It’s pretty incredible what you can do with a smartphone these days. You can play Candy Crush, try date somebody on Tinder, or do something creative like making one cool video montage of your travels. And that’s what photographer Markus Kontiainen has done with his “Moments in Asia.”
A Montage of Clips through the Lens of a iPhone 5S
September 10, 2014 by Leave a Comment
Fashion Culture: Interviews with Jason Wu & Alexander Wang
September 9, 2014 by Leave a Comment
Jason Wu rose to fame designing Michelle Obama’s inaugural gowns and NY Time’s In The Studio goes behind-the-scenes with Jason Wu at his office. Jason got into the fashion business by designing toy dolls.
Video Link: http://nyti.ms/1ppQxLo
Check out: NY Times – Interview with Jason Wu.
Food: The Unique Irish Food Truck in the Bronx
September 5, 2014 by Leave a Comment
I’m just hungry watching this clip in my cubicle. Here is the husband and wife team of Valentino and Alice and their Irish-mix-mash food truck in Woodland, New York. It’s all about late-night comfort food.
Munchies Guide to Scotland Parts 1-5
September 3, 2014 by Leave a Comment
From reading my past postings on Retrenders, I’m itching to travel again and just watching this Munchies Guide to Scotland is not only making me hungry to travel, but I really need to try these two drinks: Buckfast and Irn-Bru.
Ultra Eye: A Hipster Guide to Tokyo Parts 1-3
September 2, 2014 by Leave a Comment
The last time I was in Japan was like 2009, so maybe it’s time to go back? I do need to get some new bags and boots. The Reserve Channel’s Ultra Eye takes a 3-part look at Tokyo.
Ultra Eye travels to Singapore Parts 1-4
September 2, 2014 by Leave a Comment
The summer maybe over, but I feel the need to travel again. Maybe The RESERVE Channel’s Ultra Eye takes will point me in the next direction – Singapore! Check out this 4-part series on tourist spot – Singapore.
Hungry for Recipes: Groot Cupcakes
September 2, 2014 by Leave a Comment
The character Groot has been a fan favorite this past summer movie season, and now you can learn how to make your own cute Groot cupcakes.
DIY Baby Groot Figure
August 27, 2014 by Leave a Comment
From the hit summer flick Marvel’s Guardians of the Galaxy, one of the fan favorites is the alien plant Groot. If you seen the movie, you will know about the baby Groot because it’s so cute. Here’s a neat tutorial by NerdECrafter on making Polymer Clay Pot version.
Edible LEGOS by Akihiro Mizuuchi
August 21, 2014 by 2 Comments
What is not to like about this? Now you can build something with these functional LEGO bricks or just eat them. These chocolate bricks were designed by artist Akihiro Mizuuchi.
Full Size LEGO House in Denmark
August 19, 2014 by 1 Comment
The hometown of LEGO will be building a full-size LEGO house in Denmark. The LEGO House will be a LEGO museum showing the history and how LEGO came to be. Look for the LEGO House to open in 2016.
Rocket Raccon LEGO Brick Sketch
August 11, 2014 by Leave a Comment
After watching Guardians of the Galaxy for a second time, my two favorite characters has to be Groot and Rocket. Now here’s neat 12×16 LEGO brick sketch of Rocket by LEGO fan Chris McVeigh.
Video Game Controller History by Javier Laspiur
July 31, 2014 by Leave a Comment
Video game controllers play a big part in the success or failure of a video game console, like that nasty Atari Jaguar joystick. Now that had you thinking, “WTF Atari?” I’m somewhat of a video-game gal, but I don’t remember any video game consoles before the 1990s, unlike my fellow Retrenders super-blogger Stephen Jang, he’s an old-fart. I’m just kidding. This is a super-duper geeky photo project by artist/designer Javier Laspiur. “Controllers” is a photo history of video game consoles through the eyes of the controllers or joysticks, if you prefer calling it that.
Cassette Tape Bookmarks
July 28, 2014 by Leave a Comment
If you got a friend that loves reading books and have that nostalgic feeling for the 1980s, then check out these cool looking bookmarks. These are Cassette Tape Bookmarks from Connect Design.
Interactive Art – Musical LED Swings on Tour
July 24, 2014 by Leave a Comment
Even as an adult seeing a swing set on a playground can just bring out the kid in all of us. These special swing set installations have LED lights and plays music. The Swings – An Exercise in Musical Cooperation project was developed by Daily Tous Les Jours, a Montreal-based design studio.
Life-Size Iron Man 3D Wall Figure from Bandai Japan
July 23, 2014 by 3 Comments
This is freaking cool – a life-size Iron Man Mark VII Hall of Armor 3D Wall Figure by Bandai Japan in collaboration with Marvel. Officially a 72 inch (!) scale figure, the whole piece has a height of 6.4 feet, a width of 3.1 feet, and a depth of 0.85 feet (which the product description states as “relatively compact”). Other facts: the whole piece is pretty light at nearly 10 lbs, it’s free standing but they recommend the buyer to tie it to a wall, and that it runs close to $400.00USD for this figure. Heck, at that price, I think I can save up for one! Just forego the Mocha Lattes at Starbucks for a couple of months!
Here’s some product videos below (in Japanese) but you’ll at least be able to see more details of the actual Wall Figure:
How Ramen Noodles Are Made :)
July 19, 2014 by Leave a Comment
Great timing, our Ramen crew today will be at the Jpop Summit Festival here in San Francisco’s Japantown and will also be at the Ramen Street Festival for some yummy ramen eating fun. Here’s a look at how ramen noodles are made.
Turn My Hat into a Artful Face Mask
July 17, 2014 by Leave a Comment
Let’s see, take my baseball cap and my old raggy sweatshirt and turn it into a face-mask, so I look like a bank robber. Not really, this is art and wearable for the icy cold weather. Artist Shin Murayama latest project is: Yankees Extreme Cold Weather Face Mask Unissued 2014.
Only 8 of 8 produced and sold in Japan!
The Typewriter is BACK by Qwertytoys
July 11, 2014 by Leave a Comment
I remember my dad telling me word processing was different in his time, like they had these ancient machines called “typewriters.” What no cut and paste? No spell check or auto-grammar correct? How could you live with yourself? Turning term papers and thesis must have been nuts! But now if you want that “old-school” feeling Qwerkytoys has got it! Introducing the Qwertywriter – the typewriter-inspired product.
Travel Gear with Pilot & Captain
July 8, 2014 by Leave a Comment
If you find yourself traveling the country this summer by bus, car, plane or train and in need of getting gifts for family and friends, or just yourself, then make sure you check out this Philly outfit Pilot & Captain. From the award-winning design house The Heads of State, the founders Dustin Summers and Jason Kernevich stamp their own design touch to Pilot & Captain. Just dropping into Pilot & Captain are new molded souvenir magnets, postcards, mugs and notebooks.
Pilot & Captain Magnet – MSRP: $4.99USD each
Pilot & Captain Postcard Pack – MSRP: $15.00USD
Japan: The Future of Robotics
June 26, 2014 by Leave a Comment
Remember watching anime like Bubblegum Crash or Ghost in the Shell about androids and cyborgs? Is it here already? Engadget is at the “Android: What is Human?” Exhibition in Toyko, Japan.
Carhartt WIP x P.A.M. Ladies’ Collection
June 12, 2014 by Leave a Comment
Carhartt is known for their blue-collar working man’s clothes like jackets, jeans and overalls. Over the years they branched into skate/street wear and now Carhatt WIP will introduce their very first ladies’ capsule collection. Carhatt WIP will team-up with fashion label Perks and Mini (P.A.M.) for this women’s apparel line. The collection features graphic tees, shirts, dresses, jackets, pants, caps and VANS shoes.
Sailor Moon Crystal Teaser Trailer
June 5, 2014 by Leave a Comment
Here’s the first trailer for the much anticipated anime Sailor Moon Crystal. Look for July 2014 release in Japan. The trailer maybe only in Japanese, but I’m already very excited.
Step Aside Godzilla, It’s time for Stay Puft LEGO Rampage
June 3, 2014 by 1 Comment
While everybody is awaiting for the release of the LEGO Ghostbuster toy this month, here’s a custom LEGO build of Stay Puft marshmallow rampaging through New York streets. This city-street probably took months of planning and thousands of LEGO bricks.
Future Flicks: The Book of Life 2014
June 2, 2014 by Leave a Comment
This trailer – The Book of Life caught my eye, and I will likely buy a movie ticket after watching this. FOX/Reel FX along with Guillermo del Toro and Jorge Gutierrez bring the Mexican holiday Day of the Dead to animation.
LEGO Guardians of the Galaxy
June 2, 2014 by Leave a Comment
Since the release of the 2 Guardians of the Galaxy movie trailers, I’ve been actually quite excited for the upcoming movie. You could say I’m a big Marvel fangirl, every month I have a stack of Marvel trades and comics sitting on my desk, but I wasn’t a fan of Guardians, until maybe now. And with LEGO putting out their Marvel Super Heroes product line, now they are releasing LEGO Guardians of the Galaxy toys.
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