Versatility in Design

是常识，是对佛法的连接

har112vard — Mon, 30 Aug 2010 05:46:41 +0000

有个母亲分享她对佛法的认知于儿子：“当你感觉浑身不对劲的时候，快快念起 OM MANI PADME HUM, 那些妖魔鬼怪就不会侵犯你。”

儿子回了一句：“那你晓得那六个字的意思吗？”

“观音的名号啦！”母亲这样答。

“可是妈，观音菩萨的名字是AVALOKITESHVARA BODDHISATTVO.”

“哇，你怎么知道，儿子，你这么迷信，神棍。”

虔诚的佛教徒，有时也会为这言语上的刺激及印象上的误会而感到无可奈何，一片善意的解释被译为江湖术士的班门弄斧，却相信道听途说的荒谬。就如当初的玄装，执意要踏上取经之路，为的是真理，为的是纠正当时社会对佛教的一知半解，甚至是神化佛教。但文明至今，又有多少佛教徒知道口中的那段经是怎么一回事, 是一种降魔伏妖的咒语吗？何以鬼怪会敬而远之？

OM MANI PADME HUM, 中文译为唵嘛呢叭咪吽，是观音菩萨的六字大明咒，虽仅仅六个字，意义何其深远，即教导众生起心动念，言语造作，都要真诚清净平等。唵 = 身，嘛呢 = 莲花，叭咪 = 保持，吽 = 意，也就是说，保持身心如莲花般清净。莲花出于泥而不染，意味着众生活在婆娑世界，不要被周遭幻像影响，沉迷堕落轮回，要唤起心中的佛性。

那母亲，我衷心地希望有一天，我能分享我对佛的认知于你，唤起你我他心中的佛性，彼此手牵手，一起登彼岸！

p.s. Gate Gate Paragate Parasamgate Bodhi Svaha

Luxurious ever issue

har112vard — Fri, 28 Aug 2009 09:14:04 +0000

People just can’t stop daydreaming of Luxurious holiday, 5,6,7,8-star resort and the cash to spend ya? well, here are the few pages of The Address Sept-Oct issue where you can daydream about.

Oli Moly!

har112vard — Fri, 28 Aug 2009 08:45:04 +0000

If you are a big fan of bling bling, I hope these ads capture your attention. KM Oli, an advertiser for The Address magazine, has a problem – they don’t have an ad to advertise in the magazine. So guess who is doing it? I proposed two options, and much to my surprise, they picked the wedding couple. Good taste! Sometimes, client’s mind is unpredictable.

ON THE MOVE, to nextdoor

har112vard — Fri, 28 Aug 2009 08:36:05 +0000

I was assigned to this real big campaign of Amway. It’s called “On The Move”, to celebrate the new Amway HQ. My boss was pretty nervous, as this is the great chance for our company to show to Amway, after a few Amway jobs we failed to get. It was indeed a real pressure to me too. There are four designers and each of us has come out with 4 logos for this campaign. Few days later, we got call from Amway, BINGO, they chose my logo, and BINGO again, they passed all the campaign materials for us to design, T shirt, hanging mobile, banner and plasma frame. Here are some of them:

Mooncake anyone?

har112vard — Fri, 28 Aug 2009 08:23:21 +0000

Mooncake festival is around the corner, have you bought any mooncake for the celebration? I know Amway is promoting two new flavours, and an exquisite tea set, how do I know? I pitched for Amway mooncake leaflet. However, my design was like their mooncake, melt at first bite, did not get through.

SPEAK it out loud!

har112vard — Fri, 28 Aug 2009 08:08:31 +0000

I am always doing freelance, the real “free” freelance for my friends. To me, friendship is above money, guess my only thing to charge them, would be our everlasting friendship. By the way, please support my friend, visit http://www.speakboutique.blogspot.com/

Even Thai?

har112vard — Fri, 28 Aug 2009 08:00:14 +0000

Although I am not familiar with thai language, design crosses the language border. Hopefully Thais will like my design.

Annual Report Compilation

har112vard — Fri, 28 Aug 2009 07:45:54 +0000

Cover Exhibition

har112vard — Mon, 27 Jul 2009 08:56:31 +0000

In 2008, 3 cover designs were enough to impress client. Then the terrible recession hit Malaysia, then the pressure on sales, then my hair and weight loss (side-effect from high-stress and high-tension), and now we need to produce 10 covers for each presentation in order to reach the quota (as the other agencies present 10 or more). Here are some of my cover designs for annual report…

Hotel Logo

har112vard — Mon, 27 Jul 2009 07:29:34 +0000

Whether it is 5 star or no star, my job is to bring fame to this new hotel. Undoubtedly, logo is the one that captures you.