My Tom Sachs Nikecraft Mars Yard 3.0 sneakers arrived! I worked so hard to earn these and they were so expensive that for a moment I wondered if I’d ever wear them. But then I saw the bottom of the box: The box is so well designed: There are even hidden ten bullets: There are […]| Writing at Large
Long time no update so this one contains multitudes. I have started taking a small sketching kit with me on my long runs. I take my Pith Kabosu, Aquarius Urban Sketchers watercolour palette, a fineliner of some sort, a waterbrush and a Pentel P209 mechanical pencil. I finish my runs at my local cafe and […]| Writing at Large
Photo by Lex Photography on Pexels.com I had to chuckle as I read an article in the September 2025 issue of LD+A about the importance of freehand sketching. (Drawn to Life by Cristobal Correa and J…| Lighting by Jeffrey
The sea daffodils are in bloom, so I made a quick watercolour sketch of them during my Yom Kippur walk.| Writing at Large
Quick watercolour sketch in the park today. Pen sketch before watercolours: I’ve been travelling and sick hence the delay in posts, but I have a few posts drafted already so hopefully more to come …| Writing at Large
Hand sketching is still relevant for architects and student architects. It is a tool to record and explore ideas,to quickly translate them onto paper, directly from one's mind. That process, in spite of all the advances in softwares is still best done using one's hands.| ARCHITECTURE STUDENT'S CORNER
As a reminder of everything that went well while during the past four years, I published the sketches I made while following the Drawabox lessons. I tend to think about the past four years as a negative period of my life. In a way, it’s true. I was back in Italy, but not feeling home, and I had stopped doing what I like most: taking pictures, baking bread, knitting. I used to say that I was dead inside, and couldn’t be creative. A few days ago, flicking through my notes, I found the sketc...| Design & other obsessions by Silvia Maggi
