A Glimspse of Salesforce Transbay Center in San Francisco

Several weeks ago, the multiple-billion dollars Salesforce Transbay Center in San Francisco opened with great fanfare. On August 25, I took a transbay bus and caught a glimpse of the wonderful building, and the rooftop garden, before two cracks on steel beams forced a hopefully temporary closure two days ago.

The most dominating part of the complex was the slick and phallic Salesforce Tower, which was actually not part of the terminal, but did provide an interesting contrast to the delicate, veiled exterior of the horizontal Transbay Center.









Our bus came to the center via an exclusive bus bridge, at an extremely low speed.





Once entered the building, we had another view of the lattice façade from inside. Intriguing.













There was a certain "public art" inside the terminal building, such as the LCD display, and the tower itself.





The best part of the complex was the rooftop public space - gardens, walkway, theater, etc.





What a shame that two cracks of the supporting steel beams at SF Transbay Transit Center forced its closure. Hopefully, it would be deemed safe soon. But, could we ever trust it? Just as the troubled San Francisco Bay Bridge.


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Pastel Rainbow Flag and Apple Company's Success

In last couple weeks, I went to San Francisco several times to attend concerts and saw numerous instances of saturate-colored rainbow Gay Pride Flag.  They were bold and eye-catching, however, design wise, quite dated.

Incidentally, one of the most sleek companies today, Apple, share the same color scheme on its original logo, which was iconic not only in its colorful bands but its shape as well:



However, by the time when Apple finally took the mass consumer world by storm with its pastel colored iMac and then platinum colored iPod, its logo had shed the colors and became sleeker, more appealing and harmonious, without losing the characteristics of instant recognition, largely due to its bitten-apple shape:



Yes, Apple have been producing high-quality, ground-break products, such as iPhone and iPad, etc., which contributed highly to its commercial and cultural success.  Yet, I cannot image the same magnitude of success if Apple Company had kept its original colorful logo.  The success of Apple was in many way a triumph of aesthetics, and its former CEO Steve Jobs was a visionary aesthetics.

Now, let's come back to the equally iconic and colorful Gay Pride Rainbow Flag.  Yes, it has cultural and historical value; yet, it is also quite dated and desperately needs a makeover for the modern era - the iEra. 



Perhaps, some pastel colored flag like the one below would be a starting point for a new design?



If the gay flag's colors have been updated to befit the new century, according to modern aesthetics, I can image that many more aesthetic-sensitive homosexuals would be more willing, even eager to hoist the gay flag and display such stickers.  Or even more eager to come out.

New Items on Zazzle - Pillows, Napkins, iPad Sleeves and Pet Bowls

Recently, Zazzle added some exciting new items, such as pillows, napkins, pet clothes and pet bowls, etc.

I designed several Throw Pillows, utilizing my artworks and photographs.  I also designed some cloth napkins and even a cat bowl with my childhood drawing of animals:

Pillow - Oil Painting "In Distant Country" by MatthewFelixSun
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Pillow - Oil Painting "White Dress with Birds" by MatthewFelixSun
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Napkins - Abstract Painting by Matthew Felix Sun by MatthewFelixSun
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Napkins - Oil Painting "Stairwell" by MatthewFelixSun
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iPad Sleeve - Oil Painting "In Distant Country" by MatthewFelixSun
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Pet Bowl - Child's Animal Drawing by MatthewFelixSun
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Pet Bowl - Calico Cat or Tortoiseshell Cat by MatthewFelixSun

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