{ neighbor.com.sg }

Perhaps not alot of you guys have heard of the agency "Neighbor"..... Recently i went through Neighbor's website, find it really good so thought of introducing to you guys. Maybe you guys wonder why would i know this agency....Well....it's set-up by my TP's senior and the fact that they are the one who did Takashimaya's 10th Anninversary Campaign got me interested.

Browsing through the 'not - updated - in - the - longest - time' website, i found some quite interesting projects that they have done. Their strength is at graphic designing though they did some advertising. If you took a closer look at their work, you could tell that well-usage of vibrant colors and visual impact are some of the characteristic of Neighbor. Perhaps the high-quality in their work is due to the fact that the Boss is a designer-working-4-passion himself, not some marketing/business-driven Boss who think they know design.......

*sources: Neighbor's website

{ WDA: website design awards }

Meant for people interested in the world of multimedia....with the invention of FLASH, web had became an interesting canvas for designers to showcase their creativity.... WDA: Website Design Awards is a site specially dedicated to the world's best websites around.


" Established in May 2005, Website Design Awards (or WDA) has been awarding and showcasing the creative and technical talents of the online industry around the world. With over 12,000 submissions and counting WDA showcases only the most progressive cutting edge online projects across a range of industries and personal endeavors.

They showcase both Flash and CSS websites within its gallery. Their main criteria for selection is that the website demonstrates strong visual and interaction design, an innovative interface and a powerful and original creative concept, all coming together to create an absorbing user experience. "

To visit WDA click here!

{ Eiichiro Oda 尾田栄一郎 }

For those who knows me well know that i am a BIG fan of Japanese manga. ONE PIECE got to be one of my all-time favourite manga. I really got to take my hats off to Eiichiro Oda, the creator of ONE PIECE, for his inspiring storyline and unlimited imagination that brings out the Peter Pan in all of us. At a young age of 22, he created ONE PIECE....i wonder how many 22 years old could be as successful as him.

ONE PIECE focuses on a ragtag crew of heoric pirates, formed and led by Monkey D. Luffy. Luffy's greatest ambition is to obtain the world's ultimate treasure, One Piece, and become the Great Pirate King at the end of the Grand Line. ONE PIECE has a large amount of characters, many of which are either pirates or marines. The main protagonist is Monkey D. Luffy, the captain of the Straw Hats Pirates. He leads a crew of eight other pirates: Roronoa Zoro, Nami, Usopp, Sanji, Tony Tony Chopper, Nico Robin, Franky, and Brook. Each member has their own dream that is furthered by joining the Straw Hats.....


A little info on the creator:

Eiichiro Oda, a legendary manga artist, was born in 1 January 1975 in Kumamoto, Japan, best known as the creator of manga and anime ONE PIECE. As a child, Eiichiro was inspired by vikings and aspired to become a manga artist.

At the age of 17, he submitted his work "Wanted" and won several awards, including second place in the coveted Tezuka Awards. That got him into a job at the Weekly Shonen Jump magazine, where he originally worked as assistant to Shinobu Kaitani's series "Suizan Police Gang" before moving to Masaya Tokuhiro on "Jungle King Tar-chan" and "Mizu no Tomodachi Kappaman", which gave him an unexpected influence on his artistic style. At the age of 19, he worked as an assistant to Nobuhiro Watsuki on "Rurouni Kenshin", before winning the Hop Step Award for new artists.

During this time, he drew two pirate-themed one-shot stories, called "Romance Dawn", which would debut in Monthly and Weekly Jump in late 1996-early 1997. In 1997, at the age of 22, ONE PIECE appeared for the first time in Weekly Shonen Jump and promptly became one of the most popular manga in Japan (after the Dragon Ball series). His biggest influence is Akira Toriyama, creator of "Dragon Ball"and "Dr. Slump".