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At Dongdaemun in Seoul the markets are like Extreme Divisoria, only clean, organized, specialized. There are shops that sell nothing but neckties, shops that do only hats, and shops that have only eyeglass frames as far as the eye can see.

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We sent our intrepid correspondent Momelia to Newport Theatre at Resorts World Manila to see Kaos, the Vegas-Broadway spectacle. Here is his full report.

**There was this row of Koreans seated directly behind us. I think it was during Act Three that I looked back at Prince Walter who was suddenly in the middle of the audience; the performers scattered themselves amongst the audience from time to time. Anyway, as I turned I saw this Korean lady, she was about 24, and her eyes were beaming at the goings-on onstage. I really can’t blame her. Kaos had me simultaneously smiling and spaced out myself.

What do you get when you have a Prince from the medieval past, a Princess from the year 3000, a scheming Vizier, and a White Lion? And then you throw in some amazing vocal pipes, magnificent costumes, and a Euro LED wall. While you’re at it, add long-legged European dancers, acrobats from China, muscle men from Istanbul, and the Philippine All-Stars. Then pitch in a grand set and The Manila Symphony Orchestra. And maybe some VIP tickets, too? What you get is the two-hour spectacle that is Kaos, and you best get it soon because it all ends on May 31.
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Sketches by Moleskine designer Giulio Iacchetti. via Flavorwire.

Moleskine is launching a new product line at the Salone Internazionale del Mobile in Milan in April.

Conversation I always have with practical friends:

Practical Friends: Why do you buy Moleskines, they’re so expensive, you can get a perfectly good notebook for one-tenth the price?

Me: I don’t know I just love them.

It’s not rational, I know. Alternate answer: It’s Chus’s fault, he gave me my first Moleskine.

The current Moleskine is a break from the regular black.

The Pac-Man 30th anniversary notebook. Went a little crazy with the stickers.

Memo to graphic designers: It’s 2011.

This is us in the 90s.

We restrained our hair and we had no cats.

This is us in the 21st century.

We like our hair dishevelled (What Pedro Almodovar calls the “divento matta” (I go mad) hairstyles in Italian movies) and we begin to resemble our cats.

Pedro is very particular about the hairstyles of his protagonists.

I have a column that appears every Friday on the Channel 5 news site.

Science-fiction lovers, Penguin collectors, design fanatics, prepare to plotz with joy.

Visit The Art of Penguin Science Fiction website. Warning: Strong probability of time dilation. You tell yourself you’re going to browse for five minutes. Then your phone rings and you realize two hours have passed.