Portable Gold Atelier
Ian Fleming famously wrote one of his Bond novels on a gold typewriter in a hut in Jamaica, fueled by an abundant supply of martinis and cigarettes (much like Auden).
In a scene in the 1964 James Bond film Goldfinger, Bond is offered more of what Col. Smithers (player by Richard Vernon, see links below) describes as "rather disappointing brandy." M asks what's wrong with it, and Bond replies, "I'd say it's a 30-year-old Fine, indifferently blended ... with an overdose of bon bois".
Col. Smithers then gives Bond a gold bar worth 5,000 pounds to deliver to Goldfinger, which Bond then uses as collateral to win a golf match.
As much as I would like to go back to say 1964, and become a Luddite, technology cannot be ignored.
Which brings elements of this Everyman 007 kit from an imaginary Q-branch, for the film essayist, architect, poet:
1. a silver hip flask with leather embossed Union Jack containing a day's supply of french brandy
2. a gold bar 8gb USB containing atelier ying's 245 design drawings
3. a Cohiba tubos containing a set of wooden golf tees, or a fountain pen and rolled paper.
Note: my design no. 139 for Richard Vernon can be seen in the following link:
Design, concepts, text and drawing are copyright 2014 by David Lo.
Portable Gold Atelier
Ian Fleming famously wrote one of his Bond novels on a gold typewriter in a hut in Jamaica, fueled by an abundant supply of martinis and cigarettes (much like Auden).
In a scene in the 1964 James Bond film Goldfinger, Bond is offered more of what Col. Smithers (player by Richard Vernon, see links below) describes as "rather disappointing brandy." M asks what's wrong with it, and Bond replies, "I'd say it's a 30-year-old Fine, indifferently blended ... with an overdose of bon bois".
Col. Smithers then gives Bond a gold bar worth 5,000 pounds to deliver to Goldfinger, which Bond then uses as collateral to win a golf match.
As much as I would like to go back to say 1964, and become a Luddite, technology cannot be ignored.
Which brings elements of this Everyman 007 kit from an imaginary Q-branch, for the film essayist, architect, poet:
1. a silver hip flask with leather embossed Union Jack containing a day's supply of french brandy
2. a gold bar 8gb USB containing atelier ying's 245 design drawings
3. a Cohiba tubos containing a set of wooden golf tees, or a fountain pen and rolled paper.
Note: my design no. 139 for Richard Vernon can be seen in the following link:
Design, concepts, text and drawing are copyright 2014 by David Lo.