau menimbulkan daya cipta dsb utk menghasilkan atau mencapai sesuatu.

Alhamdulillah, may Allah bless me with all the friends like "yu" which opens mind and hearts to keep me remember the correct path. May god bless you. Amin

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JALAN TUNKU ABDUL RAHMAN- Urban Design Rationale

These are presentation board during the Urban studio 01 back in year 2001. courtesy from : arkib Negara Malaysia

The group members. Paktam, Fadzil, Ome, Muna, Nora, Paklan (myself), Abg Fir, Khazan. After being in working life, sometimes I feel missing those good times learning together with friends.

This cover CD is made for the project a couple years later after the project. It's hard to beliave that we manage to finish the work. The original printed presentation board is still being kept by me. Still remember how we struggle to print on sveral A3 sheets and combine it together makina an A1 presenttaion board

Jalan Masjid India/JalanTuanku Abdul Rahman , attracts many people to its streets because of the unique appearance and characteristics. Places to walk, physical comfort, qualities that engage the eyes, complementaries, and good maintenance are physical characteristics of this street. In some respect, the problem, if it can be called that, rooted from the issues related to multiple social purposes of the streets.

Jalan Tuanku Abdul Rahman goes beyond its functional purpose of permitting people to travel from one place to another besides gaining access to places and premises. This street most surely aids social contact, networking and exchange whereby people are brought together in myriad of activities - well, no man is an island anyway. As such, this street encourages individuals to socialize and participate in the community.

The streets within this area of study also serve its role as locations for public expressions. Most of all, a walk along this street is physically comfortable and less hazardous compared to other typical streets in Kuala Lumpur. The environment creates and leaves strong, lasting and positive impressions; they catch the eyes and enrich the imagination. It is also a joyful and cheerful place to be in, where given a chance one usually wants to return for yet another enriching experience.

The site under study derived its name from Masjid India, the mosque which was originally built in 1870 for the Indian Moslem population of that locality. Visiting the site was indeed an experience that defies description. The richness of the place is evident the moment one ventures into this area, which is best explored by foot. The charm of the site's uniqueness lies in its loud, brash, gaudy and smelly atmosphere, not to mention the colours, sounds and sights that assault visitors from every direction. One gets down and dirty with the local people as one traipse along the well-weathered footways in search of the best bargains in town.

This is a world that promises to heighten one's senses in a passionate way. The site has none of the pretensions of an up-market shopping area, while shops vie for public attention with their displays of saree-clad mannequins and brass lamps as tall as adults. Prayer mats, Attar oil, gilded Malay wedding finery, fresh jasmines, latest Hindi movie songs and the best of Indian and Malay cuisine including pots of curries are among the many things synonym to this
well-sustained community.

The Masjid India/Jalan TAR area has always been the quintessential part of Kuala Lumpur, which embodies the raw and earthy aspect of city living. It has managed to retain its charm, flavour and quirkiness over a period of hundred years despite being elbowed in by skyscrapers all around. As Kuala Lumpur continues converting remaining spaces into sanitized malls, the site is still standing proud in its essence and possessing a strong genius loci, reliving a century of history, culture and shopping. There was an art environment, which had been understood and practiced.

Jalan Masjid India/Jalan Tuanku Abdul Rahman area is indeed a place where myriad activities take place for the public to cherish and to attain this, the site possesses high permeability and legibility within the city of Kuala Lumpur. Variety of activity and culture also robustness of spatial quality enliven the site thus ensuring its vitality for a sustained development.

What can be concluded is that this street is more than anything
else that makes it a public realm filled with richness and energy.

Past Condition
"This stretch of road in its early years was a two-way street which many of its residents
remembered as being so free of traffic…"

"Cars could park on both sides of the road and customers could just stop the car right
in front of the shop to make their purchases."

Present Condition
It has been said that the noise and pollution level in Jalan Masjid India/Jalan TAR area
is one of the highest in the city."

" The present road is narrower since the pedestrian pavement was built…"

"…apart from the difficulty in parking, the types of shops are quite the same."

"…Batu Road surroundings have changed; the present Jalan Raja Laut area
was a squatter land and there was a Central Electricity Board power station
right behind the shops".

"Apart from the increase in the types and number of shops and the type of
shoppers, the road has not changed much in terms of its characteristics".

JALAN MASJID INDIA/JALAN TAR AREA IS STILL VERY MUCH A
shopping paradise TO BOTH LOCALS AND FOREIGNERS.
The JATAR Project PROS AND CONS (1987)

Experimental RENDERING 2

3rd rendering
4th rendering
5th rendering

It' getting better I guess, but still a lot of function need to be tested. To my previous client this will be great news. This is just a raw rendering, wait till it being finalized and having touched-up with my personal touch. That will make it a very unique rendering version.
I've once heard a word from a great visual artist, "no matter how advance the rendering software would be develops, and there will always a personal artistic touch will justify the beauty. No machine would able to understand the beauty from man’s eyes".