the bitter*girls & FAKE MODEL PHOTOGRAPHY

Photos of the bitter*girls has long been our favorite; her style is the now-popular fake model photography. Though I don't know what she did to achieve the illusion of fake model photography; but there is a tutorial online which teaches you how to mimick this style of photography.

HOIMING ON JIUJIK

HOIMING's new line of handbags, Recess Time, will be available in Harvey Nichols very soon. I am already very anxious to see what's next in-line from Hoiming and Baldwin.

Here is a recent article of 'em on Jiu Jik.

THE CENTRAL WATERFRONT DESIGN COMPETITION

The final 4 of the Central Waterfront Design Competition is announced! Our pick is Entry 77 "Hong Kong Waterfront" by Edward Yung, Kipp Edick, Chris Hillyard! Good luck boys!

To visit all the entries, go to Designing Hong Kong'sDesigning Hong Kong's official page.

TABLETOP COMPUTING

Oh my, technology you see in Minority Report is not of fiction... the stuff of iPhone pales in comparison to this...

Watch the video.

Feist - 1 2 3 4

Feist's 1234 from iPod Nano's commercial (in case you were wondering).

SHANGHAI EXHIBITION

Overall, the CHILLICHILLY brand was well-received by the locals in Shanghai fair. Which is great relieve to know that the market seem to be ready for us.

At the moment, CHILLICHILLY goods can be found at Avis' P.O.P SHANGHAI shop.

Address: "POP Shanghai" Room 5018, Block 5, "The Bridge 8", No.8 Jian Guo Zhong Road, Lu Wan District, Shanghai

BEAUTIFUL SHANGHAI

Shanghai is the best in China, beautiful city, dynamic culture, nightlife is great here and of course, the beautiful...

Special thanks to Lee and Andrew for showing us around Shanghai. We hope to be back very soon.

BEBEL GILBERTO'S PLAYLIST

When Bebel Gilberto tells us what's on her playlist, we listen.

I love the Charlotte Gainsbourg CD already...

Here is the complete article on NY Times.

THELONIOUS MONK QUARTET - 'ROUND MIDNIGHT

Wicked.

STORM THARP

Let's Go Digital

ANDREAS GURSKY

Django Reindhart

One of my favorite.

GAZETTE DU BON TON

Misc images that I collected from Gazette du Bon Ton

HASSELBLAD H3D II

The new 39 Megapixel Hasselblad H3D II features an integrated GPS system for tagging the photos... (? huh?) Anyway, this camera is certainly not for everyone, for those of you who needs a premium camera such as this one, you should expect a premium price tag as well --- a sweet $37,000.


Let's Go Digital for full review.

ETTORE SOTTSASS NEW WORKS!!!

Ettore Sottsass
New Works 2005 - 2007
September 19 - October 27, 2007
Friedman Benda

PAPER SCULPTURE

The intricacy of
Brian Dettmer's paper sculpture is insanely beautiful and it has that very old-world feel to it.

To see the latest collection of Brian's paper sculpture, go to: Haydee Rovirosa Gallery.

PINK

Maurycy Gomulicki's series of photographs at Galerie Sara Guedj.

HOIMING MOBILE ASHTRAY

Our friend, Hoiming and Baldwin's, mobile ashtray design.

More bag design at hoiming.net for the full collection.

JP FAIR

CHILLICHILLY at Tokyo Gift Fair. Plus, new series of mobile ashtray.

COIN BANK

Coin bank is all the rage in Tokyo this year.

AGELIO BATLE'S GRAPHITE SCUPLTURE

Not only are Agelio Batle's graphite scupltures beautiful, these realistic sculptures also write! And its price is quite reasonable as well.

To purchase them, visit Agelio's official webpage.

MOBILE ASHTRAY MUSEUM

Mobile Ashtray Museum and new Camel Menthol.

FIXIE AND BIKE IN OSAKA

TEA TIME

Tea at Narna Hotel... this is where the Empire stays when he visits Narna.

Above is photo of Ronnefeldt's Sleeping Tea Pot standing upright.