Month: October 2010
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Waste in five languages
A few months ago, I blogged about a graphic element (a “cursor”) that is deployed by Swiss in all their cabin print materials, check out my earlier post Minimalist Graphics. Our flight back from Antalya, Turkey to Zurich was by Swiss. I could not resist snapping a picture of their waste bag in the pocket…
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Wonderwood by Comme des Garçon
[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oxtjoH–GbA&fs=1&hl=en_US] Comme des Garçon’s video for their new fragrance is done by The Brothers Quay. It’s gotta be one of the creepier perfume advertisement out there. Yet the video matches the brand. Comme des Garçon’s line of fragrances are unconventional and always interesting. This is an interesting covergence. I like “2” by Comme des Garçon. It…
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Turkey food porn: Kemer
All-inclusive resort buffet food à la Club Med- nothing special but it was fresh, healthy, well-presented and plentiful. The fruits are exceptional – we had so much watermelon ! I also liked the make-it-yourself salad bar – basically baskets of vegetables and herbs, chopping board and knives … fresh parsley and dill with juicy tomatoes,…
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Wrong about Japan by Peter Carey
This is the second of my three summer readings – I have not finished the third and we had to come home. This is a short paperback travelogue based on the author’s travel with his son to Japan to learn more about manga and anime. He interviewed the authors and publishers of several hit mangas…
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Entertainment at Club Med Kemer
We spent a week at Club Med Kemer located in the southern mediterranean coast of Turkey. One thing we did not find out until after we booked the trip is that this village is known for its party atmosphere. Apparently, there was one every night, by the pool, near the bar, in the amphitheatre or…
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Eleanor Rigby by Douglas Coupland
This is one of the three books that I read over our vacation at Kemer this September. The choice of leisure books I read these days are mostly governed by availability. I loaned this book from Lausanne’s municipal library which has a surprisingly decent number of English books. They also have the French version of…