good design

My cousin sent me an Airside calendar last year for Christmas, and it's so awesome that I use it as a coffee table book. I was just checking out their website, and I just can't get over their design. One of my recent favorites is the site they created for Yakult. Only in London (so jealous of how ahead of us the UK is in terms of pro-environment, sustainable, healthy, etc. goods) would there be a probiotic drink next to the milk.

Anyway, as far as good design goes...I've always been somewhat thrifty when it comes to clothes, because, unlike my steelcase bookcase that I plan to use forever, clothes just don't last. And if they do, they go out of style. I have a Trina Turk outfit made from a vintage pattern that I thought would never go out of style, and this year I thought about wearing it as a Halloween costume...oops. But today I gave in to a silly consumeristic urge and bought myself a pair of very fancy shoes.

Every now and then, Nordstrom Rack puts out a few pair of "worn and refurbished" shoes, which, for all intensive purposes, might as well be brand new. Today, I happened upon a $475 pair of Moschino's for a mere $70. On my non-profit salary, $70 still seems like a lot, but after getting literally six compliments when I tried one on (okay, so some of the people weren't exactly complimenting them...I believe most of the compliments ended with, "what size are those?" and a fairly aggressive, "are you going to buy them?") I decided to take the plunge and buy them. After all, I do have 30 days to take them back. What do you think? Are they keepers?


***Update***
I took them back. :)

Yet another way the U.S. is falling behind

Al Gore demonstrated how our fuel efficiency lags behind China, and now the Communications Workers of America have taken up the cause of broadband access. Take the test--the results may surprise you.

Forget Borat!

So I haven't seen Borat yet, and frankly, I don't have much interest. But from what people tell me, it's all about Ali G encouraging people to say things that are racist, degrading and otherwise offensive--showing the "true colors" of Americans.

This documentary is certainly not as slick, but if you get your jollies from watching ignorant people say shocking things, check out Red State.




The clips on the movie's website are even better (or worse, I guess you could say) than the trailor above. Check out the nice lady from Jackson, Mississippi and the dude from Boise who thinks his state is covered in the Blood of Christ.

I just ordered a copy of the film...stay tuned for a thumbs up or down.