Tie Dye Hair

So i butchered my hair, or more accuratly, I paid a small fortune to have a professional butcher my hair. So now while it looks very nicely done, quality wise, it is NOT a look i can do at all. Actually its onyl a look that 80s rock band members (either gender) can do. So I'm going to attempt to fix it before tuesday, one way of another. I dont care how much chemicals it takes. So somehow I want a short version of this:

So basically imagine the same thing but bob length and more straight, and only about 5cm of the bottom front strands done in colour. BUT do not imagine a scene kid.
I'll update once this weekend is over on how it goes.

The Onagea Heel by B Brian Atwood

I'm in love, but yet again I can't have it. Its just way too much for a pair of shoes when I'm struggling to make it to September without hitting rock bottom. Getting my own apartment involved a lot of unanticipated costs :(

Recently I've had this one conversation with a few people. What would you do if you won the lottery? But not in the long run, but first day the money is transferred to your account. What what you buy?
For me it was, to go to Holt Renfrew and get something to help me find the perfect pair of comfortable but gorgeous heels no matter the price. I still have yet to find a good pair of heels. I have many of them but they are all rotting away without being worn more than twice.

Living Van Gohg Wall

I've been researching Green Walls, or Living Walls for a competition I am helping with at the office, and one of the examples I found was this. Quiet a new approach to fine art :) but I like it. If I have to have vines obscuring my architecture, it might as well be art.

 Read more HERE.

Mona Lisa made out of Coffee

As much as it pains me to see SO much coffee go to waste, when it could be used to fuel my sleep deprived mind, this time it was to a good cause.

The different colours were created by adding no, little or lots of milk to each cup of black coffee.

It measures an impressive 20 feet high and 13 feet wide and took a team of eight people three hours to complete.

It was created for The Rocks Aroma Festival in Sydney, Australia, and seen by 130,000 people who attended the one-day coffee-lovers event.

 Check out The Telegraph ARTICLE for more info.

Etsy Shop: CyanideStitches

Just found these amazingly cute (and useful) hand towels :)

 You can check out more towel designs at the ETSY SHOP

Lufdesign's Leaf Tie!!!

This is a useful (considering we see ties like this used all the time) and very deceptive design for ties! Especially when used on branches, fences or wires (as seen below). I wish they were more wide spread so I can just go pick a pack up when ever. I am getting sick of internet shopping, even though its addictive, my VISA can't handle it anymore.

More from Lufdesign HERE.

The Ebeling Group - Eye Writer

I saw The Diving Bell and the Butterfly, a French movie a few years ago. I remember watching it with my mom, her bawling her eyes out, and me getting a bit misty eyes too I admit. It was a good movie overall though.

Anyway, this project by the Edeling Group makes me remember that movie as it was about someone who is paralyzed and can only move his eyes. So this technology would be beyond ground breaking for people in a similar situation as him.



Eye Writer Trailer from The Ebeling Group on Vimeo.

Kemp's Sand Carpet!

I wonder if this would make me more or less productive. Definitely less stressed, but probably more distracted too. I kind of want to replicate it on a small 1ft by 1ft scale so that my chair can still roll around.

Check out Justin Kemp's Blog.

Gary Chang's Optimized Flat

Its only 344 square feet yet it can turn into 24 different rooms. And it looks like it actually works, and well.

John Pawson's b60 Sloop Yacht!

I coworker at my internship showed me this architect; John Pawson. His work is very clean well put together etc. so I like it. But the most impressive thing is his yachts. He designs yachts!!! And they are really nice too. The detailing is amazing. Its better then most homes I would say, far better.

 Here are his archives of it.

Tree of Life 2011

I saw The Tree of Life during its opening weekend at Bell Light Box (The Toronto International Film Festival building by KPMB Architects, its fairly nice building in itself though it has a lot of slightly awkward out of the way nooks which for some are bad and for some are interesting)

Anyway, its an amazing movie. I heard that at mainstream theatres there were people walking out and bashing it ans such, which I undertand cause its a slow watch and its not blockbuster-esque in ANY way, but they are ALL WRONG. It was amaxing. It was like watching life, but beatiful. Any moment of that movie can be stilled and it will look like a perfect picture. No awkward angles. Plus the sound track blew my mind :)

Check out more info and the trailer: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0478304/

New Polaroid Camera :)

Matt got me a new Polaroid its considerable older then the one I have now, about 15 years older but it was still in its original packaging with the Styrofoam and everything. Pretty legit :)

Anyway, its a 1981 Polaroid 660 Autofocus:

That golden disk in the front send out sound waves to autofocus the shot :D

I can't wait for my next batch of film to come in so I can try it out. Hopefully the Canadian post doesn't screw me over and delay my shipment for a million years because of their strike.

"Reinterpretation of Paris" by Daniel and Maximilion Zeilinski

Not only is this urban design proposal radical :) (ALL CARS GO UNDERGROUND!) But the way its presented is also so easy, clean -- and while still using hand drawings as a medium (except fro the renderings).

http://www.archdaily.com/146403/reinterpretation-of-paris-proposal-daniel-and-maximilian-zielinski/board_1/

"Is Photographic Film Fading Out?"

Recently saw this article on film which made me feel pretty proud to identify myself within the group of people reverting back to traditional film use. Not to say that I'm very good or even that I go around taking photos all the time, like a true enthusiast, but I do like the look of traditional film and do use it occasionaly. Currently I'm playing around with Polaroids :P

Globe&Mail Article "Is Photographic Film Fading Out?"

Now I just need to experiment with scanning my Polaroids into the computer without letting the light from the scanner ruin them, so I can show off  my pathetic attempts to be creative :)

Gave in and Bought myself a Polaroid :)

Found this though Etsy in a "shop" called 8bits seeling a while bunch of different vintage polaroids (in case anyone is intrested)

This is one of the later vintage models polaroid released. It gives you the same great anitque image, with much more "high tech" features than previous models.

Everything works great, built in flash that offers a "lighter", or "darker" setting, depending on how strong you want the flash to go off. Also offers a nice "Depth of Field" function. with two variable settings (2-4 ft., and 4ft-infinity). 

HOWEVER there is one problem, and that is that Polaroid no longer makes the traditional 600 film for these things. Thank god for Project Impossible! 

Online Shopping is Addictive! -Tiny Initial Necklace by ANNE KIEL

Anne Kiel Jewelry (on Etsy) has some super delicate and personalized items. All real silver or gold too, so they are meant to last. I personally really like this one:

This adorable necklace makes a great personalized gift! 

The 14k gold vermeil charm is stamped with an itty-bitty letter and comes with a lovely, 18" 14k goldfill cable chain.

The sandblasted sterling charm is stamped with an itty-bitty letter and comes with a lovely, 18" super-fine, sterling cable chain. 

The circle component of the charm is ~9mm. 

I'm restraining from getting it because buying myself an initial just seems a bit pathetic. *sigh* It's really cute though :(

Metsa - Cement Pearls

These cement earrings are modeled on classic pearl studs. Each concrete sphere is cast by hand and set onto a sterling silver post. With wear, the colour of the earrings will deepen as the concrete is exposed to the air and the oils from your skin. 

I don't know how much I would actually want to wear cement on my ears, seems a bit crude but the idea is pretty interesting :) (plus they are made right here in Toronto, Canada)

If you want a pair, or wanna see some other cool designs check out METSA.

Jelly Belly Gel Cell Phone Cases

Jelly Belly makes scented gel cases for certain phones (iPhones and BlackBerrys mostly). They come in a bunch of flavors and they are guaranteed to keep their scent for at least a year. You get a warranty and everything.

From Foreground to Background the flavors are: Very Cherry, Strawberry Cheesecake, Blueberry, Berry Blue, and Licorice

One of my friends has one of these and I'm amazed it has kept its scent so far. I'm thinking of getting one too now.

SuperStudio's Faceted Icon

This is the major inspiration I am using for my project in Design Studio this semester.

It is called Faceted Icon and I found it on a blog called SuperStudio.

The Hammer is Really Coming Down on Cigarette Companies

But at least the designers at Build did it with style :P

This is one response to BBC News' Article on the Governments plans to ban the current cigarette packaging in favor of a plain unified package for all brands. I love my smokes, so obviously I would hate this, but somehow, this design is appealing too :P Maybe it won't be so bad :)

Social Networking

I think this speaks for itself.

Full Image HERE.

DIY Life Calendar from Etsy

The 365 days are represented by an emoticon that you have to draw as the day has gone (very good, good, regular, bad, very bad).

Notice: This calendar is not for any specific year. You can start it when you want! When starting a new year, an anniversary, an important date or the day that you prefer :)

So I'm buying this! RIGHT NOW.
Its fairly cheap ( the shipping is almost the same as the price of the poster) And it would be interesting to look back on significant days like anniversaries, birthdays etc. and figure out how I felt like in the moment and not how I've colored the day to be in my memory.

New Starbucks Logo

So I'm a big starbucks fan. It was just always the place to go for coffee and now I'm hooked. There has been a lot of hipe aorund about the new logo. Personally I haven't seen one around yet, but by March I know they will make it up here too :P From What I've seen online, they seem pretty cool and are supposed to save shit loads of ink in printing since there is only green ink now. Overall not a bad change.

 Lets just hope this doesn't happen to it.

Ewha Womans University Campus Center Project

Ewha Womans University Campus Center Project.  Seoul, Korea 2004-08

By Dominique Perrault, a fairly young french architect. Check out the website HERE.

This is one of the more exciting and innovative designs out there now that ACTUALLY got build. Usually things like this are a bit too radical to be realized.

I like you, you're different.

So my sister gave me fabric markers for Christmas. Which are pretty awesome, though I want more colours, like black for instance :)

This is what I made so far. Pretty decent for a first attempt I would say.

Inspiration shot, taken in Museum of Natural History, New York last summer during my stay there.

I also used this random Japanese website that (as far as I understand) has stylized images of a whole bunch of different kinds of birds, to get the general shape of my birds since Magic Markers don't exactly allow for a lot of "artistic" expression as far as blending and shading go.