DIY Mountain Pillow

We've reached the age where we think late night visits, tea drinking, moching eating while listening to Frank Ocean (♫ ♪ Channel Orange - Lost) is a cool activity. (not to mention pigging out on a large box of ferreo rocher.) It's pretty nice to chat about random thing with friends, especially close, intimate ones where you can say just about anything without having the feeling of being judged. It also shows that you really don't have to get drunk to have a good time (although a small glass of alcohol wouldn't harm any soul). 

We have an unopened bottle of merlot sitting in the cupboard, I've been meaning to try out a nice old mulled wine recipe. Who says you can only drink mulled wines during Christmas? Or live in Europe? I say screw conventions, It's getting cold over here in the southern hemisphere, we have wind here too and rain. I need to have some to warm myself. I saw this recipe on Frankie magazine that looks pretty simple and delicious, I will give it a go when I come around to making it.

Anyways, I've gone completely out of topic for this post. So the other day, I was just casually browsing Pinterest looking for a cool DIY (I was in the mood for some serious crafting) and I came across this tutorial for making this awesome looking mountain pillow. If you guys are interested, the tutorial can be found here.

I think it really adds a little whimsical ambience into your home. If you can't find the materials they've described, you can always opt for something similar. Who says it has to be exactly the same? By all means you can make your mountain green. We went for polar fleece because they are nice and soft when you hug it and plus they were on sale lol. 

D.I.Y Framing Maps

A lazy Sunday morning D.I.Y became a full day project when I found some old maps around the house and they were seriously out of date. I just happened to have some A4 frames lying around which I was going to fill with family holiday photos but never got around to printing them. I decided to frame some of the places I love visiting in New Zealand and added subtle message representing my emotional attachment to the place.

ANDREW - Logo works

Here's a simple little something that kept me busy for the last few days. Yes I spent more time on this than I did on the Cue logo.

So I wanted to make a logo for myself because I needed something that I could use as watermarks on my videos. But also because I'm unemployed (career-wise) and this keeps me inspired to keep making and creating new stuff.

I was finding it really difficult to make round shapes look good, so I decided to stick to triangles after squares didn't work either haha.

The colours are of lemons, oranges and tangerines. I don't quite know why to be honest... But Heidi approved of it and the colour orange seems to be my favorite lately. So really it just works.


Enjoy! P.S That Quicktime gamma problem had me in such a pickle. I'm glad the colours showed up proper on Vimeo.

Cue Logomotion

Here's a bit of a no brainer I did for Cue Photography.


Cue Photography from Andrew Cheung on Vimeo.

I liked the paper version of it better, but they liked this. All good.

Roadtrips with family is an excuse to camwhore with nature [Karangahake Gorge]

One camera - two photography enthusiasts.

Last minute decision to drive all the way to Karangahake Gorge during Easter Sunday was interesting since there was only 5hours left of daylight when we left. It was definitely one of those family trips where one person takes most of the photos and gets left behind during the entire walk

Credit to Papazhou for taking some of the photos and for not sharing the camera.

Growing in our backyards

The dream of owning the idealized quarter acre section is to some no longer the achievable dream, particularly as the city begins to compress and squeeze habitation vertically. Reclaiming land from the sea has seen shorelines loose its natural forms. Memories of cherished past-times are buried deep in the debris which now host industry and urban development. As part of my thesis this year, I'm exploring the backyards of the industrial zone that backs onto the water or in this case the Mangere Inlet. The once thriving "food bowl" is now stagnant and tarnished and waits to be awaken and renewed from its dormant state.

The journey starts at Onehunga Wharf and continues long the foreshore towards Otahuhu before the trail ends somewhere in the middle of an industrial zone (Southdown Generator).Thanks to Keiti for visiting the site with me on our LONG walk. What I saw did not shock me but rather I was in awe. A new form of industrial urbanism had emerged from the long untamed scrubland into the skyline, which leads to the question - is there room for the rest of us?