Merry Christmas, from Munny to you.

One of the 2Tone Dunny artists Chuckboy made a festive Munny for a Blick Art catalog (which happens to be choice of art stores too). Love it! I definitely want that teddy Dunny too.

RockMelt: new browser!

RockMelt launched its beta version today. I think I want...even though I dislike using Facebook. But Tony is very convincing.

Read more about it on the link above. Faster, easier searches, integration with social networks and RSS feeds, & it still has an Icognito mode.



[edit] About 12 hours after this post, I got my RockMelt invite from Mark! Sweet.

Red canvas bag.

Want: this tubular red canvas bag.

Print is not dead.

I wanted to post this up a while back when Design*Sponge first presented the new design magazine Anthology.



I was reminded of this when I came across another video this morning. A piece created by Lane Smith titled It's a Book.



Not only are these videos adorable (I pretty much love everything about the Anthology one) but they remind me of why I have 2 bookshelves overflowing with printed pieces, about 10 more books strewn across my bedroom, and 3 more in the mail coming to me.

About Smith's book, Adam Gopnik writes in the New York Times:

“The moral of Smith’s book is the right one: not that screens are bad and books are good, but that what books do depends on the totality of what they are — their turning pages, their sturdy self-­sufficiency, above all the way they invite a child to withdraw from this world into a world alongside ours in an activity at once mentally strenuous and physically still.”

Perfect!

Sneakerness Vienna 2010.

Yum.

I know these are for children but I still want them for myself.

Aviator hood


Apple print school bag

Brought to you by Quirk Collective. Super cute.

BlackBerry's answer to the tablet boom: The PlayBook. Sweet.

[via BlackBerry]

I'll be honest: I wasn't that excited about the iPad when it first came out. I thought it was nifty but I wasn't ecstatic or SUPER impressed. But reading up on RIM's response by creating the BlackBerry PlayBook? I'm pretty excited. I WANT ONE. I rarely want gadgets. It took me until this past month to want a smartphone. But this beautiful piece of technology? Oh yes, please.

This is BlackBerry's official preview video:


The tablet is arriving in the U.S. in early 2011 and hitting the international market in the second quarter of next year. It boasts 2 cameras (a 5MP in the back and 3MP in the front, both of which can record HD videos), allows for face to face conversations, supports Flash and HTML5, has Wi-Fi (3G and 4G...4...G...), and syncs everything up to your BlackBerry smartphone (not that I have one...yet) so that you can opt to view on your tablet any content (email, BBM, documents, calendar, etc) that resides or is accessible on your phone.

And physically? It's just sleek, small, and beautiful.

CrackBerry has a video that shows it IRL and in comparison to the iPad. Goodness me.



Read more about it at RIM's press release on the BlackBerry PlayBook.

"There are leaders and there are those who lead."

This is a great TED Talk by Simon Sinek on how people can lead & inspire effectively.



"Martin Luther King gave the I have a dream speech, not the I have a plan speech."

This coming Lazy Sundaze at Vault.

Green Street x Designed 2 Perfection x Team Vault release party. Free giveaways, mimosas, music, etc.

For some reason, I find sad-looking things to be hilarious.

Well, we all know Sad Panda. I saw him featured again in Gothamist, and as I looked at his picture, I just started to giggle. He's so cute. And so funny.



And just last week, I saw the new custom MUNNY from NERVISWR3K...the second picture (as seen below) made me crack up. I couldn't stop laughing for some reason. Even now, as I write this and look at the picture, I am chuckling. I sent it to someone with the comment, "Look how emo he is! Hahaha!" and the person didn't get me at all. Sad gabbie.

But really:



Hahahah. Yeah?

(Clearly, I have issues...I find sad-looking things to be funny...)

On bikes, namely in NYC.

On Friday, I had lunch with Christine and Kamran, who was in the process of picking out a bike (& ended up getting one the following day on his birthday!). We talked a bit about bikes and biking in NYC, as it seems to be a popular topic amongst my friends & acquaintances this summer. They asked me, "So with everyone around you biking now, are you going to get one? Would you?" Without hesitation, I replied no. Honestly, I don't think I have the guts to bike in Manhattan. Also, I have nowhere to store a bike currently. Add on my current income. Really, I never even considered getting one because it just seemed un-me.

BUT



I have to say that (coincidentally!) Design*Sponge just put up 2 posts in a row about bikes and for the first time ever, I want one. I know, I know, I have zero knowledge on bikes (except how to ride them kind of), and the ones featured in the post are probably not the ideal road bikes for the rough streets of NYC...but they're super cute & I can accessorize. So yeah, maybe having a bike wouldn't be too shabby. Not to mention, I was watching the news tonight and evidently, MTA is considering jacking the monthly unlimited up to $130 (that's a whole 'nother anger-inducing topic though; let's stay cheery).

Look how pretty! And eco-friendly, yeah?

Happy 25th birthday, Super Mario Bros!

To celebrate the anniversary, Nintendo released the above video, a timeline of the major Mario releases (sans Super Mario Kart & other spin-offs that feature Mario & co.)

If you don't want to watch the video of Super Mario Bros' history, Mashable created a graphic timeline:

"Super Mario Bros. was released in Japan 25 years ago today on the Famicom, the Japanese version of what Americans call the Nintendo Entertainment System. Since then, Mario has become one of the most iconic characters and entertainment brands in the world.

...Super Mario Bros. has sold more than 40 million copies over the past 25 years. In fact, it was the best-selling video game of all time until just recently. That title now belongs to Wii Sports, the game bundled with the Nintendo Wii."

- Mashable

Andddd 25 Fun Facts About Mario!

Let's colour.

Amazing.

Let's Colour Project

08.28.10: SoHo wanderings.

First record Doug pulled out at Urban Outfitters. Perfect for this week.


Washington Square lounging + fashion icon spotting (not pictured though; I refuse to be a creeper).


Some sort of aerobics utilizing bouncy rollerblade-like footgear. Odd.




For a period of my prepubescent to adolescent life, I wanted to be a glass-blower.




Hey, Takashi Murakami piece just sitting on the floor of this gallery.


Wishlist watch.
(& added more Munnys to my phone.)


Wandered SoHo for hours upon hours.
Note to self: must purchase many a L'Occitane product.


Saturday, August 28th 2010.
Goal: Be inspired.
Result: Am inspired.

Nooka watch.

[via Nooka]

Want.

08.24.10: Fifth Ave + fro'yo.

Jeffrey came back from India recently so we had a day of catch up & curious adventure.

After a beastly meal at Jackson Hole (having lived primarily on a pescatarian & macrobiotic diet this summer, I can't remember the last time I ate that much meat & grease!), we decided to wander my new neighborhood.



The entrance to Central Park closest to me also happens to be where the Central Park Zoo is. Beautiful! I named this fellow Catherine (for privacy reasons, I won't reveal his full name). We also discovered the "Zootique," which has some fluffy stuffed animal toys.

We headed down 5th Ave. where we admired the gorgeous window displays. I'm a fan of the current building design of Louis Vuitton. Not too happy that there was an Abercrombie & Fitch right next to Prada that had a line wrapping around the block just to get in the store. I might have gagged, which might have in turn freaked Jeffrey out.

As we walked into Bergdorf Goodman to peruse, he thought it would be more fun to speak to one another in other languages and disguise ourselves as international tourists. Except that our non-English tongues don't match. Still a fun (and economically humbling) stroll through the store.

We switched over to Lexington Ave. where we passed a building whose top floor looked like a jungle. Being curious kids, we searched for a way to get up there. We finally found an entrance around the corner, through which we met a woman who directed us to the 3rd floor.



This is a spa/salon and possibly one of the most zen feeling places in Manhattan. It was as if we were inside a dream. Phyto Universe has the largest vertical garden in the United States, with over 9,000 plants spanning 3,000 feet creating a mini rainforest in Manhattan. In addition to that, they have a room dedicated to perfumes. I wasn't allowed to take a picture but they have these gorgeous large crystal urns containing different scents, with the names of each engraved in gold script on the crystal. Amazingly beautiful. The owner let me test some scents and pick one to wear. They also gave Jeffrey a sample of their men's scent.

Here are some more pics, stolen off Google image:







Great discovery. I recommend checking it out. And if you can afford it, maybe try their treatments.

When we walked out, it was like being hit -- we went from this completely tranquil place where we forgot that we existed in a Real World, back out to the bustling of Manhattan. For me, at least, I felt like I woke up from a dream (this seems to be a recurring theme in my life recently).

We headed to Bloomingdale's for some frozen yogurt at their Forty Carrots cafe.



Huge portions and super yum, though we both agreed that Red Mango or Pinkberry may still have a better taste to it.

Not a shabby day of catch up.

Hello Rewind photoshoot.

Last Saturday, Hello Rewind had a photoshoot to better display their products & what it is that they do. Below is a teaser video they posted of the day, made by one of the photographers Jon Freeland. Check it out & be on the look out for the results of the photoshoot :) Sure to be fun photos.

Luxirare camera bag.

This item is amazing.



Unfortunately, it's selling for $600. Sigh. It's super cute though, isn't it?

The 3:18 Movement + Green Street @ Identity Bar, 08.14.10.

Saturday night's event by The 3:18 Movement and Green Street.


Notice Santiago & Lisa cheesing it in the background.






Brooklyn Good Guys :)






Guys from Designed 2 Perfection -- entrepreneurs & contributors to the cause.




Videos to come?

Liquid pencil?!

I'm so awed by this...