I love this. Now someone please make something like this for Southeast Asia. I want to know the differences and similarities among the Asian neighbors.
[From Matador Network]
Tag: design
Buns, Balls, and Crabs
…Or, how I ate my way through Taipei in five days and lived to tell the tale. (Part 1 of several parts)
Entrance to Keelung Miaokou Night Market. Taiwan is crazy with night markets and they’re fabulous places to eat, drink, eat, shop, eat, meet friends… and eat
This was a company-sponsored bonding trip that happened mid-2013. Yes, a bit late to be posting it now more than a year later, but you know how it is — sometimes things just pile up! So Taiwan. Had to admit, it’s not on my travel bucket list (I don’t really have an actual list; but when pressed on where to go, I can name a few places) — in fact, it’s not even top of mind of places that I would consider visiting. Blame a friend’s comments more than a decade or so ago when she was on a business trip to Taipei and had a miserable time of it because ordinary people didn’t speak English and there were not enough signages in English to make your way around on your own. But since then, had heard great things about Taipei and Taiwan in general, so when the office went for a trip there, I was excited. Who wouldn’t be, when it was practically a free trip to go gallivanting?
Late post: Design Saturday
In Singapore, the new, newfangled, cutting edge, modern has always been embraced. But lately, there has been a resurgence of appreciation for the past, maybe because it’s natural to look back while moving forward, which could probably explain the crop of vintage shops that has been sprouting across the metro lately.
Inspired by this, alphabeticalife and I decided to check out two vintage furniture shops in the McPherson area two Saturdays ago. Weekends, while always welcome, can get repetitive. There’s only so much coffee one can drink at a cafe or food to scarf down at brunch. And malls? The goal is to find something amusing to do without having ever to spend it at a mall.
Just to round out the expedition, we decided to check out the new popup design and architecture library that opened in Raffles Hotel Arcade. We would make that the first stop to what we had dubbed Design Saturday. Coincidentally, the Design Society Festival 2013 was running at the same time. The Saturday we went on our expedition, March 9, was the last day. It seemed fitting that we would be doing our own design-themed gallivanting that day.
Dish About Design, an architect and editor, and more importantly, someone who is always up for gadding about was roped in. Her contribution to the day: Two contemporary design shops that had showrooms in the area.
First stop: The Library x Sunny Hills
The Library is a free reference library dedicated to architecture, design and photography. Currently existing as a series of popup locations across Singapore, the current incarnation is located on the third floor of Raffles Hotel Arcade, and temporarily shares the space — until 31 May — of Taiwanese pastry makers SunnyHills. Housed in one cheerful location, The Library has more than 500 books curated by leading industry professionals in the creative fields. Photographer Jing Quek of SUPER Studio was on hand when we visited.
“Yes, BOOKS. You know, the bound volumes with ink on paper. You cannot turn them off with a switch. Tell your kids.”
“My job is to ask this question: What do stories look like?”
“I am all for the iPad, but trust me, smelling it will get you nowhere.”
— Chip Kidd on designing book covers. Kidd is a rock star in the book design world. I love it when artists have a great sense of humor. Love him! Have fun watching!
(Source: http://www.youtube.com/)
My new desktop designer wallpaper. So cute and inspirational at the same time. This one is by artist Rafa Nen. See other designer desktops in Design Milk.
For my phone, I used a variation of this design by Catrina Dulay based on one of Coco Chanel’s pithy bon mots.
Salvador Dalí’s real masterpiece: The logo for Chupa Chups Lollipops
The next time you lick that lolly, think of Dali. 😉
Salvador Dalí’s real masterpiece: The logo for Chupa Chups Lollipops
From Rapunzel to The Little Red Riding Hood, beloved children’s classics as minimalist posters
Sometime back, I posted about some minimalist posters that I want in my non-existent house. To add to those, I want these! They’re sooo beautiful!
Oh, and I posted about those Stephen King posters sometime in March as well. Weird coincidence!
[image from brainpickings.org]
From Rapunzel to The Little Red Riding Hood, beloved children’s classics as minimalist posters
I love lists
Just to kickstart your Monday and to ease you into the rest of the week, here are some interesting stuff I found today:
To commemorate Women’s Month (that’s March), Flavorwire listed down the 10 most powerful women of literature. Very interesting read.
Though if you’re quibbling (as I was) why there were only 10, they did a follow-up: Readers’ choice: 10 more of the most powerful women in literature. For me, 20 is still not enough. I don’t think 50 is enough!
More kickassery, this time, on TV: 25 kickass TV heroines. My beef with this? Where are Ziva David (NCIS), Olivia Dunham (Fringe), the women of Firefly/Serenity, Veronica Mars (Veronica Mars), Patty Hewes and Ellen Parsons (Damages), Sara Walker (Chuck), and Mrs Coach (Friday Night Lights)??
Music stuff, still from Flavorwire: A musical overview of Brett Easton Ellis’ ouvre. Ellis annoys me sometimes. He can really be self-indulgent. But he’s one of the few writers who can capture the 80s, I guess because he lived it. I want to download all the music in this list!
For the design-mad (practically all my friends), here’s a list of great design blogs.
And for the frequent flyers, here’s what a former flight attendant has to say: 10 things you’ll never hear your flight attendant say. Becoming a member of the mile-high club is not illegal — good to know! Hahaha!
Also good to know and because it’s summer and everyone’s going off somewhere: The 10 rules of packing. I think I’m a good packer, though I belong to the “bring it — you never know, you might need it” school of stuffing my suitcase. This one is a basic article, but still good to know.
Happy Monday!
[photo from Flavorwire. That’s Danaerys Stormborn from Game of Thrones]
Mandarin Gallery, retro effect-kinda (Taken with instagram)
I want to order this for my nonexistent house. Isn’t it cool? For this, and other posters of Stephen King novels, click here.
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