Library @ Orchard

I went to Orchard Gateway (again) and I found this super cool library. This is called Library @ Orchard, under the National Library. Unlike other libraries which usually have dull or old fashioned structure with a lot of books, this library had fascinating design that can change your mindset about old-fashioned library. These are some cool stuffs that I wanna share from the library.

I entered the library from third floor, and I saw this computer. The interesting thing is that we can scan the book that we want to borrow on the black board under the table. In my country, usually the librarians scan the book manually for us. So, that's why I think this is really cool!

When I walked inside, I found out that the ceiling also have amazing design like the picture above. I cannot describe the shape or something from the ceiling, but well, this is a ceiling of a library, and this is totally awesome and unusual even for common ceilings.

The picture above is magazine shelves. I thought it was only showing magazines covers, but then I saw a visitor pull the cover place and hola! There are a lot of magazines inside. 

As I walked through, I found this CD's shelves. I think is an example of creative design as the shelf itself has a aesthetic shape and we can put the CD's inside each layer.

When I went to lever two, I just realized the shape of the book shelves are interesting! Unlike the other book shelves which usually plain, monotone, or straight shape, this shelves have curve shape! From above it is a really cool thing to see and the design is also interesting!

 Last but not least, I found this reading seat. I think this seat is well designed because it kind of give some privacy to someone who sit there. As you can see, the design is like a secret chamber, which from one side you think its only like decoration, and you cannot see whether its a reading seat or maybe someone is sitting there ( the left picture). However, when I saw from the front, I just know that it is actually a chair. Well, this is very suitable for the readers as usually people don't like to be disturbed when they read something, especially in the library LOL.

Eat and Eat

To celebrate my last day of holiday, last Monday I went out to eat with my friends. I found two interesting places with unique concept of dining.

1. Nando's

The thing that I found interesting is the dish. It is because they use uncommon way of servings. Usually, other restaurants grill the chicken and use put it on the stick as decoration and serve it on a plate. However, instead of putting the stick on the plate, they even hang the stick. I think this is really creative as they think out of the box to serve this grilled chicken perfectly.

2. Food Opera (ION)

Different from Nando's, the things that attract my attention is not the food, but the decoration of the food hall. It have a lot of unique decorations, which I will show you below.

Thousands of Faces

The faces are really artistic and some may have funny faces. But the interesting part is a food hall can have this kind of decoration, and I think those faces can amuse people who are eating there with unique yet funny expressions. While sitting, I can feel those faces are looking at me, and it kind of give strange feeling though, lol.

Dining Equipments in Frame

This decoration is really suitable for a food hall as it has complete set of dining properties, like bowls, spoons forks, plates, etc. However, they are not ordinary dining equipments; they are put on a frame. Giving the vibes of a painting, this decoration kind of have 3D effects on it. I think it is really creative because rather than using a paintings or pictures of dining equipments, they kind of use the real one, and put it in a frame. 

Wooden Horse

When I was about to go back, I found this 'wooden' horse. Different from the usual wooden horse for children's toys, it is bunch of woods that forming a horse. This is really amazing as the woods can be piled up and formed into a horse perfectly. It gives more like natural feeling while seeing this horse, as it is made of fresh woods and I kind of accompanied by the horse and other free animal in this food hall.