The Monolith

Fashion and furniture designer Gioia Meller Marcovicz has created the Monolith table and chairs.

When not in use, the stainless steel table and chairs can fold up into a compact unit, but when needed can transform to dine ten people.

2009十二星座运程前三名

处女座﹝8月23日-9月22日﹞
本年度排名：第一名
幸运指数：★★★★★
最好月份：8、12
注意月份：7、9
贴 心叮咛：木星运行进入了处女的年了，真是很不错。当然对谨慎的处女座来说：与其说运好，不如说处女本身是很认真，终于有了回报。也别忘了来谈场“恋爱”， 可是对舒解压力很有帮助的哦！更何况今年的处女座样样好，就是健康方面要稍加注意，才不会出现状况，那么应该会蛮好的。在今年可是很有想要去旅行的想法， 如果时间许可，倒是可以去改变一下自己的心情。


双子座﹝5月21日-6月22日﹞
本年度排名：第二名
幸运指数：★★★★★
最好月份：6、7、9
注意月份：4、12
贴 心叮咛：恭禧啦！可算是“财、情”双美年，有没有很爽啊！可别高兴过头了，要趁运气不错的时候，把该努力做的事去完成，因为绝对是可以“事半功倍”的，不 要一付不在乎的样子。在今年也是个会和家人关系很好的一年，亲情对你来说也算是很重要的一年。唯独在健康上是比较需要注意的，尤其是属于呼吸系统方面，若 有鼻子过敏的症状，自己就更要小心哦！基本上来说：2004年是粉不错的啦！


狮子座﹝7月23日-8月22日﹞
本年度排名：第三名
幸运指数：★★★★
最好月份：1、9
注意月份：5、7
贴 心叮咛：有没有觉得心情颇佳呢？可算是个蛮具有“财”的一年，也就是跟钱有关的，都算蛮顺的哦！但，也要记住：因木星进入了处女座的关系，凡是每一分钱都 必需是有付出才能有进帐，因此，在花钱时，要想要钱不易赚，可是要省着点哦！只是可能有点难，不管怎么说，一定要注意别乱花钱，唯一可能是爱情有点要费 心，不过应该是自己要努力，而且别三心二意，相信会更好。

属猪人士的2009年运程

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出生年：1947、1959、1971、1983、1995、2007

整体运势：

　 　今年属猪的人士比较幸运，各个方面都很好，“亥”猪为江河湖海之水，“丑”为湿土内含水库。属猪人今年得到“太岁”关照，并且有贵人帮助，在今年运势较 为顺畅，事业的发展能够如鱼得水，发展大吉，精心经营，与对手的竞争中争赢的可能性较大，宜好好把握机会。如能佩带“水晶牛头”更能催旺财运，吉上加吉。 对打工的朋友而言今年运气不错，应知机把握，勿浪费诸多创收机会。凡事要谨慎小心，行事前多考虑。财运方面非常理想， 正横财颇佳，财运容易反复，对风险类投资可适当试试手气，家中或公司摆放黄水晶球效果更好，能够化解财运反复的问题。

　　今年财运是近几年最好的一年，应该把握机会好好储蓄或有价值的投资，不要错失良机。在学习上利于晋级考试或业余学习，适合学习一些技能和知识。感情方面如沐春风，非常融洽，异性缘佳，感情易三心两意，未交朋友者出现“桃花运”，已有朋友和已婚者小心出现“桃花劫”。

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The Flooded Piazza San Marco in Venice December 1, 2008

The recent "acqua alta" (high water) in Venice, Italy reached a depth of 1.56 meters (5 ft, 1 in.) on Monday - the deepest flood in 22 years, and the fourth highest flood level in recent history, claimed Venice's Tide Center. The water began to subside on Tuesday, while residents and tourists made their way through the city, hip-waders or not - one man even took the opportunity to ride his wakeboard through Piazza San Marco (until police stepped in). Although this flood was severe enough for the mayor to ask tourists to temporarily stay home, Venetian floods are fairly routine, several occurring every year, and residents usually take it all in stride. [ From / More http://www.boston.com/bigpicture/2008/12/venice_under_water.html ]

photo by me ( 2 years ago )

photo from www.boston.com

photo by me ( 2 years ago )

photo from www.boston.com

photo by me ( 2 years ago )

photo from www.boston.com

photo by me ( 2 years ago )

photo from www.boston.com

Chocolate Mail

This brief is a redesign project that asked us to find something that needs improvement. I thought about postage stamps and how people lick the back of the stamps. The act of licking stamps, is loved by some and disgusts others. Even though nowadays there are sticker stamps, those old-fashioned lickable stamps will never die. So if we have to lick it anyway why not make it tasty so we can all be happier. I designed a set of stamps called Chocolate Mail, which comes in 3 flavours - dark, milk and white chocolate. They are a set of 24 1st class stamps that are designed to look like a bar of chocolate, packaged as an envelope.
[ From / More on http://www.toby-ng.com/graphic-design/chocolate-mail/]

Stamps
Front view of chocolate mail envelope

Rear view of chocolate mail envelope

Monki store design by Electric Dreams

Monki is a Swedish retail concept aimed at teenage girls, one that embraces a magical fantasy story about ‘little black creatures with dual personas’ that live in a derelict City of Oil and Steel. Sound strange? Well it is, this isn’t your typical high street teen clothing outlet, this is a conceptual world which is represented in massive detail throughout the store interiors, graphics, accessories, printed garments, shopping bags and even down to price tags and receipts. This is a retail vision like no other, and having recently been bought by fellow Swedes and giants of high street fashion H&M, it’s a concept which could well be coming your way in the near future.

We had the chance to speak to Joel Degermark and Catharina Frankander from visionary architecture/design studio Electric Dreams who are behind Monki’s otherworldly store designs. Interview and mind blowing in-store photography follows……. (From / More on http://www.weheartstuff.co.uk)

Snow Fall 281008

Time 15:34. Jet rang me this afternoon and told me that snow is falling. I asked really? That is impossible, it is only October. That was my reaction while I spoke to him on the phone, because nowadays I seldom pull back my window curtain, so I do not know what is happening outside my window, unless I walk out of my house. My room is very cold in the winter, and warm in the summer as my room is on the third floor, and the heater in my room is not working. That is why I keep the curtain closed.

So I pulled away my window curtain, and the snowflakes continued to fall from the sky. They flew in front of my view. Beautiful. It was only 2°c when I checked with my iphone. I then stood in front of the window for 5 minutes and enjoyed the view through my window. That is what I normally like to do when snow falls, instead of going outside for a walk. What do you think? The snowfall ended after 2 hours, the time being 17:02. The sky is turning darker, and darker….

view from my window

video clip of snow fall 281008

Goldfrapp Live Concert 251008

This is the third concert i have been in this month. Lykke Li live at Birmingham Glee Club 051008, Cascada live at Birmingham Carling Academy 241008 and Goldfrapp live at Wolverhampton Civic Hall 251008 which is the day after Cascada concert. Just because of one song called A&E by Goldfrapp i went to her concert with Jet and Joe. Erm.... the ticket cost me 25 pounds but worth it. Goldfrapp vocal was intoxicated everyone in her concert especially Jet screamed and danced. After the concert, Joe felt a bit disappointed because Goldfrapp doesn't performed the song that he like. Anyway i very enjoyed it and love you Goldfrapp. x x x

Damien Rice - Rootless Tree

What I want from you, is empty your head

But they say be true, dont stain your bed

And we do what we need to be free

And it leans on me like a rootless tree

What I want from us, is empty our minds

But we fake, we fuss, and fracture the times

We go blind when we needed to see

And this leans on me, like a rootless...

Fuck you, fuck you, fuck you

And all weve been through

I said leave it, leave it, leave it

Its nothing to you

And if you hate me, hate me, hate me

Hate me so good

That you just let me out

Let me out, let me out

Its hell when youre around

Let me out, let me out, let me out

Hell when youre around

Let me out, let me out, let me out

What I want from this, is learn to let go

No, not of you, of all thats been told

Killers re-invent and believe

And this leans on me, like a rootless...

Fuck you, fuck you, fuck you

And all weve been through

I said leave it, leave it, leave it

Its nothing to you

And if you hate me, hate me, hate me

Hate me so good

That you just let me out

Let me out, let me out

Its hell when youre around

Let me out, let me out, let me out

Its hell when youre around

Let me out, let me out, let me out

Hell when youre around

Let me out, let me out, let me out

Hell when youre around

Let me out, let me out, let me out, let me out

Let me out, let me out, let me out, let me out

Let me out, let me out, let me out, let me out

Let me out, let me out, let me out

Fuck you, fuck you, love you

And all youve been through

I said leave it, leave it, leave it

Its nothing to you

And if you hate me, hate me, hate me

Hate me so good

That you just let me out

Let me out, let me out, let me out

Let me out, let me out, let me out, let me out

Let me out, let me out, let me out, let me out

Let me out, let me out, let me out

Let me out, let me out, let me out

Hell when youre around

Let me out, let me out, let me out

Hell when youre around

Let me out, let me out, let me out

Hell when youre around

Let me out, let me out, let me out

Hell when youre around

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Thanks Keane for taught me created music playlist on my blog :)

iBangle

It really is! Hear me out. The iBangle is Gopinath Prasana’s vision of a future iPod where the devices have become darn close to becoming jewelry. If you factor in inflation and the cost of Apple products today - might as well call it jewelry because it’ll cost as much. I digress, the iBangle is a thin piece of aluminum (of course) with a multi-touch track pad. To achieve the perfect fit, a cushion inside the ring inflates to keep itself taught against your wrist. Unisex? Maybe.

Designer: Gopinath Prasana