every rose has its thorn

assos was, as usual, fantastic. the sea was, again, very cold. and wonderful. swimming there is such a blast! although i must sadly warn that we have seen the tiniest beginnings of sea pollution. a little bit of foamy discharge here, some unnatural and dirty-looking moss on the rocks there. hmm. what a surprise... i will truly be mourning if the assos sea dies just like many others.

but hey, just look at this girl courtesy of assos nature. isn't she inspiring? the golden color, those layers, that ordered randomness, that surface just right and effective for the dry and hot weather. one wants to biomimic :) is that even a verb?

are there instances when you just want to use nature's solutions?

nature has its way

living in a mediterranean country, i am happy to enjoy my lovely lovely pomegranate. everytime i open one, i am amazed at what i see. how come those hundreds of gem-like units are so ordered, and so random at the same time? and what kind of glue holds them together, while they are so easy to snap out with your finger? great inspiration! don't step on them, though. really messy.

less of words, more of works

you cannot believe how i produced the sound effect of this girl:

can you guess? i discovered that i enjoy creating sound effects a lot! so much fun. there are soooo many things that you can do with simple household items.

the test-publishing of my mother's book is cancelled. mucho dinero;) they are going to publish it right away. that means if there are some errors, well, they will be multiplied by thousands.

these days i am researching biomimicry. i will try to share my vision of it in a couple of days. it's a really funny and interesting subject. how about some industrial design talk?