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Monday, November 27, 2006

pocksi goggles :: endless screen

-Its winter time , and here wher i live actually it's snowing, so it's definitely time for snowboard gears.
Look at those goggles by Pocksi, designed by Jan Woxing those anti scratch, antii fog Lobes features a single spherical LEns ...
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Eva solo :: florentine vase

-Just clean , nice and smooth.

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Sunday, November 26, 2006

shanghai :: part 1 :: shoes

KOWABUNGA! (sorry, this is all out of order...) explained below

shanghai :: part 2 :: the city

llollipop here, reporting in for duty. i took a trip. here are some pics. 3ish days in shanghai. and more. more later.

i wish i could explain to you the vastness of shanghai, particularly in comparison to most american cities i know. the cityscape pictures you see are from my hotel room, looking south and east, in pudong, south of the huangpu river. the heart of city is behind me, to the north. so here we are, looking out as the city stretches out and falls away...sort of. it is staggering to me that buildings of that size and quantity go as far as the eye can see. even on days with low haze levels. and most of what you see did not exist maybe 5 years ago. other photos: shanghai grand theater, huai hai road -- the city shops at night

shanghai :: part 4 :: this is mickey???

this is mickey. and joe cool. and astro man. seriously. above and beyond anything i'd dreamed of when i thought of upscale mass market. gorgeous. criminy

grow your own 1-up mushroom

-Grow Your Own 1up Mushroom Kit Includes:

Green Pipe Planter
"Seed" packet (though, they are really spores)
Food solution bottle
Water dropper
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new world shopping emporium :: shanghai

it is true what chriscoco says about shanghai -- it's not built to human scale. the same principle has been applied to the shopping. we went to the new world shopping emporium to see what we could find, from a designer's perspective. i was expecting massive scale, but i wasn't really prepared for what that is in reality. furthermore, i was expecting an assortment of mass-produced goods similar to that which you might find in your "average upscale" mall in the states. well, er, i was blown away. it was really a joy to look the details, the wide wide range of the assortments, the luxury products in well-loved brand lines, the SHAZAAM! on the ladies shoes...there was too much to absorb (or even photograph) in a handful of hours so i focused mainly on shoes...o, the shoes

Audrey Kawasaki

-From LA studied in New York and back in los angeles , Audrey Kawasaki creATE PURE VISUAL PLEASURE ON WOOD ,mainly women faces and bodys her work is gorgeous, check the subtle relief and color used . so nicccce.

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Saturday, November 25, 2006

Tit'fruit's land ::coffee illustrations

-Surfing on isd-up portfolios found a link to this artist from marseille (france) who's illustrating animals and objects with coffee on newspaper ..deep and rich.

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