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Sukumvit 49

Greetings from Bangkok

Here where I am now. Pretty lovely place. Notonly because it was designed by RachapornChoochuey with myself.

Wish you were here + here some more imagesabout the house: http://www.facebook.co m/media/se t/…

And here an article on Domus mag where you getall the needed information about the house, theChinese shophou se, Bangkok and all the rest…:http://www.do musweb.it/.../all zone-shophouse-transformation/

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Amsterdam, Netherlands

First North-KoreanR estaurant Ou tside theEternal Country

Few days ago, it opened in Amsterdam the first

North-Korean restaurant abroad: the PyongyangRestaurant.

Most likely Kim Jong-Un won't be there to welcomeyou, nevertheless is a quite interesting idea.

Although the cooks, the waiters, food, interiors,music, everything is North-Korean, the businesshas been set by two shrwed Dutchmen: henceforthdon't be surprised to pay 79 euro for a fixed menu

based on kimchi dishes…

Here the weblink to get to know more: http://pyongyangrestaurant.com/

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CCTV police officer 'chasedhimself' after being mistakenfor burglar. (Isn'it ?)

From the Daily Telegraph:

“As the probationary officer from Sussex Policesearched for suspects, the camera operator

radioed that he had seen someone “actingsuspiciously” in the area.

But he failed to realise that it was actually theplain-clothed officer he was watching on the

screen, according to details leaked to an industrymagazine.”

And if you like the image, here you get a wholewebsite devoted to Kim Jong-Un looking atdifferent things: http://kimjongunlookingatthings.tumblr.com/ (in Italian we say: "tale padre, talefiglio".

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Tehran Grand Bazar

So You Kill the PistachioTrade...

"So you kill the pistachio trade in Iran. How does

that stop nuclear enrichment?"

An Iranian businessman, interviewed by HeraldTribune journalist.

Here the link to the full story: http://www.telegraph.co.uk/.../CCTV-police-officer-chased...

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Bridlington Yorkshire

It was Adolf who was apioneer for a smoke-fre eEurope...

Not only David Hockney is probably the mostimportant painter alive. On top o f that (that is nota minor achievement ), in his spare time, he isleading the forefront trench defending smokers'rights.,,

Here are som e of his finest essays on the topic:

http://www.guardian.co.uk/.../27/trouble-with-tobacco-hatershttp://www.guardian.co.uk/.../pleasures-of-tobacco…

And here some more (he must have some goodsupporters at Guardian): http://www.guardian.co.uk/artandd.../2007/may/15/art.smoking

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Rex Hotel

Eating in the Street

Another thing I really like in Bangkok is to eat onthe street. Where you get the best food.

My favorite place, is on S ukhumvit, near Rex Hotel(a px in front of Soy 49). Th e water spinaches aregreat, as well as the morning glo ry. If you likeveggies and tofu, this place is best...

Here s ome more images of my belove d streetjoint: http://www.facebook.com/media/set/…

Ps. If you like street food as much as I do, here anintroduction with all the basics related toBangkok: http://travel.nytimes.com/.../01/06/travel/06bangkok.html…

And here, another useful link: http://www.cnngo.com/.../10-incredible-bangkok-street...

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London, United Kingdom

Paradise Lost

Yesterday I received a link from Dominic Wilcox. Itwas about a friend of him, s etting up a newfashion label.

An interesting project: ms Olwen Bourke launchedher fashion label in 2012 with her collection -Paradise Lost.

She writes: "Each garment incorporates somematerials that have been found or re-claimed,giving the garment its own personal story ofotherwise wasted textiles.

Each pieces is handmade in her London studio asone off item, maintaining its unique quality andcelebrating the idea of individuality".

Here some more images of Paradise Lostcollection: http://www.facebook.com/media/set/…

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W./E.

The other day Laura Perin came out with this ideaof watching this W.E, the new movie by Madonna.Didn't know about it, but it seemed a good idea.

Went to watch it last night. The movie could havebeen some twenty minutes shorter but it was veryok. It's the story of Wallis Simpson and the Duke ofWindsor from Wallis' point of view.

Anyway apart from the story, not only the moviewas ok, but it was also a great show on the finestXXth century fashion. Very nice.

I like Madonna because she's always busy ininteresting things (some of them don't work out sonicely but this is what happens when you try).

Here the link to Olwen Bourke website: http://olwenbourke.com/

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the United States, which sacrificed vast amountsof money after both World War I and World War II,that Germany is financially stable today and holdsthe status of Europe's headmaster. That fact,unfortunately, often seems to be forgotten.”(Albrecht Ritschl, economic historian).

Here the interview on Spiegel where mr Ritschlexplains in a rather convincing way why currentGerman requests to Greeks are totally ludicrous:

http://www.spiegel.de/inter.../germany/0,1518,769703,00.html

In the image above, the Greek police in front ofth e Parliamen t in Athens.

sukhumvit. 49 '

My Shadow Having a Puff

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One of the nice thing of designing your own houseis that you know yourself, what you like and allthese silly things.

Henceforth, i can tell you that one of the nicestthings of being in Bangkok, is to be naked up inthe terrace, smoking a puff and sipping somecoffee under the tropical sun.

It is even nicer when it rains, because it is a warmrain. But then, of course, when it rains, myshadow gets to be very shy and she hides (makingimpossible to take a picture of it).

Here you can see the house (design with msRachaporn Choochuey and all(zone): http://www.archdaily.com/.../shophouse-transformation.../

Stockholm, Sweden

The Last Minecart

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The other day Alessandro Scandurra sent me thelink to this special video: "Minecraft: the lastMinecart" made by Corridor Digital: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8uyxVmdaJ-w

The video is outstanding, but then there was thisthing that I never played Minecraft, and I felt Imissed some part of the enjoyment…: http://www.minecraft.net/

Stockholm, Sweden

Minecraft !

Since I enjoyed so much the Corridor Digital work

(see post of yestereda), I felt compelled to enterinto the Minecraft world. A very fascinating world,indeed...

Here some more images: http://www.facebook.

com/media/set/…

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Here is the link to the official website ofMinecraft: http://www.minecraft.net/

And here the link to the Minecraft Wiki: http://www.minecraftwiki.net/wiki/Minecraft_Wiki

Los Angeles, CA, United States

Have you have heard about Freddie Wong? If youhaven't, something might be wrong. He is a moviedirector based in Los Angeles and his movies onYouTube have been seen 536 million times withover 2.9 million subscribers.

Not so easy to explain, much simpler to give you

some links: Mr Toots (seen 5,891,834 times):

Freddie Wong, nice to meetyou...

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Silpakorn University

I went to see this exhibition by all(zone)architects. Very nice idea. You are invited to

exhibit your works and you produce a specialorigami-folding. Then, you compose an A4 (bothsides) with your projects and thoughts, and youmake a wall with endless folded A4.

Next to it, a stack of papers: visitors can takethem and they are invited to replicate the(apparently easy, actually very complex) foldingtrick. Lovely.

Here some more images: http://www.facebook.com/media/set/...

all(zone) Origami-BasedExhibition