Month: February 2010
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More Different Values of HSBC
My earlier post about HSBC’s ads that appeared in airports in 2008/2009 continues to receive viewings, according to blog stats. Apparently, someone out there is interested in them. So, here are some more ads from the same campaign, more examples of using three images and a word, or a single word and three different images,…
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Minimalist Graphics
On my flight over about a month ago, I flew Swiss airline. I was bored and cannot help but notice their consistent use of a graphic in most of their printed matter. It is a short horizontal bar (or a dash) placed under the title of something. I think the horizontal bar resembles a cursor.…
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Diptyque ✻ 34 Boulevard Saint Germain
Diptyque is a French parfumeur based in Paris which started the fragrance business in 1963. We received two Diptyque candles (bougie) as a gift from Tracy a while back. One was a colored version of the Baies scent which is described as a bouquet of roses and blackcurrant leaves (above). The other scent is Violette –…
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Landing In Switzerland
[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B0OidBDlWBE&hl=en_US&fs=1&rel=0&color1=0x3a3a3a&color2=0x999999&hd=1] This is a video of a landing plane and a moving train. It was shot just before my flight landed at the Geneva airport and contains near the end a short clip of my train from Geneva to Neuchâtel. It captures the moment of my first landing on Swiss soil as a foreign worker.…
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La Crêperie de Grancy
On one of my house hunting weekend in Lausanne, I wandered into La Crêperie de Grancy for lunch. It is located on the second floor of a concrete building on Blvd de Grancy 4. Quite a cozy, comfortable neighborhood eatery – a bit like a diner, except that as the name indicates, they only do crepes. Creperies are quite…
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Lausanne at Night
[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9rlc7wnSpko&hl=en_US&fs=1&rel=0&color1=0x3a3a3a&color2=0x999999&hd=1] This 360° video is taken from Bel-Air, which is kind of like the Union Square of Lausanne. Lausanne is very hilly. Its center sits on top of several hilltops linked my bridges. The hilltops and the valleys in between are connected by public elevators and stairs. Several levels of parking garages and shops are…