Archive for the ‘Design’
A bookshelf you can live in
House of Shelves. Thanks to Jackie for the alert.
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Spectacular oracular
I’ve been wearing eyeglasses since I was eight (Stop me if you think that you’ve heard this one before. Ooh, soundtrack!).
The Smiths – Stop Me If You Think You've Heard This One Before
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If you prefer it with horns:
Mark Ronson – Stop me (feat. Daniel Merriweather)
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I took the eyeglass frames I bought in Seoul to Nella Sarabia’s optical shop in UP to have my prescription lenses made.
This is the big matte version of Woody Allen’s glasses.
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Next on the reading menu (Updated)
Studies show that merchandise looks more appetizing to the consumer when displayed on a table. Like food. This is my reading backlog at the moment. Fine, I can’t lie to you, it’s a quarter of the backlog. I’ve been preoccupied lately.
From the top row, left corner: The Hare With Amber Eyes is a non-fiction book by the famous ceramic artist Edmund de Waal. The hare of the title is a matchbox-sized Japanese carving called ‘netsuke’, one of 264 pieces the author inherited from his great-uncle Iggie, who’d lived in Tokyo for many years. He began to investigate how the netsuke had ended up in his uncle’s flat, in the process uncovering two centuries of family history spanning Odessa, Paris, Vienna and Tokyo. Rapturous reviews.
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Wardrobe for a state visit to Arrakis
Yesterday at Fashion Watch at the Makati Shangri-La lobby cafe, I realized why I am friends with James Reyes.
I would wear every outfit in his show.