My favorite piece of technology :D

Well my favorite piece of technology is my Notebook!! I adore it! Really it is one of the most important things I have! I bought it two months ago at PC Factory Store. I remember I would want a notebook since I was at school, but they were too expensive and I did not have the money to buy someone. Also I did not understand so much respect to those machines. I only know basic things about their "performance" or "operation".

The opportunity I had, was the only one, because I had been looking for one of them a long time, then I found this one and first I quoted it by internet, and I realized there were only two pieces at the store. I had to buy it, otherwise I did not find another one by that price ($600,000 pesos).

When I bought it, happiness came to me, I was really happy...All I would want was get it off the box and start to use it. Since that moment I have been using it every day for work at university tasks and for leisure.

I like a lot the fact you can take it from one place to another one when you want. It is very practical and easy.

There I can save a lot of things and organize them. It has Webcam, a very important thing, when you want to do a video call with people who are far away. Also it has a lot of RAM memory (4gb) wich is very good for the adobe master collection (the main computer programs for Graphic Design).

Another thing I would like to do, is to put a sticker on the back. A sticker done by myself, that contains a famous bassist I like a lot, from InterpoL.-

Well, when you are studying some career, you have to develop a lot of skills. You must have a way to work and it depends of every person.

At graphic design, the studying rythm is very hard! I have told you last class, students do not rest like the common of people, they do not sleep well, they do not have a good feeding (but this applies to all careers, I think), they do not have leisure time because they have a lot of work and study, sometimes you do not back home at evenings because you stay at university working. Everyone here can give credit to my words. Graphic designers (I mean students of Graphic Design) from the University of Chile say all time that they have no life.

Some skills you need, could be the ability to work hard (including full nights), finish the whole work for yesterday, drink lots of cofee and energetic drinks, develop skills with pc programs like Photoshop, Illustrator, Indesign, Flash among others. Being able to withstand a lot of tension and preassures. It really seems like is a horrible thing, I say yes it is, but it has its beautyful side, university is not all at this career.

This university does not give you a lot of things, on the contrary, the philosophy is to give you the least posible things. It is the reality...

Well, this photo was taken at the feet of Osorno Volcano, tenth region of the lakes. Opposite to the vocano's feet is placed All Saints Lake. Near to the National Park Vicente Pérez Rosales and to the Petrohué river. The tenth region is the most wonderful at all. I love it! Although I have not been at all regions of Chile, but this is one I really prefer.

My brother took the picture, we both were walking with the camera everywhere taking pictures like mad guys! haha :) but, these holidays were really amaizing, I knew a lot of new places, for example, places like Queilen or Tenaún at the big Island of Chiloé. Really wonderful and magical. That one is a land of mystery and charm, completly full of nice people and lovely food. If someday you have the opportunity to go there, please, just do it! you wont regret! I promise you.

We stayed at a hut placed near to Frutillar, on a hill's top, sorrounded by trees and the birds sound. Also you can find there at town, the Llanquihue Lake. You can walk following the waterfront, it is one of the most relaxing activities, I think.

If you continue walking, you can see typical German houses and near to the bottom of the Philippy Street, is placed the Lake Theatre, a huge building where arts and music have their own place with a beautyful view of the lake and the main volcanos of the region. A few years ago, I had the opportunity to attend a piano and cello concert. It had an amazing atmosphere.

And if you go to Frutillar, please eat a piece of kuchen at Wincler's Hostel, it is like being in paradise :D

Alphonse Marie Mucha :D

Well, respecting to one of my favourite characters in desing field I can say he is Alphonse Mucha. He was not formally a designer, he was more an illustrator, but his work is full of things that designers use in their works too, such as: composition, line, color, harmony, etc.

Until now I thought he was french, but now I am looking for his biography, I realize he was from Czech Republic. Every day people learn new things...He was born in the city of Ivancice, Moravia on july 24th 1860. Since he was a child he liked drawing, and he knew that it was what he did very well.

Such as I said before, he was an illustrator, a painter and a poster/jewellery designer. His work is basically into the Art Nouveau Period in the Art's History. The style contains a lot of shapes, like flowers, patterns, sinuous lines, pastel colours and the woman like the centre of attention.

I love truly his work, because it is full of beauty and delicacy. It is very expressive and it has a lot of feminine meaning.

I remember last year when I knew his work, we had to do a composition using Art Nouveau, applied to an Oscar Wilde tale, and we had to paint it with watercolour. Here you can see it, if you want...

http://www.flickr.com/photos/see_the_sunrising/4195544311/