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Okayama Streetscape
By Rem / in Urban Studies / December 31, 2014My very first experience of Japan was introduced through the small city of Okayama. While the Okayama International Airport was about as pleasant as the three worst airports in America, Okayama had a ...
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Okayama Station
By Rem / in Urban Studies / December 31, 2014Unlike in China, city life in Japan often centers in and immediately around the main Japan Railway (JR) station. Very often, the JR station is a shopping mall and destination in of itself. My first ex...
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The Missing Conveniences of Japan
By Rem / in Rituals / October 29, 2014Japan, as many perceive, is a land of meticulous attention to detail, whether it is personal interaction or a built construct in the landscape. So if, upon visiting there, one were to happen upon some inconsistencies with that vision, what would that say about Japan?
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Shanghai Tourism Parade
By Rem / in Rituals / September 26, 2014I first heard about the annual (since 1990) Shanghai Tourism Parade last summer when I had missed it. So, back on Saturday September 13th, I made an effort to finally see it for myself this year.
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Op-Ed in Shanghai Daily about Shikumens
By Rem / in Tea Time with Rem / August 21, 2014After reading an article on the difficulty of preserving Shikumens in Shanghai, I sent a proposal to the original author of the article, Yang Jian, who wrote "Fears for the last of city’...
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Color: Don’t be Afraid of It
By Rem / in Motivational Speaking / August 10, 2014On Friday night, I was invited to give a talk for ARCDES (Architecture & Design) Shanghai #48 at Sisters in Jiashan Market, Xuhui District, Shanghai, China.
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Harmonizing Commercial Experience
By Rem / in Motivational Speaking / July 28, 2014On Friday, I had the opportunity for an ad hoc lecture organized by Bundspace, under the umbrella of the Dutch Design Workspace at 1929 Artspace on the North Bund. To a small gathering of about 20 people, I gave a talk about the interface between designers and marketers and the challenges we face to create a successful commercial environment.
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Lebbeus Woods, Fantasy Architect
By Rem / in Exhibitions / June 29, 2014Back on June 4th, while visiting home for a few days, I traveled to New York City for a day. While I had the great fortune to catch up with two friends, one a fellow, former Fulbrighter, Michael Newmark and the other a fellow RISDroid; Seo BoYoung; I was also looking forward to visit The Drawing Center, an institution dedicated to the fine art of drawings and illustrations. Particularly for my visit, I saw that they were doing a retrospective of an architect/artist I had never heard of, but, quite frankly, wished I knew of when I was doing my Masters’ Thesis: Lebbeus Woods.
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Mountains of Mystery, Mountains of Form
By Rem / in Voyages beyond Time / June 3, 2014Mountains. Reclusive, exclusive and elusive. Their rawness and powerful scale have invoked stories and ritual of deities, legendary figures and spirits. For the modern man, mountains are often unconquered territory: the pinnacle achievement of having explored everything else without any (or very little) external aid. Forest, rivers, hills, fields, deserts; these are landscapes that are relatively easier to explore compared to the untamed wilderness of the mountain. Those of us who have traveled extensively, of course, know that this is not entirely true. But the grand vista or the obscured mystery of mountains has been romanticized for hundreds of years in the West, and thousands of years in China.
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CNY 2014 Xuhui Shanghai from Jeremi Bigosinski on Vimeo.
Happy Year of the Horse
By Rem / in shanghai / February 4, 2014If anyone had any doubts of the unplanned and spontaneous nature of fireworks celebrations in China, here is your proof.
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