As things get busier and I endevour to FINALLY follow through on a number of personal projects you can find my (useless) ramblings in a prettier package @ http://pinterest.com/katrina_w/

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that said, i would really appreciate it if people would stop coming up with smart ways to convince me i need more clothes... honestly.

although, as Harvey Nichols observantly points out, it would be a good excuse to avoid this:

@theartofdancing

Facebook Timeline will certainly help, as well as computer to hard-copy solutions in the blurb's and pinhole press's of the world, not to mention the little app to paper solves like prinstagram and postagram.

And this genius creation by Berg Design Studio is also just brilliant, and for so many more reasons than to appease my nostalgic geriatric self... 

Hello Little Printer, available 2012 from BERG on Vimeo.



via the always delicious swiss-miss

Hence I've put together a quick post on a bunch of things you didn't know you wanted to know, when moving over... you know, 'cause it ain't enough of an invasion already.

I'm particularly taken aback by their bravery, to get on stage and bare all. And when you hear some of these stories, you'll likely redefine what it means to bare all. When a dancer on stage, there's a costume, a character, a tune for you to hide behind. As an actor, a script. And as a pianist, a score. Sure, you're revealing a part of yourself whilst doing so, but these guys are truly baring their souls (perhaps performing your own written song or script or choregraphed dance would be more comparable). In any case, it's intimate, revealing and slap-you-in-the-face confronting. 

There's some pretty heavy stuff like 'That Girl', some medium bodied stuff like 'Norma Jean', but here's something easier to swallow, for Sunday viewing... love it:

It's well worth watching some more if you can.

Especially for those Gen-Y-don't-give-a-damn believers. These kids will prove you wrong.

Rant over.

Many indulgent farewells and goodbyes mean I definitely would have benefited from a few of these babies.

Always classy Refinery29

And what better way to emulate the entire experience than in the short film below? Not just a new menu, photoshopped decor or imagery of the getty-like guests that may pass through, but instead the simple use of stop motion leaving a hell of a lot to each and everyone's imagination... lovely.

Book me in please.

Thanks Nowness

Social media has certianly had a role in inadvertently encouraging us to do so when we're not just posting of our whereabouts or meanderings.

Writer Giles Turnbull managed to do so for a whole year. Which should technically make him a very, very happy person (his last post is evidence of this, and particularly lovely).

Like so:

Thanks for the link Russell Davies

via thedieline

Clever. Particularly if able to tap into Facebook places, twitter and the like.

via PSFK

Thanks Presurfer

But in the name of beautiful flowers (and a shrinking wallet), this is a lovely idea from Itunube.

via It's Nice That

Jonathon Soma has done some brilliant work in the way of data and building collaborative platforms. Two of my favourite are his food-based inventions.

They're great examples of the way technology is facilitating self-empowered learning and giving people the inspiration and the guts to experiment more often.

1. Ice Cream Club. A bunch of passionate friends who meet every month to trade homemade, experimental ice-cream flavours, providing tips, inspiration and even membership and classes to those who want to learn... or just dig in.

2. Cooking Class In a Box. Hard-to-find ingredients shouldn't stop you from trying new things when it comes to cooking. The idea is to build you a cooking class based on an exotic cuisine (Thai, Indian, Korean, Ethiopian, etc) and ship you the ingredients, recipe in tail. Lovely.

It graphs how frequently certain words or phrases have occurred in a multitude of books published between 1500 and 2008 in English, French, Spanish, German, Chinese and Russian.

A few I prepared earlier:

For instance:

Conveniently print some here. Thanks swiss-miss.

via PSFK

Vomit-worthy? Yes. Exactly what I needed? Absolutely.

Twenty-eleven.. ahhh.

Volcano Pacaya, Guatemala, December 2010.

via This is Indexed

via Core77

Happy Friday... 

Happy - A Documentary Trailer from Wadi Rum Productions on Vimeo.

From the persistently poignant Jessica Hagy

How eco-friendly. And a lovely way to get to know your neighbours too.

thanks nowincolour

"A clever link between football, music and video games to appeal to a segment which would appreciate each element and the skills involved..."

Nice.

via The Hidden Persuader

I won't go on about how brilliant it is.

But Gareth Kay has some interesting points about the campaign that aren't being talked about.

Wayne Rooney - What could happen after one wrong pass 

parkour motion reel from saggyarmpit on Vimeo.

via Paul Isakson

Play or listen to someone play one of 30 pianos (complete with a location-inspired songbook) scattered around various cities (NYC, London, Sydney...) as part of a traveling art tour. Luke Jerram, the artist behind the project, has designed it as a catalyst for strangers who regularly occupy the same space, to talk and connect with one another.

Members of the public submit their stories via the website with the fifty top stories selected each month recorded and read aloud by anonymous children.

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