After the famous rainbow bagel in Brooklyn or the food of the rainbow project, the Iranian food creative Hedi Gh posted her cosmic donuts on her Insta, which went viral across the world a few weeks ago.(...) Read More about Hedi Gh Gorgeous Cosmic Donuts (397 words) FOOD | Permalink | No comment |
Earlier this year, we featured vintage Japanese print advertisements from the golden age of Art Deco and for such products as beer, sake, and cigarettes. If you like that sort of thing, you might consider paying attention to the recently launched Branding in Asia, a site detected to covering “the art of branding” as expressed in “the exciting new ideas and concepts exploding from the mind of Asia” — or the exciting old ideas and concepts which, aesthetically speaking, remain pretty explosive still.
Take, for instance, their collection of classic Japanese steamship ads. “In the early part of the 20th century,” writes Steph Aromdee, “Japan’s increasingly prosperous middle class was taking to the high seas for travel. One company, the Japan Mail Steamship, advertised heavily, hoping to attract would-be tourists to their luxury ships. What were likely at the time regarded as simple advertisements and brochures that simply showed departures and destinations, have today become viewed as stunning works of art.”
Here we’ve excerpted a few such advertisements from their impressive selection which, as you can see, ranges artistically from the stylized to the realistic, and conceptually from the practical to the purely evocative. They might entice readers onto a steamship voyage with an Art Deco bathing beauty, a contrast of human traveler against mountain’s majesty, a detailed map enumerating a variety of possible destinations, or, as in the case of deer-filled Nara, a scattering of local icons.
The age of the steamship has, of course, long since dissolved into the romantic past, even in Japan. Or perhaps I should say especially in Japan, whose shinkansen bullet train not only put every other mode of transport straight into obsolescence, but — at least to my mind — also boasts a cutting-edge romance of its own.
And so these advertisements, more than 70 years after their printings, still get me planning my next trip to Japan, a country that knows a thing or two about desire and place. “Even in Kyoto,” wrote 17th-century poet Matsuo Bashō, “I long for Kyoto.”
When Esta Soler lobbied for a bill outlawing domestic violence in 1984, one politician called it the "Take the Fun Out of Marriage Act." "If only I had Twitter then," she mused. This sweeping, optimistic talk charts 30 years of tactics and technologies -- from the Polaroid camera to social media -- that led to a 64% drop in domestic violence in the U.S.
From the architect. We piled up pieces of wooden panels to build the interior like topography. Various kinds of food-related items are laid out on this wooden ground. We expected that the chemistry would be just right for eating and the wooden stratum.
Layered configuration has also been designed for V&A at Dundee. This lounge is in a way like a nesting inside V&A.
HUB of Seoul is a place for the people who want to start their own business. City of Seoul supplies the space, human network, education and some financial consulting for them. Many young adults gather to this place for their future vision. The facility is free thanks to the municipal financial support.
Our coveted object this week is a lamp that allows you to stare at the stars in the comfort of your own home. (...) Read More about OBJECT: Starry Light Lamps (60 words)
For the Philippines 115th Independence day celebration Lego created a gigantic philippines map made out of lego. To be precise the team used over 50,000 lego pieces for the map which is exhibited in a mall in Davao City, Southern Philippines.
Chocolate Hills and Tarsier (the cutest LEGO animal) in Bohol
Paoay Church (UNESCO World Heritage Site) and Bangui Windmills
After the famous rainbow bagel in Brooklyn or the food of the rainbow project, the Iranian food creative Hedi Gh posted her cosmic donuts on her Insta, which went viral across the world a few weeks ago.(...) Read More about Hedi Gh Gorgeous Cosmic Donuts (397 words) FOOD | Permalink | No comment |
HUB of Seoul is a place for the people who want to start their own business. City of Seoul supplies the space, human network, education and some financial consulting for them. Many young adults gather to this place for their future vision. The facility is free thanks to the municipal financial support.
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