Category: photos
Watchmakers Galore: Part 1
Cartier We have been living in a part of Switzerland that calls itself the “Watch Valley”. Many famous brands are located here – only the factories. We were not looking for these watchmakers but they stand out – because they are housed in neat modern buildings in small, quaint towns or villages in the countryside.
Moving to Lausanne
We just moved – from Neuchâtel to Lausanne – actually been here for 2 weeks already but did not have access to the internet until Swisscom gots its act together last week. That partially explains why there were no blog post for a while. In this past 2 weeks, beside moving our stuff to the
FREITAG, Zurich
Freitag is a company that makes unique messenger bag out of tarp recycled from trucks, old seat belts, used airbags and bicycle inner tires. Each is cut by hand, the design of which keeps some of the original graphics (recontextualized as they say), and is therefore a one-off design. Apparently, MOMA acquired one of their
Museum of Miniatures and Cinematic Decoration
In the old town section of Lyon, we passed by a Museum of miniatures and cinematic decoration. It seemed touristy – we did not want to pay to go inside. But the museum had several displays in the window and a shop selling micro-sized furniture and crockery. I took some pictures through the glass and