You want to be well covered when scraping old paint off the ceiling. Scaring the neighbours is a bonus.
Saturday, January 12, 2008
All Clear
Moved myself and a bunch of stuff to the living room for the time being. Redoing pretty much all the surfaces in the bedroom up next on the agenda.
Sunday, January 06, 2008
That Thing Again
Final post on Japan for this time, so scroll down if you are chronologically inclined.
Back in May I had some less fabulous things to say about the "one careful owner" A340-300 Finnair is running alongside their two newer ones. Well, naturally they had put the old bird on the Nagoya route to cheer me up. Good I brought a good book, as (again) the in-flight entertainment system failed pretty oddly around five hours into the flight. Maybe I'll stick with going to Tokyo in the future, just to avoid this specimen.
Back in May I had some less fabulous things to say about the "one careful owner" A340-300 Finnair is running alongside their two newer ones. Well, naturally they had put the old bird on the Nagoya route to cheer me up. Good I brought a good book, as (again) the in-flight entertainment system failed pretty oddly around five hours into the flight. Maybe I'll stick with going to Tokyo in the future, just to avoid this specimen.
Front View
Another cool train feature, on the Nagoya Meitetsu line this time: Front facing live video with speed reading. I'd like to see this on faster trains too, thank you.
Convenience
Since I had some issues with window ledge space on Helsinki local trains a while back, here's an example of how it should be done from a JR West Series 700 Shinkansen.
Tokyo, Pretty AM
Eduring some sleep deprivation in return for cheaper flights to Nagoya and back. Just meant an extra Shinkansen ride there from Tokyo.
Excelsior Shibuya
Never thought of Japan as an espresso nation, but the stuff turned out by the Excelsior chain isn't half bad actually. This window seat looked some random Shibuya backstreet, so no lack of crowd to watch. The only downside is you can smoke in large parts of the cafes.
Cozo Christmas Party
Takumi -san and friends celebrated the first year of their design studio in Oome. That was two hours and three train changes away from my hotel, and still inside Tokyo. In Finland you'd pass about five cities in that amount of time. A wood workshop equipped with a full on professional bar is worth pretty much any amount of travel, however.
Tilt Screen
Since clamshell models are dominant, horisontal viewing requires odd and creative design solutions.
Christmas in Tokyo
This day started pretty early in Tokyo and as seen me back home via Nagoya. Anyway, back to the start of the trip: No white christmas in Tokyo (not that I expected it). Not much change from May, except it was cold and humid instead of hot and humid.
Friday, December 21, 2007
Thursday, December 20, 2007
Wednesday, December 19, 2007
Neat
Found a way to check seating on my flight at the Finnair page.
Flying to Japan on Friday, and staying for two weeks.
Flying to Japan on Friday, and staying for two weeks.
Sunday, December 16, 2007
The Joy of Giving
Decided to give myself a pre-christmas present, so that I can give the walls here a proper smoothing before I start painting and putting up wallpaper.
On a side note, my picture from the Pecha Kucha night during Design Week got published in the Schmap City Guide.
On a side note, my picture from the Pecha Kucha night during Design Week got published in the Schmap City Guide.
Icebreaker Mailboxes
By the Icebreaker pier at Katajannokka. Each ship has it's own mailbox presumably tuned by the crew.
Thursday, December 13, 2007
Home 2.0 Improvement
Been doing some archeology in my bedroom walls, and came up with the following:
-One wall is fibreboard.
-It's easy to make holes under the abovementioned.
-The rest of the walls have two layers of fibreglass wallpaper. Thank's a bunch.
-It's going to be more work than expected.
Luckily the living room is easier because of shoddy work done by the previous owner
-One wall is fibreboard.
-It's easy to make holes under the abovementioned.
-The rest of the walls have two layers of fibreglass wallpaper. Thank's a bunch.
-It's going to be more work than expected.
Luckily the living room is easier because of shoddy work done by the previous owner
Wednesday, December 12, 2007
Plenty of Fine Print
Got talked into another milage point card at work (not that I'll be gettin enough points to make any difference, but anyway). The terms and conditions paper defy everything I thought possible with printers. Must be font size 2 or something.
Monday, December 03, 2007
Chocolate Testing, Stockholm
A fairly unproductive meeting day in Stockholm turned way positive after we were scooped off the street to a market research company for blind testing various new chocolates for a major Swedish brand.
Thursday, November 29, 2007
Commuting Issue
Most trains are incompatible with take-away coffee cups. If I want to read during my 17 minute ride I need to put the cup somewhere, but currently only the 08:33 is a new train with wide enough window ledges.
Tuesday, November 27, 2007
They're Moving
This is actually starting to get interesting. The dynamic chair duo had managed to migrate down to the bottom floor during the last 24 hours. Where next?
Monday, November 26, 2007
The Errant Chairs
When I moved in these two were hiding up by the attic doors. After being moved around enough there I guess they felt that the third floor is more laid back, so now they've parked there. Let's see where they'll go next.
Sunday, November 25, 2007
Freak Weather Day
A day of sunshine in the middle of all the cold and rain was well spent on a day hike in the Evo forests outside Hämeenlinna. Tearing down old wallpapers was left for the future.
Monday, November 19, 2007
Friday, November 16, 2007
Interior Design (preliminary)
First things first. Probably not much of interest in those boxes, anyway, so why unpack.
Wednesday, November 14, 2007
Action
Reading at cafe's is so 2006. Waynes Coffee in Kaisaniemi had installed PSP's at some tables. Great if you have boring company, or if the company is turning up late.
Saturday, November 10, 2007
Social Skis?
Just a pair of old Salomons which were used to display bindings in a Myyrmäki sports store.
Thursday, November 08, 2007
Saturday, November 03, 2007
Casing
A brief glimpse into DigiExpo. I guess there could have been lot's to get exited about, but small gadgets are harder to spot in a crowd compared to rows of fat skis.
The Olympus stand had waterproof casings which were almost as cool as the cameras they are made for. Looking seriously over-engineered and rugged.
The Olympus stand had waterproof casings which were almost as cool as the cameras they are made for. Looking seriously over-engineered and rugged.
SkiExpo 2007
SkiExpo's turning more and more into a sales event for retailers. Especially as I have all the gear I need pretty much sorted there wasn't much to catch my interest. Spent a lot of time hanging out at the Elämysmatkat stand (which I also had the honour to design this year), catching up with all the familiar freeskiing faces that converge there.
iPod Touch
My last day at Mozo, yesterday, and got my hands on Petes new iPod Touch.
Yes, it's gorgeous design, but all in all not that practical. All surfaces gather fingerprint smudges at a serious rate, and the UI isn't suitable for all purposes, like writing for example. It can do lot's of things, but it also definately is a device prioritizing cool over functionality. So, I'll stick to my Creative for now, and no need to think about the iPhone, addicted as I am to mobile e-mail.
Yes, it's gorgeous design, but all in all not that practical. All surfaces gather fingerprint smudges at a serious rate, and the UI isn't suitable for all purposes, like writing for example. It can do lot's of things, but it also definately is a device prioritizing cool over functionality. So, I'll stick to my Creative for now, and no need to think about the iPhone, addicted as I am to mobile e-mail.
Thursday, November 01, 2007
Empty
Yesterday.
This was pretty much as when I started out. Just one year in between. Now it's just waiting for the keys to the new place, but I guess the new job starting on monday will keep me busy in the meantime.
This was pretty much as when I started out. Just one year in between. Now it's just waiting for the keys to the new place, but I guess the new job starting on monday will keep me busy in the meantime.
Sunday, October 28, 2007
Done
In a way it is comforting to know that a big majority of my earthly posessions still fit into one picture.
Saturday, October 27, 2007
Radio Moskva
Heavy duty sound system at Cafe Moskva. Capable of playing old Russian hits on LPs all night.
Tuesday, October 23, 2007
Boxes Are Back
Moving out of here next week, getting the keys to the new place by the 15th and changing jobs in between.
In other words: Keeping busy.
In other words: Keeping busy.
Sunday, October 21, 2007
Saturday, October 20, 2007
Flat Box Fun
How many Industrial Designers does it take to assemble an Ikea cupboard?
Answer: Three, because we were coming up with much more important things to do all the time.
Answer: Three, because we were coming up with much more important things to do all the time.
Sunday, October 14, 2007
Friday, October 12, 2007
Elevator -How To
In Finnish, English, Russian and Chinese. I suppose that reflects the clientele of Hotel President.
Monday, October 08, 2007
Focus Group
Seems they've got something new up their sleeve.
I wasn't invited. Just happened to be passing by.
I wasn't invited. Just happened to be passing by.
Friday, October 05, 2007
Monday, October 01, 2007
The Truth
Sometimes you just have to know how to laugh at yourself and your profession. Came across a brilliant presentation at the CScout Japan blog. Never heard about this Dan Saffer guy before, but he's got it pretty much figured out:
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