MERRY XMAS

Merry Xmas to all - bye bye bye year 2009!
I thought Ms Gray's voice is captivating and festive enough for tis season - there you go - M&S 2008 advert.

Til 2010.
x hawchin

ITEM 11

Fancy much? Textural, simple form, and the artisanry weave. Keil by Daniel Heer.

M/M PARIS

Worth your visit.
http://www.mmparis.com

A SINGLE MAN

What could be interesting is Amy Wells' vintage furniture sourcing, envisions Tom Ford's editing eye. Let's see...

Director Tom Ford
Set Decorator Amy Wells

SPY

STANDARD

Out today, a standard scent created by CDG in collaboration with Artek.

CHANEL RUB ON

Rub on some tattoo this Deepavali - Just like Henna, Chanel bless you.

ITEM 9

LOVE LOVE LOVE IT.

HONG KONG

6 - 10 Aug 2009

Hong Kong,

had a 4n/5d trips with the ex-colleagues. 

very fun and fullfilling.

 

visited:

holiday inn express, fashion walk, etc @causeway bay 

hollywood road, yellow door kitchen @soho

on lan st  @central

the pawn, sevva @wan chai

W hotel, elements @kowloon

tsim tsa tsui

stanley market and beach 

IT'S NOT ABOUT MAKING THINGS THIN JUST BECAUSE YOU CAN - N.FUKASAWA

And finally - Our dear Mr.Fukasawa solved the issue for those who never fancy the existence of tele (particularly) in the living room.

OWEN AND VOKES

That letter box, frontage of the house itself -


Those chairs and white tiles -

It was about 12 months ago I last saw their weblink. I always fancy their work, for some un-exlainplainable reason. Maybe the name OwenAndVokes sounds good to begin with.

CURRENTLY TRYING OUT -

Tati, Sonorama Deluxe Edition

So I have all my favourite CDs and DVDs scracthed to none -

I am looking for new kind of beat today. Just when I was browsing for some upbeat mixes from Hed Kandi - I tried out both Anggun's & Utada Hikaru's remix version of Merry Christmas Mr. Lawrence. Hmm... Extreme pop kind.

ITEMS 8

So nice...
Drag lamp by Julien Carretero

THE VERY BEST WAY TO HELP THE POOR IS NOT TO BE AMONG THEM YOURSELF -

ANTONY GORMLEY

At Kunsthaus now -

A MAG

Awaiting Proenza Schouler's edition -

MISSED OUT ISSUE - NOT TO BE

and 10 Men issue 18 - grr.

DEREK LAM

Derek Lam by Sanaa

VALENTIN LOELLMANN

OLE SCHEEREN & MAGGIE CHEUNG

BOOK DROOL 8

A Standard Kind of Love.

1 Alvar Aalto Summer Houses by Jari Jetsonen
2 Bauhaus Twenty-21 - An Ongoing Legacy by Gordon Watkinson
3 Image Unavailable. Eileen Gray by Caroline Constant

THE ONLY REALLY INTERESTING IDEAS ARE THOSE WHICH ARE UNFASHIONABLE

ANDREW BIRD

Released in Feb 2009 by Fat Possum. Andrew Bird's latest album 'Noble Beast' is a class of their own, very crafty, poetic, and sounded magical. Bird's vocals delivered me to la-la land. To begin with, try 'Anonanimal' or 'Not A Robot, But A Ghost'.

64FORSUU.ORG

Post your thoughts. Best wishes for Aung San Suu Kyi's 64th birthday on June 19, 2009.

NOT JUST A PRETTY FACE

Male model beatboxing backstage. What we don't see is what we never know. Cute.

ps. nice hair styling!

DOMESTICATED

Back home, doing more housework than actual design work. I found myself enjoying watering my plants (used to gardens alot when i was in highschool) and sitting infront of my house doing my readings (you never know how much you can get from those ole old mags donkey years back). So, nothing related to design really, this post is basically about mum's recent strict sense of arrangements. Impressive -

1 When two toilet is side by side, both of the floor mat infront of the entrance shall be aligned along the entry line, therefore neater. That is anal!
(FYI: toilets and bathroom are commonly seperated here)

2 Do not leave the door opened! 'It looks neater!' As oppose to what I do sometimes, leaving the door ajar.

3 All things at home is functional unless travel souvenirs, which also arranged in her kind of manner. Very neat too.

Applause, applause -

CURRENTLY LISTENING TOO MUCH TO -

Inspiracion-Espiracion remixed by Gotan Project & MOS Annual 09 CD1 last given by Wil last year.


Antony & Johnsons last given by Adam.

EAST OF MALAYA

I am lacked of certain resources, yet overloaded with many thoughts and inspirations.

DAILY VIEWING

CHILDHOOD FLAMES

PARK AND CUBE

SONG OF STYLE

SWANK HEIGHTS

A PINCH OF STYLE

Via MELBOURNE

Left Sydney for Melbourne today - and will be leaving Melbourne for Kuala Lumpur on coming Monday. Couple of photos will be posted once I have them collected from various sources and developed *disposable camera from my last xmas : )

Track for the night /

AFF'09

Hello, it's been a while since my last post.

Went to AFF'09 yesterday with the colleagues.

Got to see Gareth Pugh + nicholas and hansel shows!

GP's show was ultra cool.. loved the song throughout the show!



Here's video of his latest collection. ahhhh its all black and white...



and if you can spot us here! LOL

ORIENTAL CHEAP & CHIC

Globe chrys: $2, spider chrys: $7.5 and lettuce from woolies: $1.8. Totaled up $11.3. Thats cheap & Chic :)

LAST NIGHT DINING: SYDNEY & MELBOURNE

Sydney - good food is all around the corner, I won't be able to list all of them here, but I will make sure my last visit, is to cafe Dolcetta and Sopra in Sydney.

Melbourne - Would like to try out Cutler & Co.

ps. posted in advance, photos to be included.

related link(s)
http://www.round.com.au/

GIRLY

http://www.thesartorialist.com/photos/4289StepsWeb.jpg
http://www.studioilse.com/productdesign/theotherfurniture/5.html

DIY

I was thinking of giving something to this lovely friend of mine. So, this is what I've done with the Preshafruit bottle. Thought it would be nice for her work desk -

PRESHAFRUIT

Preshafruit Granny Smith - Yumm, and not to mention the overall smart packaging - easy to hold too.


Just when i was taking a shot of the juice bottle from the balcony, i thought this shot is memorable to be archived here. View from the balcony - humm... interesting.

WO ZHI ZAI HU NI

By Teresa Teng in the 80s - loved it.


Cover version by taiwanese artist Joanna Wang

DUPPION

Duppion - also known as Indian silk. I remembered around July last year i was looking for tartan/checker box scarf from fabric store. (Well, I was inspired by e15 fabrics collection) They haven't got any in yet.

So, when i was passing by Tessuti in Surry Hills today, spotted this Duppion @35$ /meter on the window. Half a meter @ 17.50$. I loved it, particularly the waxed texture that gives the silk, a little bit more structure. I decided to post this up when the taxi driver asked me where did i get my scarf from, earlier today - Hilarious.

*the image turned out orangey-er. Supposed to be gunpowder grey with hint of pomegranate -

HENRI ROUSSEAU

EBTG

I managed to find the 'Adapt or Die: 10 Years of Remixes' advance promotional copy for my own collection : )

ITEMS 7

Some good looking items from Milan, Salone Internazionale del Mobile 2009 Preview.



1 Sofa 1 by Front



2 Mangas by Patricia Urquiola



3 M 4R by Tecta - Such a classic trolley being relaunched?

O.WILDE: IDEALS ARE DANGEROUS THINGS

UNITED NATION BADMOUTH ADVERTISEMENT

SUMMER HOURS

So, we had our movie at verona last night. I thought it would be just nice for a relaxing evening without much thinking. Yes, it was, the movie was slow and narrative. A very classy woman, Helene (almost Ms. Wintour lookalike, especially her hair styling) left behind a collection of valuable antiques behind for her children.

The whole movie is about how Helene's children manage her will, after she passed away. The ending was unpredictably quick though, but there was a very subtle message behind it. You should all find out.

BOOK DROOL 7

UNDISZIPLINIERT /UNDISCIPLINED: The Phenomenon of Space in Art, Architecture and Design by Bast, Krüger and Pardeller from Springer.

INNER SMILE

singing my day away - happy 25th marcus /

ITEMS 6

1 Globlow http://www.daviddesign.se


2 Mushroom stool http://www.com-pa-ny.com/#

VANISHED - CRYSTAL CASTLE

Had chinese dessert 'crystal champagne' at Jing, One Fullerton last night- Charline farewell night out without Charline.

MARNI

I want 1.