So I was browsing until Gelaskins caught my interest.

Not because of they do skins for laptops, ipods, iphones and so forth but becuase of the designers.

They are amazing!!!

I love their designs.

My favourite artists out the bunch were:

(in no particular order)

• Nanami Cowdroy
• Yumiko Kayukawa
• Jaime Zollars
• Jen Lobo
• Yoko d’Holbachie
• Si Scott

They are too talented. I applaud them, of course with the rest of the Gelaskins designers.

Gelaskins artists

Gelaskins

I also wish everyone a Happy New Year to 2009 

=o]

Best Wishes,

Cathy

-x-

I think this design is very cool and ionnvative.

The designer for this umbrella is Sang-Kyun Park.

Whats even fascinating about this is that it is the raindrops that make the light.

“As water pours over the surface, potential energy from raindrops slamming onto the conductive membrane called PDVF transforms into electrical energy powering embedded LEDs sending your umbrella ablaze with light. The heavier the rain, the brighter the light to help you see your way.” (from yankodesign site)

So with light rain the umbrella does this:

To heavy rain that makes it do this:

wickedlush!

via: YankoDesign 

They are currently being held at mudam museum in Luxembourg.

The exhibition is called rrripp!! paper fashion exhibition.

Here, check them out:

more info at: Mudam museum website

They are just absolutely hilarious! No offence to the guys that wear them.. if guys do.. but I really cant picture a guy wearing them.

Even the models have a bit of trouble pulling them off.

Are they for the conscience guys who have ‘love-handles’ and ‘beer bellies’?

Will it be a new secret trend for the men?

What do you think?

via: the cut

I really do enjoy looking at his art. They are really fantastic.

“The majority of my fine art could be described as statement art. It’s about conflict and social commentary, particularly of the suit and tie crowd. ” says Danny Roberts from his myspace page.

Here are some of his pieces:

I am currently watching a welsh couple building a house from eco-friendly products such as the limestone concrete and sheep wool for insulation.

Every episode has such an interesting angle on building houses.

Almost makes me want to buy some land and build my own house.. ha.

But at 19, and without that sort of money in my bank, its not really an appropriate thought.

I sound a bit “geeky” if thats the word, but it is an interest of mine so thought Id post.

Here are a few of many gorgeous self-built houses from Grand Designs.

In fact, I really didn’t like it. I thought he was turning towards mainstream.

But after listening to it several times, I was wrong and the song grew on me.

I understood his angle behind the song.

I must say, the song does remind me a little bit of LL cool J – lose control.

But of course, it’s completely different..

but yeah: he’s the video.

I absolutely adore these two anime films. They are the most capturing films one could ever watch that really brings you into your sense of imagination. And I personally think that it could do that to the viewer whatever age they may be. Don’t be naive just because they are anime. I truly respect Hayao Miyazaki and the team alongside him who brought these two ingenious films.

 The film Spirited Away received many awards; it was the first anime film to win an Academy Award, including the second Oscar ever awarded for Best Animated Feature. Spirited Away overtook Titanic to become the highest-grossing film in Japanese history.

Howl’s Moving Castle went on to gross $231,710,455 worldwide, making it one of the most financially successful Japanese films in history. USA Today critic Claudia Puig praised it for its ability to blend “a childlike sense of wonder with sophisticated emotions and motives” while Richard Roeper called it an “insanely creative work”. [1]

I seriously recommend watching these films if you haven’t already.

[1] Source: Wikipedia