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I wish I made them smaller, but they are still cool. 4 stamps to be put in Festival Walk LOG-ON store tomorrow for customer to play with their postcard in Travel Photo Cafe 2009!
And I had so much fun tonight playing with MT-tapes :)
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Passport stamps
I'm so glad we have yet another year of great fun with Travel Photo Cafe. Not only did I added a new "mobility" concept to the show, which involves a limited edition city'super x Strida LT and some mobile camera bags, the 6 stamps we put in the promotion area has been attracting a lot of attention. Visitors are having so much fun I guess this solved the problem somebody raised "are you sure people want to play with the stamps? What's the use to put them there?" Well those who didn't get it will probably stay that way, I don't care what they think. Next problem to tackle is for me to claim the money I spent on these stamps.
If you are visiting the event, do check out the super cool limited edition Strida bike, they are about to be sold out. Last time I checked, there are only a few pieces left. We will have to think of a new color combination soon. On the other hand, our Korean friends are so supportive for this event they sent quite many gifts which I will be giving out to those who visit the city'super facebook page, stay tuned. Among the gifts there are 6 stamps which looks like real passport stamps from different countries. Hopefully I can place order for these stamps soon so that our customer can get them for fun.
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Norfolk Southern caboose (also bearing the Norfolk & Westin logon) passes the Amtrak platform in Roanoke Virginia.
The complete artwork composed out of 150 figurines (60cm x 80cm)
Hard to take a photo from this one.
For details look here:
Colorful Rewards @ Gardens by the Bay... Cheap Thrills for the kids...
file: gamesPC030497
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Carft, Leather, iPhone
All of a sudden I decided to do a leather case for my iPhone coz I can't accept the fact that I'm carrying an ordinary iPhone case readily available anywhere. The best case I lust after is the one from Roberu in Japan.
So I decided to make one for myself following Roberu's design and make it my own. Loving it.
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Midori is releasing a series of new products relating to the popular Traveler's Notebook. In an attempt to create the same aesthetic of the leather notebook, the development team chose to use brass as the material which radiates the same pleasing quality as it ages. I think it is an excellent choice of material, it gives you the feeling of a trusted old friend, give it a little polishing it comes back to a shiny companion.
The brass series includes 12 pieces of numbered clips, a 15cm ruler with raised edge for easy pick up, a solid brass pen case and bullet pen/pencils. These bullet pen/pencils are available in white or brown barrels in addition to the brass ones. The pens have a ring at one end for strap add-on while the pencils have a large eraser instead.
During the Midori private show I visited, I learned that they are preparing for a "Traveler's notebook & company" exhibition to be held in Spiral Market again this year around March/April. I am glad to be invited to contribute some contents for their on-site newsletter in "what's in my bag" style.
The large size Traveler's Notebook is far more popular than the passport size they released last year. To promote the use of the passport size Traveler's Notebook, which can be used as an actual passport jacket with note keeping capability and kept close to your body, Midori is releasing more add-ons such as new refills, rub-on letters and 2 limited edition refills which looks like a real passport. In the limited edition refill package, they thoughtfully included rub-on letters in passport looking font so you can personalize the notebook on the last page like it is a real thing.
Finally, since document envelope with string closure is very difficult to find in Japan, "Kraft envelopes" are created. It gives a crafty way to store your receipts or coasters collected from travels, either use them individually or make them handy by taping them on the notebook refill cover.
Here's my 2 cents about material use. I love the brass application on the hardware (pen case, clip, pen and ruler), while Midori is proud of its range of high quality paper products, application of tougher material on the notebook covers or even envelopes and document holders will add similar aesthetic and durability to this overlooked area. I would recommend to use jean label material in the form of cellulose fibre in combination of leather and paper to create a new range of pleasing products under the Traveler's Notebook collection.
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Hacking GTD Tabs And Index Cards Into Traveler's Notebook
The 5th anniversary edition Traveler's Notebook is way too attractive not to get. But how am I gonna carry everything in it including my GTD index cards which I normally put into my mind.Depositor? Well first, if you don't know how to put 4 notebooks into the leather cover, check out this previous post.
To put the 4 stacks of GTD index cards (next actions, project, waiting for and someday) into the notebook, first you use 2 pieces of thick paper cut to the size of the notebook refill cover, then insert them to one of the elastic bands just like you normally would do with a notebook refill. This will give you 4 pages/placeholders for the index cards. You can make the index cards more accessible by reducing the width of each page, the first page being the narrowest and so forth.
The rest is just easy, using binder clips to clip each stack of index cards onto the corresponding pages. If you are like me looking for more stylish way to use the clips, check out my previous post about how to make these Leather GTD Tabs.
Perhaps you've noticed an extra notebook on top of my Traveler's Notebook in the first image. It is a Moleskine weekly diary I need constant access to, I customized to make it likable together with Traveler's Notebook. Next year however, I don't need to do that anymore coz Midori is going to release a weekly refill in the format I like most - weekly diary on the left page, note space on the right! Can't wait for the 2012 weekly diary coming out, which will be around September 2011.
If you don't know about mind.Depositor, Leather GTD Tabs and templates, here's a few pointers:
The original mind.Depositor
mind.Depositor 2
mind.Depositor 3 in the making
free mind.Depositor index card template download
Leather GTD Tabs
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recently have been taking photo with my iphone and using Instagram a lot. somehow it has become habitual, just like people logon to fb everyday. can't deny the power of social media but meanwhile i dont feel too good about it. using too much of filters on the phone camera apps, feeling overdosed sometimes, as i never used any filter and photoshopped my analogue photos. and i start to realise the 'disposable' quality in digital photos. comparing the photos i took with the canon SLR that i have been using for more than a decade and iphone, they really share a very different sensibility although both taken by me. i think, our works, or rather my works are affected by tools. you can tell from the things captured in the photos, the mood and etc.
in celebration of the new media, i still cherish the analogue world.
this virtual space is strange,,religous and mental, at least this is how i feel about it.
When I reached home from work yesterday I made a last minute decision to drive down to the northern beaches to shoot sunset. It took me over an hour to drive to this place due to heavy traffic but luckily I still managed to get there on time.
Apologies to all my flickr contacts for not being able to visit your photostreams. I've been very busy the past few weeks that I didn't even get the chance to logon to flickr.
Have a great weekend everyone!
Technical Info:
Camera in aperture priority mode at f/16. I was using a 3-stop ND filter and a 3-stop reverse grad filter for this shot. Taken using a 16-35mm Lens at its widest focal length.
FlickrNation, Episode 2,
Download the show here.
Show Notes:
1:00: New website home flickrnation.com. You can vote for the podcast on Podcast Alley here. The RSS feed for the show is here. Contact info: tom@thomashawk.com, Yahoo Messenger: thomashawk22, Skype: thomashawkskype, Phone: 415-992-5350.
2:30: Two new Flickr features: Auto-Magically Rotate and Allow Blogging.
3:45: Yahoo!'s logon process to get "flickerized" according to Stewart Butterfield.
5:45: Flickr mentioned on CNET's news.com, Tagging Gives Web a Human Meaning.
8:40: Flickr Staff blogs: Sylloge (Stewart Butterfield), www.hchamp.com/ (Heather Champ), www.caterina.net/ (Caterina Fake), www.iamcal.com/ (Cal Henderson), george08.blogspot.com/ (George Oates). The link I mentioned from Cal's blog on corporate logos and their colors.
14:37: HyperMedia, Using Flickr for Product Marketing. iView Multimedia. Thanks for the link Steve!
16:26: Wrong number call in on Skype during the podcast by a 90 year old woman without a computer or digital camera. (Sorry about the bad sound quality from her, I wasn't expecting a call in from a wrong number so the mic didn't pick up so well).
21:00: Shayne Bowman and using Flickr for Product Marketing continued.
23:00: One Google AdSense ad is ok for your blog when linking to and using Flickr as a non commercial personal site.
26:55: Is Less More? Heather Champ asks, should the number of tags on Flickr photos be limited to less than 100?
31:08: Fav/View >= 5% Group. Top poster, Aqui Ali.
34:00: New FlickrNation Group on Flickr.
Raffles Place MRT Station is a Mass Rapid Transit (MRT) interchange station on the North South Line and the East West Line in Singapore. It is directly beneath the centre of the financial district of Raffles Place, located in the Downtown Core area, south of the Singapore River. It is one of the more prominent and busier stations within Singapore's transport system, especially being an interchange station located within the Central Area.
Within distance is Ocean Financial Centre, an office development by Keppel Land. Strategically located at the site of the former Ocean Building. Ocean Financial Centre’s soaring glass tower presents an inimitable silhouette in Singapore’s city skyline and offers an unrivalled view of the entire Marina Bay and the Central Business District.
Link to a transition clip created by "singaporeology.com" from my flickr images. View it here:
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Hacking GTD Tabs And Index Cards Into Traveler's Notebook
The 5th anniversary edition Traveler's Notebook is way too attractive not to get. But how am I gonna carry everything in it including my GTD index cards which I normally put into my mind.Depositor? Well first, if you don't know how to put 4 notebooks into the leather cover, check out this previous post.
To put the 4 stacks of GTD index cards (next actions, project, waiting for and someday) into the notebook, first you use 2 pieces of thick paper cut to the size of the notebook refill cover, then insert them to one of the elastic bands just like you normally would do with a notebook refill. This will give you 4 pages/placeholders for the index cards. You can make the index cards more accessible by reducing the width of each page, the first page being the narrowest and so forth.
The rest is just easy, using binder clips to clip each stack of index cards onto the corresponding pages. If you are like me looking for more stylish way to use the clips, check out my previous post about how to make these Leather GTD Tabs.
Perhaps you've noticed an extra notebook on top of my Traveler's Notebook in the first image. It is a Moleskine weekly diary I need constant access to, I customized to make it likable together with Traveler's Notebook. Next year however, I don't need to do that anymore coz Midori is going to release a weekly refill in the format I like most - weekly diary on the left page, note space on the right! Can't wait for the 2012 weekly diary coming out, which will be around September 2011.
If you don't know about mind.Depositor, Leather GTD Tabs and templates, here's a few pointers:
The original mind.Depositor
mind.Depositor 2
mind.Depositor 3 in the making
free mind.Depositor index card template download
Leather GTD Tabs
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There are more than a hundred ways to shoot this gigantic architecture. Every photographer will have his own way.
file: garden6PC030319.jpg
Transition effects from my flickr images created by "singaporeology.com" View it here:
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PONY BROWN - My Little Friend, Korean Stationery
My lack of post is only the evidence of more amazing stationery adventures coming up, this time Korean stationery. Yes it was crazily busy to implement yet another successful year of Back To School promotion in city'super/LOG-ON, yes there is the preparation of Xmas 2010 and an upcoming new store in Langham Place in November, but all these melt when I was in Seoul last week looking at the innovations from some of the most creative souls in the world.
PONY BROWN is a new Korean stationery brand only started since 2008. The key character which has no name, gained popularity in our Hong Kong market. According to the creative pair Mrs. Lee the owner and Mr. Oh the designer, the name PONY BROWN is not the name of the character at all, it came from Mr. Oh's birth year zodiac as a horse thus PONY and his love of brown color.
I had a great time spent in PONY BROWN's house, a 2 stories tranquil cat heaven in the middle of Seoul. It has all the elements I love right there, great sunlight, woody, quiet and space to think and relax while connectivity is not a problem at all.
As for why the main character has no name, Mr. Oh told me that the idea is to have people loving the character fuse their life and spirit with the character's attitude, to be bright and positive with attitude. The super cute character has a nick name though, since the series is called "My Little Friend", in Korean language fusioning with English, the character is called "Mylipu" (My Little Pu, "Pu" means friend in Korean).
The most popular items we sell at city'super/LOGO-ON of PONY BROWN is their free diary. They have just released some new post-it and diary stickies which will be in Hong Kong market soon. Lastly, we have worked with PONY BROWN to prepare a super attractive Xmas gift set with very nice packaging for the season, stay tuned!
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Corridors at The National Gallery Singapore...
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file: national museum corridors PB270195
Celebrating the Extraordinary
Lighting up! Need help? My respect to the cheerful supporters young and old at the breaking ceremony of the 8th ASEAN Para Games at Marina Bay Singapore.
Inspired by their acts of community support for the event.
I am not an official photographer. Just happen to cruise by and capture some happy moments of the opening.
The smiles and cheerful volunteers from all age groups light up a wonderful start for the 8th ASEAN Para Games event. One up for Singapore!
Visit aseanparagames2015.com for their latest news and updates
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Le gréement du Sav Heol a été modifié pour qu'il puisse être mené facilement, même par un homme seul.
Sav Heol, a former scallop dredger from Brest roads, was turned from a sloop into a ketch so as to be easily manœuvered - even singlehanded.
Explore Apr 29, 2010 #396.
While covering an event, this cute little guest is truly amazing. She does this naturally with no leads or art directions.
Shot on the fly during an event in Singapore.
No flash. Cam: Olympus em5 and 17mm 2.8 prime.
Post processing with Topazlab Adjust
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Travel Photo Cafe is a mindset and a collection of tools you may find them helpful to literally change the way you look at your next getaway travel. Yes your gears are important, but we figured through our extensive travel that, as Henry Miller precisely puts it, "One's destination is never a place, but a new way of seeing things." So open up to what we are proposing and make it your mission to create a new journey ahead, and when you do, we hope you will bring back your very own new attitude to everyday life.
This 5th rendition of Travel Photo Cafe also marks the 5th anniversary of Traveler’s Notebook by Midori. On 24th and 25th of June, the Midori design team will be present at Festival Walk LOG-ON to meet you and share their customization experience. Don’t miss the chance, come by and grab a few exclusive items made just for this event!
究竟要怎樣才能跳出一般的渡假模式？選購功能性旅行用品當然重要，但更重要的是您會選擇背上一個怎樣的心態去看世界。這個 Travel Photo Cafe 的概念不僅包含了玩味極濃的文具及攝影精品，也送給您一些小貼士，希望您能從這裏出發成為一位能追隨著自心步伐的旅人。如作家Henry Miller所說：One's destination is never a place, but a new way of seeing things. 願您能把旅途上發掘到的新思維新態度帶回來，成為您日常生活的新自我。
第五年度的Travel Photo Cafe也正好是日本Midori Taveler’s Notebook的五週年紀念。 Midori的設計團隊亦特地到訪又一城LOG-ON，於六月二十四及二十五日跟大家碰面，教授如何把這本皮革筆記簿個人化，更出售幾款別注版產品，前萬不要錯過！
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Twelve South Book Book for iPhone - now with camera hole and holds a stylus
Twelve South makes amazing products just for Mac, this time the Book Book vintage series has a super nice addition, an iPhone case + Wallet. I love everything about it, except that it doesn't have a camera hole. So I made one myself, pretty easy and straight forward. I also found it convenient to insert a Midori brass pen (which I converted into a stylus in my previous DIY leather/wood case) into the credit card pocket. Here's some photos to share.
Now it is perfectly functional and handsome. I decided however it is not suitable to hold money in it, coz it would be too bulky. So I put only 4 credit cards and two access cards in the pockets, that's the maximum I think it should hold.
For a detailed review, check out this video from iDownloadblog.com
Also check out the Twelve South video of the Book Book for iPhone case.
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An Afternoon of Sticker Mania - Loving Innovations from Seoul
Being exposed to Korean innovations in my last and 4th business-only trips to Seoul is like discovering yet another heaven for stationery. The people I met all possess a strong will to make things better for everybody. Imagine being blown away to meet 15 makers in just 3 days, you can see how things are all clogged up in my brain, talking about post-trip neuro indigestion.
So I took my time during this weekend, playing with all those stickers I found in Seoul, making use of them as much as possible. One of those beautiful stickers maker is Enjoy Everything (www.e2e2.co.kr). They've done awesome works on making stickers sheets readily with nice graphics for everyday use. If you check out their site, you will find several categories of stickers like fabric tapes, PU stickers, embossed stickers and A4 sheets of stickers with various materials, colors and patterns.
I also went to the warehouse of a luggage and cosmetic case maker called EDDAS. They made beautiful cases and I couldn't resist but bought a special leather case from them, which is not available at retail, for my personal use. The leather case sat at home for a week and suddenly I was able to make it really personal by putting on all these stickers I found from Enjoy Everything.
By cutting the PU sheets following the outline of the printed graphics, I was able to enjoy a quiet Saturday afternoon playing with how to personalize my EDDAS leather case.
This evening I've finished the touch up and carried the personalized leather case to go sushi dining, I was rewarded by dozens of prying eyes :)
I also had a meeting with Antenna Shop in Seoul, one of the top sellers in our stores, they've done some colorful PU embossed stickers as well. I'm expecting them to arrive our stores soon. So there will be more stickers available in our stores! Come check them out.
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These small guys (each around 8cm) are part of a much bigger Artwork, which is 60cm x 80cm and composed of many more figurines.
At the City Hall Wing (basement 1)
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file: national gallery PB270246
I went on my Terrace and there I saw a pigeon. Thought I will capture him in my camera. While I was taking the shot on the left, he noticed me and then started scolding me saying that Hey Mister, don't you know you are not supposed to shot my back and blah blah....
After his 5 mins 25 secs long lecture, he finally gave me a fine pose to capture.
He also warned me that he shall logon tonite to flickr and if he doesn't see his pics, he will spread his "BEET" all over my place :P
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Hows the story People? Do let me know! :D
P.S : For all my flickr friends, i will be away for 2 days, so plz dont mind If I am not able to follow your stream. Will get back to your pics after 2 days. Thanks :)