Author: wät

2010 map of recommended restaurants and venues by plato.
size: a3

smooth copper beer at est.33, cdc.
now with live singing performance on friday – sunday.
this place is usually packed, you better call for reservation in advance.

this is what we have been waiting for.
a giant ipod touch.
10 hours of video playback is very tempting!

a series of stained glass panel painting based on characters from the simpsons by joseph cavalieri. incredible!!! more of his work can be view on flickr.

creative design belt from wechselwild, with a magnetic interchangeable buckle.
these are fascinating, don’t you think?

animated opening created by studio aka for bbc sport coverage, vancouver winter olympics 2010.
awesome.

astounding interactive cover designed by hubero kororo for andrea beumann & ivan palacký album titled “pappeltalks“. it’s a limited run, only 60 copies. even i want one!

leather case for macbook and macbook pro.
the vintage look is real pretty!
this thing costs 79.99 usd.

new album from 소녀시대 (snsd/girls’ generation) is scheduled to release on janaury 28, 2009.

related :

1. 소원을 말해봐

1969. man lands on the moon. world population = 3.6 billion.
2000. kelper telescope is launched to search for earth-like planets. world population = 6.76 billion
2153. paleo-17 space probe lands on planet “tanis”world population = 24.34 billion
food and water shortage are commonplace.
2174. the battle for earth’s limited resources reaches its boiling point. spacecraft “elysium” is launched.

pandorum tells the story of spaceship “elysium” after the existence of planet earth. elysium carries 60,000 passengers to a new planet called “tanis”, a new home for human. corporal bower wakes up from hyper-sleep with no recollection of where he is or what he is supposed to do. he is unable to contact anyone and access the ship’s bridge. as he searches through the ship he finds lieutenant payton who also just wakes up from hyper-sleep. together they must figure the way out before it is too late. they soon find that they are not the only persons who are strolling around this ship.

pandorum is a sci-fi space horror film with captivating plot. it could have been a good sci-fi thriller, but they chose to make it a horror film by adding ugly monsters which made me feel like watching space version of predator. furthermore, one on one duel fight scene was more interesting in the 90s.

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movie: pandorum | director: christian alvart | release: 2000

welcome to digital food processing.
cornucopia is a conceptual project for personal food factory. it is a three dimensional printer for food! the cooking process starts with an array of food canisters placed on the top piping into a mixer head. the food can be heated of cooled in the chamber. cornucopia promises to create an unimaginable flavors and textures that cannot be replicated with other cooking techniques. the user will have complete control over the quality, nutritional value and taste! the project has already begun.

amazing typography design on a deck of cards by michelle lam from canada. each card tells the story of a specific area of focus in typography. i do hope that she will put it in production soon. it seems like many people are already craving for this unique deck of playing cards! (s. lovely package)

artist and motion graphics designer/animator based in los angeles, castleforte has designed lovely paper trojan horses for nintendo america. more of his work can be viewed on his website. he is also the creator of nicepapertoy.com, a social network for paper toy artists and fans who love paper toy!

ugh, can these deliver the final blow?
if so, i might need them.

delicious.
bapple donuts, 4th floor siam center.
moonraker is highly recommended.

what is foursquare?
foursquare is a cross between a friend-finder, a social city-guide to build things to not only help you keep up with the places your friends go, but that encourage you to discover new places and challenge you to explore your neighborhood in new ways.

why use foursquare?
to share your favorite venues with friends and discover their venues that you have never been to. giving your tips such as recommended drinks, food or things to do, as well as getting from others.

how to use foursquare?
just head out to register at foursquare.com, then you can select platform you are using whether it’s android, palm, or iphone, or you can go for m.foursquare.com which works on most of the phones out there. now you are ready to “check-in” to the venues, add new venues, add new tips, and add friends to your list.

what to add?
any interesting venues that you feel like you want to share with the whole world. do not forget to add information or tips about the places that you check-in or add because mostly people simply cannot comprehend what the venue is about by judging from its name.

i do appreciate people who are constantly trying to localize foursquare by adding thai titles and addresses, but it is better that you use english along with thai ones if possible since foursquare is not about thais, and we actually want to share the informative data to those who cannot read or understand thai language.

what not to add?
there are no actual rules about what not to add. but the essence is pretty simple…

“if you cannot think of a single tip to recommend others to do at that place, then it probably should not be added since it would be useless for others”

soi, junction, bridge, road, atm, home, gas station,7-11, bts, mrt… it is amazing how thai people try to check-in everywhere pointlessly. we do not want to know exactly where you are at all time in foursquare. imagining a person checking-in to every bts and mrt station or passing through soi and bridge. the idea is just absurd.

please do search for the existing venues before adding new one. and make sure that you add the correct name of the venue or you might end up shining ingloriously at byte me, bkk.

Gutes Design ist innovativ. (good design is innovative)
Gutes Design macht ein Produkt brauchbar. (good design makes a product useful)
Gutes Design ist ästhetisches Design. (good design is aesthetic)
Gutes Design macht ein Produkt verständlich. (good design makes a product understandable)
Gutes Design ist ehrlich. (good design is honest)
Gutes Design ist unaufdringlich. (good design is unobtrusive)
Gutes Design ist langlebig. (gesign is long-lasting)
Gutes Design ist konsequent bis ins letzte Detail. (good design is consistent in every detail)
Gutes Design ist umweltfreundlich. (good design is environmentally friendly)
Gutes Design ist sowenig Design wie möglich. (good design is as little design as possible)

ten principles to “good design” of great german industrial designer, dieter rams.
many of dieter rams’ designs have found a permanent home at several museums around the world including moma in new york. for nearly 30 years deiter rams served as head of design for braun a.g. until his retirement in 1998. he continues to be a legend in design circles, he currently has a major retrospective of his work at design museum in london until march 2010.

every object, intentional or not, speaks to who put it there.

objectified is a feature-length documentary about our complex relationship with manufactured objects and the people who design them. it is about the designers who re-examine, re-evaluate and re-invent our manufactured environment on a daily basis. the film documents the creative processes of some of the world’s most influential product designers including chris bangle, erwan & ronan bouroullec, anthony dunne, dan formosa, fiona raby, karim rashid, amber shonts, marc newson, jonathan ive, naoto fukasawa, and dieter rams.

fascinating documentary by gary hustwit whom is known for a famous film, titled helvetica. this time he makes us look around and see how design impacts our lives as every day we are surrounded by design which most people take for granted. in fact, there is a story embed in every object.

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movie: objectified | director: gary hustwit | release: 2009

the adaptation of maurice sendak’s 1963 children’s picture book of the same name, telling the story of a young boy named ‘max’ who runs away from home and sets sail to an unknown island inhabited by creatures know as the wild things. are they real or they are just living in his imagination?

“where the wild things are” features brilliant script, amazingly beautiful cinematography, and incredibly wonderful soundtrack. it is sublime, truly. visualization is such a feast to the eyes. this is an oustanding film for children. unfortunately thai children are probably gonna miss watching it, how tragic.

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movie: where the wild things are | director: spike jonze | release: 2009

it is a movie adapted from a book with same title written by jon ronson about the u.s. army’s exploration of new age concepts and potential military application of the paranormal.

the film follows bob, a reporter who stumbles onto lyn cassady the legendary special force operator who soon reveals that he was a part of an american army unit who were trained to be psychic spies a.k.a. jedi warriors. each of them possesses unique special ability including invisibility, remote viewing, walk through walls, and the most dangerous of all, stop the beating heart by just staring.

the performances of two main actors, ewan mcgregor and george clooney are remarkable. however the story is somehow confusing, it is like a bit of this here and there. it fails to captivate the audience’s attention at the whole time. it lacks of consistency in storytelling. i must admit that there are several super amusing scenes. but to tell the truth, i half expected that ewan would pull out a real lightsaber and transform into obi-wan kenobi.

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movie: the men who stare at goats | director: grant heslov | release: 2009

21 tells the story of an mit senior student, ben who is accpeted into harvard medical school. unfortunately he cannot afford $300,000 tuition fee and expenses. so he applies for a scholarship but he is also facing fierce competition up against other well-qualified applicants who also have the same 4.0 gpa, unless he comes up with something dazzling different.

he is invited to join blackjack team, which every weekend they will go to vegas working together as a team to gain money from blackjack game at the casinos with the special trick called “counting” that allows them to know exactly which card is going to come out next. without much choices to choose, he agrees to join the team until he can make the money enough for his med school. but everything does not always go as planned, they are not the only people who know the trick.

the script is probably a problem here, it is like a teen drama flick in vegas. where are all the excitement and thrilling moments? no twist, everything is predictable. now i have no idea why i watched it.

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movie: 21 | director: robert luketic | release: 2008