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12.09.08

The Grace of Japanese Design Creative, Daily, Design, Japan |
Patrick got in from Yokohama yesterday. He came bearing gifts from Japanland. Although all of the gifts were cool (including loads from Muji, perhaps my favorite store on the planet) I was distracted. Like a kid at Christmas, nuts about the wrapping paper, it was an empty bottle that captured my attention. Japanese design gets it. This bottle? Gorgeous. The tea inside, good for your body. According to the label it has 8 traditional Chinese herbs and 4 natural tea leaves. The bottle is slim (to fit into your bag), makes good use of white space, shows a stylized photo of what's inside. ...
12.04.07

Welcome to the GwenBell.com Redesign or; Cleaning up my Hutches Blog, Creative, Design, Geek, Projects, Tech, Women |
Things get ugly when I code. My room becomes a veritable pigpen, with piles of clothing-paperwork-shoes all over the place. I call these little piles "hutches." Hutches are ok when they are single origin piles. I can handle a clothing hutch, but when there are belts, jewelry and business cards (broken beer bottles, wigs, ripped pantyhose), it trips me out and I can't go in the room. So, I sleep on the couch. Gwenbell.com version 1.0 was starting to get some hutches of its own. I added little widgets here and there and suddenly I ...

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