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Woke up to a full-blown sunny day– hot, hot hot! it had to reach the upper 70′s *at least*. Visited the Design Expo down GuangFu Rd., it was pretty rad!

Taiwan’s all about hearts. Recently, the Comme De Garcon’s heart-with-eyes shirts were the new fad; but it’s regularly celebrated as hip and hot. Versus America, where it’s still popular but for a kitsch crowd.

A Louis Vuitton cutting board keeps unwanted juices from pooling on the board itself; although I’m pretty sure these fancy perforations would cause other problems. I.e. in the cutting department. But people who would by this probably wouldn’t be doing their own cooking anyway, rizight?

I was really impressed with how well-thought-out the layout of the expo was. The building space was fantastic, though– huge rooms, huge windows for lots of natural light, and the courtyard in the middle was a nice place to chill out from all this sustainability stress. That has more to do with the building, though– anyway, their creative use of space was definitely part of the design expo experience– clean, planned, and spot on (even if someone forgot to proofread some of the English translations… forgiven).

“Theme” pavilion had a two-room installation set up– these paper tubes were tangled together to create flow, becoming the gallery’s maze of walls.

Technology also apparent. Many of the designs were also of products already on the market– packaging or technological appreciations for computers, phones, speakers… etc. The typical ergonomic lamp with bamboo finish was there, but there were also cool things to buy like bauble waterbottles, stackable mugs, and… whatever else had great design. There was also a section for aboriginal art and design; pretty cool to have such a wide appreciative range of art and design on display and available.

Toyota bought their um… human vehicles? out for people to take on a four foot joy ride. There are two joysticks that fit into your hand where they rest; this obviously controls movement; note the giant overhead shield. I wish I could have found out whether or not this is for outdoor use… it would be, right? Haha I mean you wouldn’t ride this from the kitchen to your bathroom…

I would.

One of the more fashionable items (you know how sick eco-chic looks)– er, colorful. All the other plastic/rope/hemp made stuff is usually a bland beige (i.e. rope, hemp, plastic colored) but this was fantastic– dyes, beaded, oversized ornaments… giant flowers in the back.

This is a bike…?

Impressive inventions– I saw a blow-up umbrella, some sleekly designed furnitures, accordion rubber boots… a paper lamp (sounds like a fire hazard), a collapsible record-horn… and more. This one opens doors with feet; but why don’t they just create a foot mechanism rather than rely on this awkward techy tangle?

….and let me quit with a really expensive toilet scrub. it’s 69999999 $. Beat that.

Sort of reminds me of Forever 21. As a toilet accessory. Which is sort of appropriate, if you want to make a snide comment about Forever 21. They can’t touch a design expo though. They rip everyone else’s designs off– and badly, too.

It’ll be interesting to see the International Floral Expo which is being held all over Taipei! Crazy plants, right?

]]> http://www.hearandsay.com/eyelove/todayze/feed/ 0 http://www.hearandsay.com/eyelove/lasciviously-lanvin/ http://www.hearandsay.com/eyelove/lasciviously-lanvin/#comments Sun, 07 Nov 2010 05:00:30 +0000 admin http://www.hearandsay.com/?p=1219 Why not, everyone else is obsessing about the Alber Elbaz Lanvin collab. with H/M, coming out November 20th in stores and 23rd online…

From what I can see, the collection features boldly feminine shapes: frills are not weak, but violently declaring its beauty through exaggeration of the “girly”. Colors show this as well: popping yellow, pink, red, blues, and the classic edge of black. While these pieces are certainly magnificent and sassy fresh, I still can’t afford them. The Ladies tees alone are +30$; the accessories? +20$. I want the leather gloves with satin wristed bowtie? No. It’s 50 dollars. While Bryanboy is muttering about standing in line to buy everything on the list, I’m sobbing about affording a cheap plastic flower brooch ($20). I would massage feet for the white and dark brown faux-fur coat…

I am no loaded fashionista, no Olivia Palermo. Although I do appreciate the awesomeness of designers in extending their creative efforts towards the thirsty masses, it smells like a quick cash scheme if you think about it. And the publicity! People will be loving the real goat-hair jacket and flaunt it over the faux piece that is coming out as part of the H/M line.

Their trailer/sneak peek for the H/M line is fantastically done! I love the story, the characters, and– le sigh– the clothes!

Click here to see Lanvin’s 2010 Autumn/fall RTW runway show.

Graceee

She manages to give everything– from a little bird to a mountain, to a cowboy ball of feathers wearing braces– larger-than-life personalities. Beautiful colors and intricate patterns included!

"Jules"

"Sam"

Mt. Pinatubo, favez

How groovy and creative! Her skills have been displayed in GQ, and she designs some pretty sweet concert posters:

for Narf Records

 Kick ass.

Gracie

Is Minnie Bad-Ass

The minute moment where sleep blinks into awakeness and slothily leeches itself away from your bones, you are keenly conscious of how lazy you potentially can be.

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So you drag yourself out of the very pit of your bed, where the gravity is heaviest

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And throw yourself into the morning coffee and mechanical means of getting ready for a day

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Where you think you know what will happen, and what is supposedly to be rewinds and forwinds in your mind like a silent movie clip

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But the day is always different, and there is always something semi-unexpected

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Gracie

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Photog Christine Hahn via christinehahn.blogspot.com

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An entire fashion piece about Etsy-made Mickey Mouse ears can be found here

As we can see, Disney’s death-grip on Western culture continues.

Buy your own Mickey inspired headbands on Etsy at

jenniferloiselle.etsy.com

Gracie

]]> http://www.hearandsay.com/uncategorized/a-history-of-mice/feed/ 0 http://www.hearandsay.com/uncategorized/a-blog-is-a-blog-is-a-blog/ http://www.hearandsay.com/uncategorized/a-blog-is-a-blog-is-a-blog/#comments Wed, 13 May 2009 01:53:34 +0000 admin http://www.hearandsay.com/?p=191 Literally. I have accumulated 56+ blogs (that I theoretically read on a daily basis) in the past month. The internet is a never-ending addiction. Once you stick the wi-fi in your mental vein, you’re HOOKED–one site leads to another, and the next thing you know sites like polyvore and weheartit send you on scavenger hunts for invisible passions you never knew existed.

This blog post is a hurrah for my addiction. I claim no responsibility for my crowds of readers (feed them, feed them!) who fall into the same situation I find myself in.

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Happily blogged forever,

Gracie

with the construction banging away outside without a care in the world for The Victorian Age and Its Literature

and your classmates rubbing up on your shoulders, where each breathe is breathed in by another

you escape.

And here I am.

I’d rather be here:

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or eating these…

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or wearing this:

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Gracie