Saturday, May 29, 2010
Pop treats
Everything is about the bar these days.
Popcicle bar in NYC
"Hot town, summer in the city, and the perfect antidote for sweltering temperatures has just moved in to New York's West Village. The eye-catching and delicious popsicles of Carmine Street's latest arrival Popbar, are the new old shape of sweet treat refreshment. Served on a stick, Popbar's all-natural gelato, sorbetto and frozen yoghurt add an artisan twist to the classic popsicle - or for some, ice lolly"
Popcicle bar in NYC
"Hot town, summer in the city, and the perfect antidote for sweltering temperatures has just moved in to New York's West Village. The eye-catching and delicious popsicles of Carmine Street's latest arrival Popbar, are the new old shape of sweet treat refreshment. Served on a stick, Popbar's all-natural gelato, sorbetto and frozen yoghurt add an artisan twist to the classic popsicle - or for some, ice lolly"
Louis on Bond
New maison Louis Vuitton on Bond street
There is a bag bar
And costume jewelry center
And private appartment.
There is a bag bar
And costume jewelry center
And private appartment.
Friday, May 28, 2010
Skin and Bones
I'm sure we've seen this book but Jet you definitly need it if you don't have it.
Skin and Bones: Parallel Practices in Fashion and Architecture
Hello, thesis!
The exhibition was at MOCA in LA in ... 2008?
The exhibition guide is pretty cool. I like the sketches. Mmmm wireframe drawings.
Skin and Bones: Parallel Practices in Fashion and Architecture
Hello, thesis!
Photo of the book cover via the Style Rookie
The exhibition was at MOCA in LA in ... 2008?
Photos from Arcspace
The exhibition guide is pretty cool. I like the sketches. Mmmm wireframe drawings.
Sassy
I don't know if you ever read it but it was a really good teen mag. I confess I sometimes bought 17 and YM too. But Sassy was always a bit more girl power/music/politics etc oriented.
As Kottke pointed out, there really isn't an equivalent these days.
"Sassy's founding editor was Jane Pratt, and it had a half Australian, half American staff. Its original main writers were referred to by Pratt as "Sex" (Karen Catchpole), "Drugs" (Catherine Gysin), and "Rock 'n Roll" (Christina Kelly)[1] because of the topics they covered. The fashion department was headed by Mary Clarke and Andrea Lee Linett, and one of their discoveries was Chloë Sevigny, whom they spotted on the street and hired as an intern. The Australian half of the staff covered the art & design (Neil McCutcheon) and beauty departments."
more scans here
As Kottke pointed out, there really isn't an equivalent these days.
"Sassy's founding editor was Jane Pratt, and it had a half Australian, half American staff. Its original main writers were referred to by Pratt as "Sex" (Karen Catchpole), "Drugs" (Catherine Gysin), and "Rock 'n Roll" (Christina Kelly)[1] because of the topics they covered. The fashion department was headed by Mary Clarke and Andrea Lee Linett, and one of their discoveries was Chloë Sevigny, whom they spotted on the street and hired as an intern. The Australian half of the staff covered the art & design (Neil McCutcheon) and beauty departments."
more scans here
Will you be a world cup widow?
If so, go to Swizerland!
The Swiss Tourist Board hopes scenes of bare-chested hunks tossing hay in mountain valleys will entice women dreading a summer of World Cup boredom.
While husbands are glued to television sets, Switzerland has a whole lot more to offer, suggests the TV advert.
The Swiss Tourist Board hopes scenes of bare-chested hunks tossing hay in mountain valleys will entice women dreading a summer of World Cup boredom.
While husbands are glued to television sets, Switzerland has a whole lot more to offer, suggests the TV advert.
Thursday, May 27, 2010
Football hunks
Since Becks isn't playing and even if England is still my team, its ok to check out the other teams players right?
Top 20 (not from Vanity Fair)
Top 20 (not from Vanity Fair)
Wednesday, May 26, 2010
Introducing "Material Library" Post Series
So this new post series will bring forward new innovative construction materials.
Check this product out:
From the website:
Oryzatech’s STAK BLOCK is a simple building solution for a sophisticated housing problem. The company has created a hybrid composite building block from the largest bio-waste crop in the world, rice straw. Through a scalable, low energy-production process, the company can make and sell an almost unlimited supply of highly insulating, carbon-sequestering construction blocks.
Check this product out:
From the website:
Oryzatech’s STAK BLOCK is a simple building solution for a sophisticated housing problem. The company has created a hybrid composite building block from the largest bio-waste crop in the world, rice straw. Through a scalable, low energy-production process, the company can make and sell an almost unlimited supply of highly insulating, carbon-sequestering construction blocks.
Paper girl missing?
It's been almost a week without Paper Girl leaving her trail of fabulous links on the blog! :)
Here are a few random links I did not have a chance to post do to my eminent move to the big TO!
I came upon this site, based in the UK: Pink Stinks - Campaign for real role models
"Pinkstinks is a campaign and social enterprise that challenges the culture of pink which invades every aspect of girls' lives.
This site is for parents and non parents alike, and aims to gather support, promote discussion and ultimately to mobilize that support to influence marketeers and the media about the importance of promoting positive gender roles to girls."
Here are a few random links I did not have a chance to post do to my eminent move to the big TO!
I came upon this site, based in the UK: Pink Stinks - Campaign for real role models
"Pinkstinks is a campaign and social enterprise that challenges the culture of pink which invades every aspect of girls' lives.
This site is for parents and non parents alike, and aims to gather support, promote discussion and ultimately to mobilize that support to influence marketeers and the media about the importance of promoting positive gender roles to girls."
Thursday, May 20, 2010
Tuesday, May 18, 2010
New Bill Bryson
I always enjoy his books. The new one is about the "mysteries of the home".
Article at the Guardian.
"Eating forks were thought comically dainty and unmanly – and dangerous, too, come to that. Since they had only two sharp tines, the scope for spearing one's lip or tongue was great, particularly if one's aim was impaired by wine and jollity. Manufacturers experimented with additional numbers of tines – sometimes as many as six – before settling, late in the 19th century, on four as the number with which people seemed most comfortable. Why four should induce the optimum sense of security isn't easy to say, but it does seem to be a fundamental fact of flatware psychology."
Article at the Guardian.
"Eating forks were thought comically dainty and unmanly – and dangerous, too, come to that. Since they had only two sharp tines, the scope for spearing one's lip or tongue was great, particularly if one's aim was impaired by wine and jollity. Manufacturers experimented with additional numbers of tines – sometimes as many as six – before settling, late in the 19th century, on four as the number with which people seemed most comfortable. Why four should induce the optimum sense of security isn't easy to say, but it does seem to be a fundamental fact of flatware psychology."
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