Happy 2011! Wishing everyone all the best for the coming year Here’s to the first post of 2011 and an update of my own! Design Museum Boston is proud to present Tiffany Wan, the newest addition to our correspondents team. A graduate of Syracuse University and currently located in Beijing, Tiffany will be bringing an international [...]
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Happy New Year! (and A Brandnü Way of Thinking)
Posted by Tiffany Wan on January 2, 2011
http://tiffanywan.com/blog/2011/01/happy-new-year-and-a-brandnu-way-of-thinking/
local HK charms from G.O.D
I posted about Goods of Desire in the past and here’s another great little take away that they’ve launched. It’s a great way to take a bit of Hong Kong home with you. Part of what makes the travel experience is the “charm”, character, and uniqueness to a place. These small souvenirs from GOD address [...]
Posted by Tiffany Wan on September 7, 2010
http://tiffanywan.com/blog/2010/09/local-hk-charms-from-g-o-d/
DIY: manage cords, dock the cell
If you know me, or you’re the 1 person who follows my blog, I’m sure you know my obsession for cord management. And when I saw this DIY cell phone cradle, I was so excited! (Yes, it doesn’t take much, sometimes..) Made from any large plastic container (or lotion bottle), you can cut it up and [...]
Posted by Tiffany Wan on August 21, 2010
http://tiffanywan.com/blog/2010/08/diy-manage-cords-dock-the-cell/
East and West: packaging differences
The Shanghai based branding firm Labbrand reviews the impact of packaging design on business in a cultural context, particularly in China. Product brand managers need to pay special consideration to how their consumers view color, materials, images and typefaces, while considering the contrasts between Chinese and Western markets. Packaging design and color has a a big [...]
Posted by Tiffany Wan on August 12, 2010
http://tiffanywan.com/blog/2010/08/east-and-west-packaging-differences/
Art Friday’s market
Original and handmade artistry has been showing and for sale every Friday in Downtown Crossing. The Art Friday’s market is open Fridays from 11am-6pm until October 1 on Summer Street. There’s some great, local works there from photography to pottery, jewelry, and bags. There’s music playing, tourists, and street performers; a great initiative by the [...]
Posted by Tiffany Wan on August 6, 2010
http://tiffanywan.com/blog/2010/08/art-fridays-market/
eat your crayons!
Remember when you were yelled at as a kid for eating your crayons? Well now you can! Crayon (made of food!) is a set of food bars made by Luxirare. Crushing up various foods of the same color family and using marshmallow to hold the ingredients together, crayons are formed in a mold. The flavors are based on [...]
Posted by Tiffany Wan on August 3, 2010
http://tiffanywan.com/blog/2010/08/eat-your-crayons/
wheelchairs in Vietnam
Looking through some old photos, I came across these tricycle wheelchairs on the streets of Ho Chi Minh City when I was visiting a couple years ago… I’d never seen anything like it before, or perhaps I’m too sheltered. I did a bit of digging and these chairs are actually manufactured in Ho Chi Minh City, by KienTuong, [...]
Posted by Tiffany Wan on August 2, 2010
http://tiffanywan.com/blog/2010/08/wheelchairs-in-vietnam/
Design in a bag
Pick a recipe for your kitchen or bath from their website and Design in a Bag will send you a kit (for about US$100) with samples of your personalized selection. What a great semi-DIY concept, making good design accessible to everyone! Medill kitchen recipe. On the Design in a Bag website, you can browse online galleries of [...]
Posted by Tiffany Wan on August 1, 2010
http://tiffanywan.com/blog/2010/08/design-in-a-bag/