Tuesday, April 5, 2005
Strip Bracelet
Is a simple strip of silver, complete with Hallmarks, which you bend around your wrist to create your very own, bespoke bracelet. "It's delivered to you in a felt case and poses a dilemma: do you dare to bend the precious beauty of the material into a bracelet? Whoever dares has a home-made product by the Swiss/English designer Rolf Sachs." via MoCo Locowww.chihapaura.comTags: Fashion
Beautiful site
Minimal Gallery is a gorgeous website showcasing some great photos. The images are displayed as a large slide show and are under categories such as colors, feelings, light, motion, people, and shapes. You can also choose to view the photos as a random file. All really rather wonderful.minimaldesign.netTags: Design
Video Blogging
A report on the BBC website quotes Google co-founder Larry Page stating that they will very soon be launching a video blogger. "In the next few days, we're actually going to start taking video submissions from people, and we're not quite sure what we're going to get, but we decided we'd try this experiment," said Mr Page.www.bbc.co.ukTags: Technology
Monday, April 4, 2005
Mandarin
An article in this weeks Sunday Times highlights that New Yorkers are increasingly encouraging their children to speak Mandarin. Believing that China will be the economy of the 21st century they are trying to give their children the edge. In fact, certain New York schools are adding Mandarin to their curriculum. Thanks AlexaTags: Trends
stitch'T
"stitch'T was born out of a fascination with all things vintage and authentic. What was once a hobby of countless journeys to thrift shops accross the country and tripsdown the aisles of secondhand stores quickly turned into a passion for preservationand art.A tribute to two american icons, stitch'T products blend the rich history of quiltingwith a contemporary classic - the t-shirt.Taking full
Friday, April 1, 2005
Paper Bags
These always look pretty cool (unless you're drinking out of them) and Wemakemoneynotart have found a great brown paper bag. Designer Paperbags are currently on display in Montreal design gallery 'Madam Edgar' and are available for auctions on eBay. www.madamedgar.comTags: Design
Folksonomies
The Guardian Online blog has an interesting post on folksonomies. Bobbie Johnson argues that as it stands, tagging is too much effort for most people and that they want content to be organised. Well that's a fair point but it does take away some of the joys of being part of a network. If you want to connect with like-minded people then the chances are you will use similar tags or even have your
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