BY:DSIGN HDMI 16" LCD

I recently treated myself to a new TV. Recently, well pretty much yesterday. And its change my lifestyle a bit thankfully. Its been years since i've seen actual Japanese television in real time. I've been mostly watching it in files or youtube and its strange to see it live after awhile. I looked around for TVs, by price, and by the brand types. I ended up with a flat panel HDMI LCD TV by byd:sign. Not a brand we hear of everyday but the design, the 16 inch wide display and the fact that i can use it as a monitor for my laptop was something too good to be true. The price was $350 but i'd much rather spend on a tv this much and be able to sell it some place rather than an old $80 tube tv which i can't sell at all.

This isn't the exact photo of my TV but you can get the idea of the design. It looks like it would look great next to a PS3, although i have no interest whatsoever in purchasing one...

CONTROL

This was a dark b/w biopic of Ian Curtis, the vocalist from Joy Division. Charlie spoke to me about this film months ago and gave me a copy of it. Just watched it tonight and thought it was brilliant. I don't know much about Joy Division but its name and a bit of its sound. But its always good to know the bio of the man behind the microphone.

The image cover of this film is also creative. Still keeps that b/w which got me off guard at first but forgot about later on.

DR.STUART'S : Extraordinarily Good Teas

I recently saw these teas sold at a import food shop in Shin Marunouchi Building in Otemachi / Tokyo station. For a tea packaging i thought it was very creative and quirky. Made me want to buy the tea. Maybe i'll pick up next time i go there again.

Design Tshirts Store Graniph

This is a store thats pretty much all over Japan. I think its a recently established store. A lot of the design seem Japanese + European. The designs on the shirts remind me a lot of 2k by Gingham or some shirts sold in Threadless. Notice they use Helvetica in a lot of their modern contemporary design. They do sell Helvetica shirts. Which i still have yet to own one...

Shirts are in pretty reasonable price. One shirt for about $26, 2 for $42. So it isn't that bad. I think the good qualities are the fact that you can get shirts in different colors and sizes.

BBC MONKEY JOURNEY TO THE WEST [HEWITT + ALBARN]

Check out the video:

http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=Yr5ZWYRaAyw

As soon as i saw the monkey, i knew right away it had to do with Hewitt and Albarn. Just seeing the character design it truly is recognizable. Great opening video and makes you excited about the olympics.

GUDANG GARAM [Indonesian Cigarettes]

This is the original taste of the Djarium Black. Black is more softer and barely has what Gudang Garam has. My parents used to smoke this a lot as a kid and this was probably the main reason why i wanted to smoke, because of the smell of this cigarette.

FJALL RAVEN

A brand i recently learned from seeing a store in Tsudanumas Morrisia mall. Its a Swedish outdoor brand and something i've never seen before. The designs are interesting. Something fresh since i mostly seen North Face, Patagonia, Montbell, and LL Bean. Loving the logo with the fox on it.