Monthly Archives: November 2008

Your Brand Is Well Reebok.

By Chungaiz | Published: November 27, 2008
Read this AIM exchange that Jeff Staple reproduced on his Arkitip blog, between himself and a friend of his at Apple about whether or not he should buy the new Blackberry Storm. Unsurprisingly, the Apple guy was appalled, and replied in part: uv tried typing on it? there’s fundamentals w/ just design philosophies….the haptic feedback screen and push down [...]
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HSBC Bespoke In-Flight Magazines

By Chungaiz | Published: November 27, 2008
  Springwise reports on HSBCs new offering at Heathrow’s Terminal 1. They’ll bind you your own bespoke inflight magazine by helping you to select magazine articles on topics you’re interested in and have them bound into a hardback form to take on the flight, according to Marketing Week. Browse through the diverse selection of loose-leaf articles arranged on [...]
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Bruce Lee for Nokia

By Chungaiz | Published: November 26, 2008
You need to a flashplayer enabled browser to view this YouTube video You need to a flashplayer enabled browser to view this YouTube video Nokia have created limited edition Bruce Lee phones, and are advertising with a couple of great videos – Bruce Lee lighting matches with nunchucks, and then playing Ping Pong. In advertising, everyone jumps on [...]
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Freeman’s Sporting Club

By Chungaiz | Published: November 25, 2008
  The best restaurant and one of the best shops I visited in NYC, Freeman’s Sporting Club is where my boy Peter gets his hair cut, where my friends Jake and Amy eat lunch on the weekends, and where I would buy my bespoke suits and vintage wool ties from if I could afford them. They also [...]
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Peter Saville for Arkitip

By Chungaiz | Published: November 24, 2008
  The latest Arkitip magazine issue (#49) will be about Peter Saville. Just when I thought it was safe to drop my subscription (Tommy Guerro was cool, but not one whole issue cool…) they release this gem, featuring one of two 12 x 12 prints – Contours (shown above) or Havoc. Anyone want to sort me [...]
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Boom Box Bench

By Chungaiz | Published: November 21, 2008
You need to a flashplayer enabled browser to view this YouTube video Droog Design looks to have something to do with this dutch BoomBox / bench designed by Michael Schoner.
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Digital Music Survey Results – YouTube more important than Radio!

By Chungaiz | Published: November 21, 2008
The Olswang Convergence Consumer Study 2008 was released today. It has some great insights into the downloading, purchasing and listening behaviors of British consumers. Download the 55-page report (PDF) here (music section starts on page 29) Respondents most frequently listen to AM/FM radio (62%) and CDs (54%) at least once a week. The third most frequent way [...]
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56 Leonard Street, Tribeca – Herzog & de Meuron

By Chungaiz | Published: November 21, 2008
Hell yes. Video showing the “construction” of Herzog and de Meuron’s new building at 56 Leonard Street, Tribeca, New York. I’m moving in. Thanks to Certified Random. More here: 56 Leonard Tribeca (video made by Tronic)
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Election Fever (Bit late!)

By Chungaiz | Published: November 19, 2008
You need to a flashplayer enabled browser to view this YouTube video So, yeah, fuck it. The election’s over, the “good guys” won (his comments on invading Paksitan aside…) and there has been lots of chat about the “How did they do it?!” strategies employed by Obama’s team – mainly from David Axelrod (no, not that [...]
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Draw on water

By Chungaiz | Published: November 19, 2008
  Interesting little device allows you to “write” on the surface of water. Not sure why you would, or what application it has, but cool anyway. Check the movie of it here
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