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Live in a Zombie-Proof House

July 16, 2011 By: jessicazafra Category: Design, Monsters 2 Comments →

Movable concrete walls seal everything in.

Read The First Zombie-Proof House.

A bookshelf you can live in

July 09, 2011 By: jessicazafra Category: Books, Design 3 Comments →


House of Shelves. Thanks to Jackie for the alert.
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Spectacular oracular

July 07, 2011 By: jessicazafra Category: Clothing, Design, Music 4 Comments →

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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Read my column in interaksyon.com.

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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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Not your usual fashion problem. . .

June 29, 2011 By: jessicazafra Category: Design, Technology No Comments →

unless you live in medieval times. Fortunately I knew exactly whom to turn to for help.


This is a Nokia C7. The great thing about it is that you can take the SIM out and replace it without having to turn off the phone.

Next on the reading menu (Updated)

June 14, 2011 By: jessicazafra Category: Books, Design 14 Comments →

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

June 10, 2011 By: jessicazafra Category: Clothing, Design No Comments →

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.


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