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		<title>Head&#8217;s Up! October, you&#8217;ve been beautiful</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 16 Oct 2012 05:06:06 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Carina Santos</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[<p>To shake off the feeling of displacement that I&#8217;ve illustrated here, here&#8217;s a post about where I ate yesterday. Which is: Ukokkei Ramen Ron, an almost cult-ish ramen haven for ramen nuts! It closed down for a while, but now it&#8217;s back in business, and would you believe it was both mine and Sarie&#8216;s first [...]</p><p>The post <a href="http://nothingspaces.com/blog/2012/10/heads-up-october-youve-been-beautiful/">Head&#8217;s Up! October, you&#8217;ve been beautiful</a> appeared first on <a href="http://nothingspaces.com/blog">Nothing Spaces</a>.</p>]]></description>
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<p>To shake off the feeling of displacement that I&#8217;ve <a href="http://nothingspaces.com/blog/2012/10/roman-holidaze-colosseo/">illustrated here</a>, here&#8217;s a post about where I ate yesterday. Which is: <strong>Ukokkei Ramen Ron</strong>, an almost cult-ish ramen haven for ramen nuts! It closed down for a while, but now it&#8217;s back in business, and would you believe it was both mine and <a href="http://sariecruz.wordpress.com">Sarie</a>&#8216;s first time to eat there last night?</p>
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<p>We got the Tantanmen ramen (Php 390), which is one of their more &#8220;special&#8221; items. I don&#8217;t really know what that means, but it&#8217;s not on the menu (it&#8217;s on the wall) and it sure tastes special. The broth is thick, flavorful and rich, and the noodles were superb. Sarie and I are doing splitsies now because of mutual weight gain, but the serving was more than enough. We had the gyoza as well, but it&#8217;s nothing worth noting.</p>
<p>The ramen, though. You must try it at some point in your life. Judging from the color of the broth, I&#8217;m thinking they used a lot of la-yu, the sesame chili concoction that I eat with everything. The waitress said it was a mix of miso and sesame, so you can imagine the potential party in your mouth.</p>
<p>On another note, I don&#8217;t know if it&#8217;s notable or anything, but I&#8217;m going to say it anyway. I&#8217;ve decided to try something different! No, it is not to dress in a manner that will make me more likely to be assaulted on public transport, but just to dress &#8220;better.&#8221; Of course, I don&#8217;t know if it is actually better in an objective way, but hey look—<em>color</em>!</p>
<p><a href="http://nothingspaces.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/8090486460_b882ebe467_h.png"><img src="http://nothingspaces.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/8090486460_b882ebe467_h.png" alt="" title="Primark Haul" width="640" height="596" class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-4569" /></a></p>
<p>My clothes are from Primark, which is a super cheap, kind of trendy apparel chain in London. I don&#8217;t normally like wearing rompers because it makes me feel like a giant baby, but I liked this one a lot, even though it takes quite a long process to um, pee. I also love this sweater, because duh, it is trés cool. My headscarf is from a super cute Etsy store, <a href="http://www.etsy.com/shop/ChiChiDee">Chichi Dee</a>, which is also based in London.</p>
<p><img src="http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8052/8090484448_e3bcd45ccd_z.jpg"></p>
<p>Meet my cute watch! I got it in Venice, and though I don&#8217;t normally wear watches with faces this big anymore, I am quite enamored with it. It&#8217;s by <a href="http://fullspot.it/">Fullspot</a> and the idea is you can mix and match the straps and the faces to suit your personality and mood. Apparently, they&#8217;ve started selling these babies in RONAC last month, so I have to check out which colors I can get from here in Manila, because I only got one other watch strap (a grey-white). I checked the price point and it doesn&#8217;t seem to be <em>that</em> big of a difference. I&#8217;ve got my eye on some of the animal print faces.</p>
<p>For kicks, Sarie has captured how I apparently look like when we eat together:<br />
<img src="http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8336/8090472891_af94c5282f_z.jpg"></p>
<p>And to end, please please please grab a copy of the October issue of both <strong>Rogue</strong> and <strong>Preview</strong>, on account of well, me!</p>
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<p>Preview has included me in their Creative It List for 2012, which I think was awfully nice of them. :) The photo was taken by Everywhere We Shoot, and the words were written by the wonderful Karen Bolilia. Thanks to both of you, as well as the Preview editors and the rest of the Preview team.</p>
<p><a href="http://nothingspaces.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/DSC_0520.jpg"><img src="http://nothingspaces.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/DSC_0520.jpg" alt="" title="Rogue" width="640" height="428" class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-4574" /></a></p>
<p>And! My first contribution to Rogue&#8217;s Columns section, which is on the Golden Age of Television and why we (the Philippines) are not a part of it. Thank you to Clinton Palanca for helping me out on this one. Snaps for Paulina Ortega, my seatmate for all of (college) eternity, for putting my words into pictures.</p>
<p>I would appreciate it if you guys grabbed a copy of these issues because they are both quite special things to me. That said, Arrivederci! I shall see you all in my next installment of The Great European Backlog of 2012.</p>
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		<title>Roman Holidaze: Colosseo</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 12 Oct 2012 07:35:26 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Carina Santos</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[<p>We begin every morning with a feeding of pigeons. The apartment we rented sends up breakfast everyday, fit for eight or so people. As we had been a group of five, we had a TON of extra bread. Which is great, since we cross St. Peter&#8217;s every morning to get anywhere. We gave this bb [...]</p><p>The post <a href="http://nothingspaces.com/blog/2012/10/roman-holidaze-colosseo/">Roman Holidaze: Colosseo</a> appeared first on <a href="http://nothingspaces.com/blog">Nothing Spaces</a>.</p>]]></description>
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<p>We begin every morning with a feeding of pigeons. The apartment we rented sends up breakfast everyday, fit for eight or so people. As we had been a group of five, we had a TON of extra bread. Which is great, since we cross St. Peter&#8217;s every morning to get anywhere.</p>
<p><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/presidents/8076859232/" title="Untitled by Carina Santos., on Flickr"><img src="http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8055/8076859232_b5479c4054_z.jpg" width="640" height="424" alt="Untitled"></a></p>
<p>We gave this bb some bread. A funny story about this bb—we ran into him <em>again</em> on our first afternoon in Florence. I don&#8217;t think I have a picture, but you can imagine how stunned we all were!</p>
<p><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/presidents/8076866763/" title="Untitled by Carina Santos., on Flickr"><img src="http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8327/8076866763_960e347425_b.jpg" width="640" height="883" alt="Untitled"></a></p>
<p><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/presidents/8076866533/" title="Untitled by Carina Santos., on Flickr"><img src="http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8052/8076866533_7668247543_z.jpg" width="640" height="424" alt="Untitled"></a></p>
<p>Pigeons like to roost on statue heads.</p>
<p><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/presidents/8076859760/" title="Untitled by Carina Santos., on Flickr"><img src="http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8047/8076859760_ace43fafab_z.jpg" width="640" height="438" alt="Untitled"></a></p>
<p>When in Rome! Water is completely potable, and you will find a lot of random public fountains from which you can drink. If the water is not meant for drinking, there are signs that indicate this.</p>
<p><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/presidents/8076858456/" title="Untitled by Carina Santos., on Flickr"><img src="http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8045/8076858456_76efca8aa6_z.jpg" width="640" height="424" alt="Untitled"></a></p>
<p><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/presidents/8076866399/" title="Untitled by Carina Santos., on Flickr"><img src="http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8051/8076866399_73756fa917_z.jpg" width="640" height="424" alt="Untitled"></a></p>
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<p>One of the highlights of our Roman trip was our visit to the Colosseo, or if you&#8217;ve figured it out, The Colosseum. This was the place where all the gladiator games happened! It was very cool. All my wide shots are still in the unprocessed rolls, but trust me when I say that this place, despite being ruins, was utterly majestic.</p>
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<p>Aside from gladiator fights, mock battles from Classical mythology were also dramatized here, as well as staged animal hunts, with exotic beasts imported from Africa and the Middle East. You can see the hypogeum on the right side of the picture, which is a labyrinthine system of tunnels that connect to the outside. They were used to bring in the animals, gladiators, and performers, all of whom (if I&#8217;m not mistaken) are to be elevated up to the main arena.</p>
<p>There are accounts which indicate that even sea battles were reenacted at the Colosseum (or the Flavian Ampitheatre), where the hypogeum could have replaced an earlier, somewhat waterproof space that could hold water and warships. Since Rome is known for advancements in sewage and water systems, I find this easy to believe.</p>
<p>Sometimes, mythological scenes are also enacted where a hero is played by a condemned man, where the hero&#8217;s death (and the condemned man&#8217;s real one) is accurately depicted, i.e. being mauled by animals or burning to a crisp.</p>
<p><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/presidents/8076865733/" title="Untitled by Carina Santos., on Flickr"><img src="http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8191/8076865733_944a92b747_z.jpg" width="640" height="424" alt="Untitled"></a></p>
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<p>A lot of the shows held here were sponsored by politicians vying for the favor of the public. Obviously, the Colosseum has turned into a symbol of Rome&#8217;s power and, now, permanence.</p>
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<p>There were hordes of people. Here is a group, meditating.</p>
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<p><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/presidents/8076864367/" title="Untitled by Carina Santos., on Flickr"><img src="http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8475/8076864367_f3e2b4b017_z.jpg" width="640" height="424" alt="Untitled"></a></p>
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<p>There were a LOT of people who posed like this in various tourist spots, poses which they held for a long time, waiting for people to exit their frame. I&#8217;ve always wondered how people got shots with no other tourists, and now I know.</p>
<p><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/presidents/8076862929/" title="Untitled by Carina Santos., on Flickr"><img src="http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8055/8076862929_f4e0154a1c_z.jpg" width="640" height="424" alt="Untitled"></a></p>
<p>Papa!</p>
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<p><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/presidents/8076862541/" title="Untitled by Carina Santos., on Flickr"><img src="http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8324/8076862541_b93e5d10f7_z.jpg" width="640" height="424" alt="Untitled"></a></p>
<p><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/presidents/8076864767/" title="Untitled by Carina Santos., on Flickr"><img src="http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8324/8076864767_c59f2a54bd_z.jpg" width="640" height="424" alt="Untitled"></a></p>
<p>The Colosseum had <em>the best</em> official souvenirs. I suspect they were designed by an outsourced group whose name I have sadly forgotten.</p>
<p><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/presidents/8076856676/" title="Untitled by Carina Santos., on Flickr"><img src="http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8044/8076856676_6546ddaf01_z.jpg" width="640" height="424" alt="Untitled"></a></p>
<p>We continued on with the rainy, drizzly day, with a walk to the Foro Romano, the Monumento a Vittorio Emanuele II, and Il Campidoglio, all of which were in the same vicinity. Pictures in the next post, of course.</p>
<p><strong>A side note:</strong> These updates have been more tedious to do than I thought! I didn&#8217;t have great internet connection in Florence, Venice, and London, so things—as in updating on the road—didn&#8217;t go as planned. I am experiencing random twinges of sadness because life had been so different while I had been on vacation, obviously, and now everything has just punched me in the face.</p>
<p>Anyway, it&#8217;s been fun, reliving everything, but my blog has been feeling like a repository of old posts, rather than an updated log, I guess. I don&#8217;t know, but I feel quite displaced at the moment.</p>
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		<dc:creator>Carina Santos</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[<p>Mikka invited Sarie and me to a tasting of Don Papa Rum last night. Sarie went to an event in Aracama already with Karen, and raved about how lovely this rum was, which piqued my interest. (Some of the pictures here were taken by Sarie.) Don Papa Rum is a premium rum made and developed [...]</p><p>The post <a href="http://nothingspaces.com/blog/2012/07/don-papa-rum/">Don Papa Rum</a> appeared first on <a href="http://nothingspaces.com/blog">Nothing Spaces</a>.</p>]]></description>
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<p><a href="http://findingfragments.wordpress.com">Mikka</a> invited Sarie and me to a tasting of Don Papa Rum last night. <a href="http://sariecruz.wordpress.com/2012/06/22/aracama-filipino-cuisine/">Sarie</a> went to an event in Aracama already with <a href="http://safety-schools.com/2012/06/food-trip-aracama-at-the-fort-strip/">Karen</a>, and raved about how lovely this rum was, which piqued my interest. (Some of the pictures here were taken by Sarie.)</p>
<p><strong>Don Papa Rum</strong> is a premium rum made and developed in the Philippines. Isn&#8217;t that great? It is distilled from sugar cane grown in Negros, a Philippine region known for its sugar, and aged in American oak barrels for 7 years in the foothills of Mount Kanloan. I remember buying organic coffee grown in the same region as well. This was an exciting discovery because I feel like we Filipinos are so steeped in foreign cultures and products, we often forget that our country is so rich and that we make great things, too.</p>
<p>It was a small get-together and we had our fill of this spinach-filled puff pastry of some sort, and I got to talk with 4/5 of the folks from <a href="http://pepper.ph">Pepper</a>. I knew Dwight from school, but it was great getting to talk to them at length.</p>
<p><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/presidents/7560546062/" title="Untitled by Carina Santos., on Flickr"><img src="http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7278/7560546062_f6afc6086f_z.jpg" width="640" height="570" alt="Untitled"></a></p>
<p>We got to try three cocktails crafted by mixologist, Kathryn Eckstein. The first one, <strong>Liquid Butterscotch</strong>, is made with ingredients that seem to usually be found in pastries. It tastes more like a dessert than a swig of alcohol and feels like a warm blanket. You could probably close your eyes and pretend to be in the Three Broomsticks, tossing back one or two of these drinks with Harry Potter! We imagine it to be what <a href="http://harrypotter.wikia.com/wiki/Butterbeer">butterbeer</a> must taste like—smooth and sweet, spreading warmth on the inside.</p>
<p><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/presidents/7560547072/" title="Untitled by Carina Santos., on Flickr"><img src="http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7248/7560547072_555595088f_z.jpg" width="640" height="360" alt="Untitled"></a></p>
<p><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/presidents/7560545194/" title="Untitled by Carina Santos., on Flickr"><img src="http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7253/7560545194_cf11439a45_z.jpg" width="640" height="360" alt="Untitled"></a></p>
<p>This is my favorite drink, so refreshing! Called the <strong>Coco Breeze</strong>, it&#8217;s made with guava juice and nata de coco, garnished with a pretty calamansi and served in a tall glass and a handful of ice. The inspiration behind this drink are local ingredients, and it&#8217;s really the perfect companion on a hot day, which we see a lot of in this country, despite it being way past the summer season. Biting into the nata de coco is a special treat, because it soaks up all the flavors.</p>
<p><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/presidents/7560546384/" title="Untitled by Carina Santos., on Flickr"><img src="http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8431/7560546384_675a7ded93_z.jpg" width="640" height="360" alt="Untitled"></a></p>
<p>The last drink, <strong>Ka-pag Serious Ka</strong>, a fun take on Caprioska, is made with calamansi, ginger and honey. It&#8217;s not a favorite because neither of us like soda water, but it&#8217;s a good drink, if you&#8217;re in an actual serious mood. Be sure to drink it in a low-ball glass such as this one, for added effect.</p>
<p><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/presidents/7560545438/" title="Untitled by Carina Santos., on Flickr"><img src="http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7251/7560545438_261203f76e_z.jpg" width="640" height="360" alt="Untitled"></a></p>
<p>One of the great things about Don Papa Rum is the packaging. It was made by <a href="http://www.strangerandstranger.com/">Strange &#038; Stranger</a>, a design outfit based in London and NY that specializes in packaging for alcohol and spirits. Obviously inspired by old bank notes, the packaging for Don Papa Rum is a delight for the inner <em>Where&#8217;s Waldo?</em> obsessor in you. They allegedly used around fifty animals indigenous to the country, but I&#8217;m still stuck, marveling at the slug moustache Don Papa is sporting. It really is very intricate and interesting, and I think it adds a special Filipino flair to the product, despite being created by foreigners. The red spot UV gloss detail is also an exquisite detail.</p>
<p>Speaking of Don Papa, he&#8217;s an actual Filipino revolutionary that fought during the occupation of Spain and the United States. Called the &#8220;Lion of Kanloan,&#8221; Dionisio Sigobela or Papa Isio, led an eight-year-long uprising to protect his countrymen. As a farmer in Negros, he was said to have slain his cruel Spanish haciendero, fleeing to the mountains of Kanloan and establishing his own religion. Popular among the <em>babaylanes</em>, he believed in animism (which maybe explains all the animals on the bottle label), as well as <em>anting-antings</em> or amulets as protection from bullets.</p>
<p>Papa Isio led several uprisings and pledged his allegiance only to the Philippines, displaying a fervent and intense nationalism rarely seen these days. He sought to instigate agrarian reform and had political ideas that were perhaps too radical for the country at the time. Most people don&#8217;t know whether or not to regard him as a hero, because of his ideas (he called himself the &#8220;pope&#8221; at some point), but it is his unwavering spirit that Don Papa Rum wants to honor with this, um, spirit. <a href="http://iloilocityboy.blogspot.com/2006/06/papa-isio-lion-of-kanlaon.html">His story, in detail, can be found here</a>.</p>
<p>For a closer look at the packaging, <a href="http://www.thedieline.com/blog/2012/6/11/don-papa.html">here</a> is its feature on The Dieline. There are wonderful close-ups of the label.</p>
<p>I haven&#8217;t tried it by itself, on the rocks, but Bleeding Heart Rum Co. claims that Don Papa Rum is &#8220;a rum that&#8217;s good enough to drink neat.&#8221; Currently, it is in the process of distribution. Since it&#8217;s a &#8220;Small Batch Rum&#8221;, it will only be available in selected bars, restaurants and liquor stores in Manila including Aracama Manila Cuisine, Draft, Beso, Distillery and Ralphs Wines and Spirits, once it has officially launched later this month.</p>
<p><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/presidents/7560547872/" title="Untitled by Carina Santos., on Flickr"><img src="http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8286/7560547872_5c7ea9a5aa_z.jpg" width="640" height="360" alt="Untitled"></a></p>
<p><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/presidents/7560547546/" title="Untitled by Carina Santos., on Flickr"><img src="http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7256/7560547546_f951bc4d8f_z.jpg" width="640" height="360" alt="Untitled"></a></p>
<p>After we drank and ate our fill, we walked around the area in search of cake! I tried Starbucks&#8217; Green Tea and Berry Cheesecake, and I didn&#8217;t taste much of the green tea. Good if you aren&#8217;t fond of green tea, because the cheesecake itself is creamy and not fluffed up with gelatin. However, I am a green tea fiend, so I was not very pleased. Still good cheesecake, though.</p>
<p><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/presidents/7560548100/" title="Untitled by Carina Santos., on Flickr"><img src="http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8145/7560548100_82892a5bf4_z.jpg" width="640" height="360" alt="Untitled"></a></p>
<p><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/presidents/7560545662/" title="Untitled by Carina Santos., on Flickr"><img src="http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7277/7560545662_8a6cb59ed9_z.jpg" width="640" height="360" alt="Untitled"></a></p>
<p>We made several videos lamenting the concrete jungle that the Fort is shaping up to be. We also saw a truck of live chickens on the way home.</p>
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		<title>Surprises in the Mailbox</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 09 May 2012 04:53:58 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Carina Santos</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[<p>I&#8217;ve gotten really cool stuff in the mail the past few days! First up is a 7&#8243; and a postcard from one of my favorite friends from far away, Zet! It&#8217;s really sweet of her to do this, because it was totally unexpected. I&#8217;m glad she included a return address because I still owe her [...]</p><p>The post <a href="http://nothingspaces.com/blog/2012/05/surprises-in-the-mailbox/">Surprises in the Mailbox</a> appeared first on <a href="http://nothingspaces.com/blog">Nothing Spaces</a>.</p>]]></description>
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<p>I&#8217;ve gotten really cool stuff in the mail the past few days! First up is a 7&#8243; and a postcard from one of my favorite friends from far away, <a href="http://withstrangers.com">Zet</a>! It&#8217;s really sweet of her to do this, because it was totally unexpected.</p>
<p><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/presidents/7162708808/" title="Untitled by Carina Santos., on Flickr"><img src="http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7088/7162708808_ee15ff178f_z.jpg" width="640" height="480" alt="Untitled"></a></p>
<p>I&#8217;m glad she included a return address because I still owe her a package from when she was in LA for school. She sent me a couple of postcards, some pinback buttons and <a href="http://instagr.am/p/IdwseLL7hT/">this</a>! I&#8217;m really the <em>worst</em> at mailing stuff out at first, but when I get the hang of it, I promise you, I&#8217;m the funnest.</p>
<p><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/presidents/7162709916/" title="Untitled by Carina Santos., on Flickr"><img src="http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8020/7162709916_dfb3177692_z.jpg" width="640" height="480" alt="Untitled"></a></p>
<p>And then today, I woke up to this! I can&#8217;t believe it—a package from <a href="http://www.visual-editions.com/">Visual Editions</a>, one of my favorite publishers. They might be a bit newer than most people in the book business—they only have four books out—but their work is amazing. It&#8217;s really a visual understanding <em>and</em> representation of stories and words, especially in relation to the actual, physical space where these stories &#8220;happen&#8221;.</p>
<p><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/presidents/7162710666/" title="Untitled by Carina Santos., on Flickr"><img src="http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7095/7162710666_b2bab8d210_z.jpg" width="640" height="480" alt="Untitled"></a></p>
<p>Anyway, the contents of the package I got were wrapped in discarded spreads of what looks to be their edition of <a href="http://www.visual-editions.com/our-books/tristram-shandy">The Life and Opinions of Tristram Shandy, Gentleman</a>. Because of the gorgeous neon pantone and the creamy-smooth paper, and also because I am a packrat, I&#8217;m keeping this, heh.</p>
<p><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/presidents/7162710334/" title="Untitled by Carina Santos., on Flickr"><img src="http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7233/7162710334_af9022867c_z.jpg" width="640" height="480" alt="Untitled"></a></p>
<p>Inside: an advanced copy of their fourth book, <a href="http://www.visual-editions.com/our-books/kapow">Kapow! by Adam Thirlwell</a>. I can&#8217;t believe it! I&#8217;m so excited to read it; I&#8217;ll probably put down Chad Harbach&#8217;s &#8220;The Art of Fielding&#8221; momentarily just so I can get into this right away. For more on the story, visit <a href="http://www.visual-editions.com/articles/kapow-a-great-story">this VE blog post</a>. For more photos of this truly gorgeous book, visit <a href="http://www.visual-editions.com/articles/kapow-in-pics">this other blog post</a>.</p>
<p>You can pre-order the book <a href="http://www.visual-editions.com/our-books/kapow">here</a>. I cannot recommend the quality of their products enough. If you recall, <a href="http://bookreport.nothingspaces.com/2010/12/the-age-of-exaggerated-hopes-jonathan-safran-foers-tree-of-codes/">I raved about Jonathan Safran Foer&#8217;s Tree of Codes</a> a while back.</p>
<p><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/presidents/7162709566/" title="Untitled by Carina Santos., on Flickr"><img src="http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7075/7162709566_549fbe2ac7_z.jpg" width="640" height="480" alt="Untitled"></a></p>
<p>I got a postcard from them, too. Two lovely ladies who sought to make &#8220;great looking stories.&#8221; How about that? :)</p>
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		<title>On Design Copycats</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 13 Apr 2012 05:11:23 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Carina Santos</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[<p>A week ago, I noticed a large number of traffic to my portfolio, http://carina-santos.com, coming from one James Templeton. At that point, he had only a splash page and a banner announcing that his site was still underconstruction, but permalinks to specific pages brought to my attention that this dude was ripping off my layout. [...]</p><p>The post <a href="http://nothingspaces.com/blog/2012/04/on-design-copycats/">On Design Copycats</a> appeared first on <a href="http://nothingspaces.com/blog">Nothing Spaces</a>.</p>]]></description>
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<p>A week ago, I noticed a large number of traffic to my portfolio, <a href="http://carina-santos.com">http://carina-santos.com</a>, coming from one <a href="http://jamestempleton.com">James Templeton</a>. At that point, he had only a splash page and a banner announcing that his site was still underconstruction, but permalinks to specific pages brought to my attention that this dude was ripping off my layout.</p>
<p>Lo &#038; behold, when I checked back a few days later, his new website was up.</p>
<p><a href="http://nothingspaces.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/Picture-3.png"><img src="http://nothingspaces.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/Picture-3.png" alt="" title="JT - Home" width="640" height="402" class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-3806" /></a></p>
<p>Which is cool and all. Except it&#8217;s pretty much an exact copy of mine:</p>
<p><a href="http://nothingspaces.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/Picture-5.png"><img src="http://nothingspaces.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/Picture-5.png" alt="" title="CS - Cats" width="640" height="402" class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-3808" /></a></p>
<p>The grids and the code were the same. The navigation was the same, it was the same even down to the colors, and the sidebar information. <span id="more-3805"></span></p>
<p><a href="http://nothingspaces.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/Same.jpg"><img src="http://nothingspaces.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/Same.jpg" alt="" title="Same" width="640" height="1147" class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-3820" /></a></p>
<p>Anyway, I sent him an email, explaining the situation and asking nicely for him to take it down, since it is unethical and unprofessional, given that we both work as designers. Essentially, it was a pretty darned nice email, especially after having my design, layout and code ripped off.</p>
<p><a href="http://nothingspaces.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/Picture-18.png"><img src="http://nothingspaces.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/Picture-18.png" alt="" title="Scrufus tweet" width="640" height="266" class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-3822" /></a></p>
<p>I waited for an entire day and didn&#8217;t receive a reply. <a href="http://twitter.com/scrufus">@scrufus</a> pointed out that he had been hotlinking to my own CSS files! The nerve! I quickly pulled down my stylesheet. <a href="http://withstrangers.com">Zet</a> got a screencap and this is what his site looked like. At least for a while:</p>
<p><img src="https://p.twimg.com/AqRHcYiCEAAM2GC.png:large" width="640" height="auto"></p>
<p><a href="http://sariecruz.com">Sarie</a> asked about the matter, and I told her that I dealt with it, but when she checked his page again, it had reverted to the old structure. He replaced the stylesheet with one that he had stolen from me, except his fonts are screwed up because the files are hosted with me.</p>
<p><a href="http://nothingspaces.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/Picture-14.png"><img src="http://nothingspaces.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/Picture-14.png" alt="" title="Picture 14" width="640" height="402" class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-3824" /></a></p>
<p>However, his code still links to my own javascript files. You know, because he copied my code exactly.</p>
<p><a href="http://nothingspaces.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/Picture-16.png"><img src="http://nothingspaces.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/Picture-16.png" alt="" title="Picture 16" width="640" height="402" class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-3817" /></a></p>
<p>Anyway, it&#8217;s just really disappointing and frustrating to spend hours on code and design something, and making sure it looks right, only to have it ripped off. I used <a href="http://wpthemes.alexking.org/blog/">Borja Fernandez&#8217; theme</a>, which looks like this untouched:</p>
<p><a href="http://nothingspaces.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/Picture-13.png"><img src="http://nothingspaces.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/Picture-13.png" alt="" title="Borja Fernandez" width="640" height="541" class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-3814" /></a></p>
<p>I had to figure out the tables, the code, the layout, the colors, and everything. It&#8217;s annoying and, quite frankly, disgusting for a middle-aged man in Tennessee to be stealing from a 23-year-old freelance designer from a third world country. It&#8217;s hard enough as it is to get jobs and sustain myself. I don&#8217;t need people stealing my work.</p>
<p>Anyway, that&#8217;s the story. I hope there&#8217;s something I can do about it, but so far, I have emailed him at <a href="mailto:james@jamestempleton.com">james@jamestempleton.com</a> and I have received no replies in return. You can help me by emailing (haha) or sharing this post. It&#8217;s so sad and I feel a little helpless, but I&#8217;m also, I think, on the way to infuriated, which is not going to be pleasant.</p>
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		<title>EAMES: SOMETHING WE ALL WANTED TO BE.</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 02 Jan 2012 13:48:16 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Carina Santos</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[<p>I am by no means an expert on the life and times of Ray and Charles Eames. All that I know about them by heart begins and ends with the iconic lounge chair and ottoman, and also the fact that they made movies. I am not an expert, and it&#8217;s a shame that I&#8217;ve only [...]</p><p>The post <a href="http://nothingspaces.com/blog/2012/01/eames-something-we-all-wanted-to-be/">EAMES: SOMETHING WE ALL WANTED TO BE.</a> appeared first on <a href="http://nothingspaces.com/blog">Nothing Spaces</a>.</p>]]></description>
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<p>I am by no means an expert on the life and times of Ray and Charles Eames. All that I know about them by heart begins and ends with the iconic lounge chair and ottoman, and also the fact that they made movies. I am not an expert, and it&#8217;s a shame that I&#8217;ve only looked into their lives just now.</p>
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<p>&#8220;Eames: The Architect and The Artist&#8221; came out on November 2011. Having only looked at this short trailer (still cannot find the film!), my heart has been roused into action. Truth be told, I&#8217;ve always wanted to be something remarkable—not in the way that people are remarkably famous or notorious of fame, really. Rather, I&#8217;ve come to realize that I wanted to be remarkable in the way that Charles and Ray Eames were. I just never quite understood how to do that.</p>
<p>It&#8217;s not really something you outright seek to do. I don&#8217;t think they did things so that they would be well-known, but that they became illustrious and indispensable because of the things that they did. That&#8217;s something I&#8217;ve thought about fairly frequently—how the &#8220;fame culture&#8221; today has been poisonous more than helpful—but that&#8217;s another story.</p>
<p>Now, I&#8217;m beginning to think that everything great begins with the relentless pursuit of solutions and beauty, without expecting the promise of success. It&#8217;s an unwavering desire to make things that make what exists better. I&#8217;ve often wondered why I don&#8217;t seem to be progressing as much as I thought I ought to, and it&#8217;s perhaps because I have been taking so many detours, big and small, but maybe it&#8217;s also because I don&#8217;t really think of what will propel the action. I do things with this tremendous pressure to have something to be good at, and not really for the purest motives of discovery and solution-making.</p>
<p>Another thing I admire from the Eameses is their partnership. There simply isn&#8217;t anything like it. Their lives and philosophies bled into their Venice Beach office, and it was so inspiring to see how the people they&#8217;ve worked with still light up when the Eameses come up. I can just imagine their energies being so tremendously contagious.</p>
<p>I was doing my Life Plan for 2012 and paused only to watch this trailer, but ended up being so encouraged by seeing how they were into so many things, were good at them, and did what they did with a genuine interest and spirit. I&#8217;m so driven to &#8220;excel&#8221; even more just because they have proven it possible, being armed with a sense of wonder and an understanding of things that work.</p>
<p><a href="http://press.exploratorium.edu/the-exploratorium-celebrates-the-powers-of-ten-the-work-of-charles-and-ray-eames-october-10-2010/"><img src="http://nothingspaces.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/eames_with_front_lores.jpg" alt="" title="eames_with_front_lores" width="640" height="548" class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-3286" /></a></p>
<p>I think I gravitate towards the Eameses because they have imbued their work with a feeling of warmth and perhaps even love, not necessarily in their output but in their approach. They loved design, and so they were good at it. And just thinking about this, there is this weight that is lifted from me, which I got from examining the future and my 2012. My challenges are still there, of course, but it&#8217;s nice to see that it&#8217;s possible to get through them in a way that won&#8217;t destroy me.</p>
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		<title>DISNEYLAND &amp; TYPOGRAPHY.</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 14 Nov 2011 15:17:29 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Carina Santos</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[<p>Let&#8217;s be honest: I&#8217;ll probably have maybe 2 more posts on Hong Kong, because there are a lot of good photos, and I have an impulse to share. One thing I really wanted to post about, though, was the great type work I saw in Hong Kong Disneyland. Most of these are examples from façades [...]</p><p>The post <a href="http://nothingspaces.com/blog/2011/11/disneyland-typography/">DISNEYLAND &#038; TYPOGRAPHY.</a> appeared first on <a href="http://nothingspaces.com/blog">Nothing Spaces</a>.</p>]]></description>
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<p>Let&#8217;s be honest: I&#8217;ll probably have maybe 2 more posts on Hong Kong, because there are a lot of good photos, and I have an impulse to share. One thing I really wanted to post about, though, was the great type work I saw in Hong Kong Disneyland. Most of these are examples from <em>façades</em> and fake storefronts around Main Street, but just look at the care that went into these things.</p>
<p>I wouldn&#8217;t mind living in a city like this!</p>
<p>(OK, maybe I would mind a little, but isn&#8217;t it all so very pretty?)</p>
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Even the lightbulb packaging got great type treatment!</p>
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		<title>A SERIES OF SERIES.</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 21 Oct 2011 05:14:45 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Carina Santos</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[<p>I have a soft spot for series and projects. I keep on starting and restarting personal projects myself, but I don&#8217;t think any of them have taken off so well (LOL). A few of my online favorites are Jessica Hische&#8217;s Daily Drop Cap, Austin Radcliffe&#8217;s Things Organized Neatly, Nerd Boyfriend, The Selby, The Fox is [...]</p><p>The post <a href="http://nothingspaces.com/blog/2011/10/a-series-of-series/">A SERIES OF SERIES.</a> appeared first on <a href="http://nothingspaces.com/blog">Nothing Spaces</a>.</p>]]></description>
				<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I have a soft spot for series and projects. I keep on starting and restarting personal projects myself, but I don&#8217;t think any of them have taken off so well (LOL). A few of my online favorites are Jessica Hische&#8217;s <a href="http://www.dailydropcap.com/">Daily Drop Cap</a>, Austin Radcliffe&#8217;s <a href="http://thingsorganizedneatly.tumblr.com/">Things Organized Neatly</a>, <a href="http://nerdboyfriend.com/">Nerd Boyfriend</a>, <a href="http://theselby.com/">The Selby</a>, The Fox is Black&#8217;s <a href="http://thefoxisblack.com/category/science/space-suit-of-the-week/">Space Suit of the Week</a>, Miss Moss&#8217; <a href="http://www.missmoss.co.za/tag/things-i-like-right-now/">Things I Like Right Now</a>, Molly Ford&#8217;s <a href="http://smartprettyandawkward.com/">Smart, Pretty, Awkward</a>, and so on.</p>
<p><a href="http://nothingspaces.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2011/10/photo-5.jpg"><img src="http://nothingspaces.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2011/10/photo-5.jpg" alt="" title="Nick Zinner." width="640" height="478" class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-2963" /></a></p>
<p>I also like Nick Zinner&#8217;s &#8220;Beds&#8221; series, where he took photos of beds he&#8217;s slept on when he was touring with the rest of the Yeah Yeah Yeahs. I suspect that this aspect of sameness-but-not is what drew me to <a href="http://nothingspaces.com/blog/2011/09/roberto-chabets-works-on-paper/">the Roberto Chabet show</a> in Galleria Duemila last month. There&#8217;s just something satisfyingly whole when it comes to collections and series. You see connections and similarities, and also differences.</p>
<p>A lot of people have also been asking me to share a few of my favorite local blogs, and I figure that this would be a good start! Here&#8217;s a list of some of the local projects and series that I enjoy quite a bit.</p>
<p><b>1. ANIK ANIK LOVE</b><br />
by Mitch Mauricio • <a href="http://anikaniklove.blogspot.com/">http://anikaniklove.blogspot.com/</a></p>
<p><a href="http://nothingspaces.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2011/10/6073137455_f2ecf07dea_b.jpg"><img src="http://nothingspaces.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2011/10/6073137455_f2ecf07dea_b.jpg" alt="Manuel Ocampo by Mitch Mauricio for Anik-Anik Love" title="Manuel Ocampo by Mitch Mauricio for Anik-Anik Love" width="640" height="426" class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-2949" /></a></p>
<p><strong><a href="http://anikaniklove.blogspot.com">Anik Anik Love</a></strong> is a series that I stumbled upon when my friend linked his other friend&#8217;s feature on the site. Mitch Mauricio goes around and photographs creatives from all walks of life and their sacred space. I&#8217;m kind of a nomad (I share a room with my sister), so I just work wherever, but it&#8217;s inspiring to see where beautiful things are made.</p>
<p>Right now, Mitch&#8217;s own space is featured in Real Living Magazine (October 2011). She&#8217;s a photographer, and I met her about a month or so ago. She&#8217;s really nice, on top of being quite talented. Also! Isn&#8217;t this one of the best projects? I made a few attempts at it a long time ago, but Mitch captures space in a pretty extraordinary way.</p>
<p><b>2. SPACES</b><br />
by Zet Diaz • <a href="http://spaces.withstrangers.com/">http://spaces.withstrangers.com/</a></p>
<p>Newly launched by <a href="http://withstrangers.com">Zet</a> Diaz, <a href="http://spaces.withstrangers.com/"><strong>Spaces</strong></a> is a look into &#8220;spaces&#8221; all over the world. Unlike <a href="http://anikaniklove.blogspot.com/">Anik Anik Love</a>, this isn&#8217;t limited to workspaces or living areas, but explores what the personal idea of &#8220;space&#8221; is.</p>
<p><a href="http://nothingspaces.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2011/10/6248629693_b5c3d97a26_o.jpg"><img src="http://nothingspaces.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2011/10/6248629693_b5c3d97a26_o.jpg" alt="" title="Spaces" width="640" height="369" class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-2946" /></a></p>
<p>It&#8217;s not simply a show and tell of &#8220;this is where I work,&#8221; but a telling of the story of these spaces, and what it means to these people. I think her goal is to sort of find a way to make each base in the world covered. So far, she&#8217;s gotten pretty awesome people to be a part of the project. I&#8217;m so excited for future entries—for one in particular—and this is definitely a project to watch.</p>
<p><b>3. DISPLAY</b><br />
by Sarie Cruz • <a href="http://vimeo.com/sariecruz/">http://vimeo.com/sariecruz/</a></p>
<p><a href="http://nothingspaces.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2011/10/Picture-4.png"><img src="http://nothingspaces.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2011/10/Picture-4.png" alt="" title="Display: Sarie Cruz" width="640" height="360" class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-2951" /></a></p>
<p><a href="http://sariecruz.com/">Sarie Cruz</a> likes making films and looking at art. Merge these two interests together and you have a pretty genius project that I&#8217;m surprised no one I&#8217;ve heard of has been doing yet. <strong>Display</strong> is, essentially, a series of films that showcase art shows, exhibits, and events in Manila—in video form.</p>
<p>I document shows with pictures and words all the time, but that doesn&#8217;t quite capture the &#8220;thereness&#8221; one feels when going to an art show. Display is a step closer to that. It&#8217;s awesome because it captures part of the feeling of being there, despite the temporariness of exhibits. Because of the fleetingness of these shows, Sarie wanted to make the viewer feel somehow a part of it, despite not having been there or being far away.</p>
<p>There are, so far, only two up right now, but I know that she has a lot of footage she&#8217;s working on piecing together.</p>
<p><b>4. THE GRIM REPAT</b><br />
by Mara Coson • <a href="http://thegrimrepat.wordpress.com/">http://thegrimrepat.wordpress.com/</a></p>
<p><a href="http://nothingspaces.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2011/10/cropped-repat4.jpg"><img src="http://nothingspaces.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2011/10/cropped-repat4.jpg" alt="" title="The Grim Repat: Mara Coson" width="640" height="205" class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-2950" /></a></p>
<p>I don&#8217;t know if you guys know this, but I had short-lived dreams of being a vlogger. If I did manage to make that work, I&#8217;d have loved it to have been like this. <a href="http://thegrimrepat.wordpress.com/">The Grim Repat</a> is Mara Coson&#8217;s approach to repatriation, after being away from Manila so long. Three episodes are up now, and all are pretty fun to watch, despite the general vlog rule of &#8220;3 minutes and under.&#8221;</p>
<p>Part of what makes it interesting is the format. Typically, vloggers just set up their desk with a webcam and sit and talk in front of it. Sometimes, they go outside. Mara puts together videos of her day and her environment, coupling them with other tidbits and clips from films and videos. Then, there&#8217;s the good writing. I like that her videos have a theme and a point. It&#8217;s just a refreshing change, with a strong, overarching idea to back it up.</p>
<p><b>5. THE HANDY-DANDY MAP PROJECT</b><br />
by Kasey Albano • <a href="http://kaseyalbano.tumblr.com/tagged/handy-dandy_map">http://kaseyalbano.tumblr.com/</a></p>
<p><a href="http://nothingspaces.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2011/10/tumblr_lomxyptyuO1qi6swyo1_r2_1280.png"><img src="http://nothingspaces.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2011/10/tumblr_lomxyptyuO1qi6swyo1_r2_1280.png" alt="" title="The Handy Dandy Map Project: Kasey Albano" width="640" height="556" class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-2960" /></a></p>
<p>Kasey Albano has always been one of the designers in school that I felt &#8220;had it.&#8221; <a href="kaseyalbano.tumblr.com/tagged/handy-dandy_map"><strong>The Handy Dandy Map Project</strong></a> is one of her design series that I love. Currently, there are about three entries, and I sincerely hope that she pursues it.</p>
<p>She has another series up called the <a href="http://kaseyalbano.tumblr.com/tagged/30_day_song_challenge">30 Day Song x Design Challenge</a>. She is barely halfway, which excites me a lot because it means that I have more to look forward to.</p>
<p>Other local projects I love and enjoy:</p>
<ul>
<li><a href="http://missedconnectionsmanila.tumblr.com/">Missed Connections Manila</a></li>
<li><a href="http://drunkendispatches.tumblr.com/">Drunken Dispatches</a></li>
<li><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/gabbycantero/sets/72157622817259674/">Daylight</a> by Gabby Cantero<br />
<blockquote><p>&#8220;Cause in the daylight anywhere feels like home.&#8221; — Daylight by Matt &#038; Kim</p>
<p>Portraits on a Saturday. Why? Really, nothing. All for fun. For hanging out with friends under the sun!</p></blockquote>
</li>
</ul>
<p>I&#8217;m just naming some off the top of my head. So, if you have any series or projects, or even blogs, that are dear to your heart, please know that I would love to hear about them.</p>
<p>I&#8217;m working on a series right now, with <a href="http://shewearswoolf.com">Cat</a>, which I&#8217;m hoping will take off by this month. It&#8217;s exciting, and we both love it—which is why it is puzzling as to why it&#8217;s taking so long for the both of us. We&#8217;re both busy, but it&#8217;s sort of like a passion project, so we&#8217;re pretty excited for it, too. Hope you stay tuned!</p>
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		<title>TOM DIXON&#8217;S FLASH FACTORY IN MANILA.</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 08 Oct 2011 21:13:15 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Carina Santos</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[<p>It&#8217;s been nearly a week, but my fingers still shiver at the prospect of folding over sheet metal. Not that I come across opportunities to do so very often. The last time, though, was on October 3rd (which was a Monday), for Tom Dixon&#8216;s Flash Factory in Manila. Held at MO_Space, the Flash Factory involves [...]</p><p>The post <a href="http://nothingspaces.com/blog/2011/10/tom-dixons-flash-factory-in-manila/">TOM DIXON&#8217;S FLASH FACTORY IN MANILA.</a> appeared first on <a href="http://nothingspaces.com/blog">Nothing Spaces</a>.</p>]]></description>
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<p><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/presidents/6224254268/" title="Untitled by Carina Santos., on Flickr"><img src="http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6112/6224254268_3d72a18aa8_z.jpg" width="640" height="428" alt=""></a></p>
<p><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/presidents/6224252492/" title="Untitled by Carina Santos., on Flickr"><img src="http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6113/6224252492_d3e4632d4e_z.jpg" width="640" height="428" alt=""></a></p>
<p>It&#8217;s been nearly a week, but my fingers still shiver at the prospect of folding over sheet metal. Not that I come across opportunities to do so very often. The last time, though, was on October 3rd (which was a Monday), for <a href="http://www.tomdixon.net/">Tom Dixon</a>&#8216;s Flash Factory in Manila.</p>
<p>Held at <a href="http://mo-space.net/">MO_Space</a>, the Flash Factory involves the assembly of Tom Dixon&#8217;s <em>Etch</em> series onsite. Visitors can observe the production of these pieces, which can be bought as soon as they are finished being assembled. In some countries though, the pieces are also available disassembled, so people can be part of the production of the goods that they buy.</p>
<p><CENTER><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/presidents/6224252958/" title="Untitled by Carina Santos., on Flickr"><img src="http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6096/6224252958_ca07b4aa41_z.jpg" width="640" height="428" alt=""></a></p>
<p><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/presidents/6224253678/" title="Untitled by Carina Santos., on Flickr"><img src="http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6171/6224253678_c3bf52601c_z.jpg" width="640" height="428" alt=""></a></p>
<p>Meggie</p>
<p><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/presidents/6223725395/" title="Untitled by Carina Santos., on Flickr"><img src="http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6039/6223725395_20aba207ec_z.jpg" width="640" height="480" alt=""></a></p>
<p>Messy table!</p>
<p><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/presidents/6223725949/" title="Untitled by Carina Santos., on Flickr"><img src="http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6115/6223725949_b4e0c7fe62_z.jpg" width="640" height="480" alt=""></a></p>
<p>Goofing around with Sarie, who took some of these pictures.</CENTER></p>
<p>It&#8217;s a pretty encouraging statement, actually. The Flash Factory introduces an approach to design and production where a person can act out all the roles needed for output to see the light of day.</p>
<p>In theory, strictly speaking, anyone <em>can</em> take care of all the steps—from the vision (design), to the production (sourcing the materials, putting everything together), to the selling and marketing. I mean, if a cretin like me can put together a pretty expensive lamp, I&#8217;m sure you can, too. Of course, not everyone is born a Tom Dixon, but I don&#8217;t think this process promises success. I think it highlights <em>possibility</em>. It&#8217;s proof that it <em>can</em> be done, and that&#8217;s good enough for me.</p>
<p><CENTER><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/presidents/6223729473/" title="Untitled by Carina Santos., on Flickr"><img src="http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6057/6223729473_e5e4e30620_z.jpg" width="640" height="412" alt=""></a></p>
<p><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/presidents/6223729915/" title="Untitled by Carina Santos., on Flickr"><img src="http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6059/6223729915_450580a5c9_z.jpg" width="640" height="428" alt=""></a></p>
<p>(He is working on a candle holder. This is a smile of lies.)</p>
<p><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/presidents/6223726957/" title="Untitled by Carina Santos., on Flickr"><img src="http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6224/6223726957_dba3751c80_z.jpg" width="640" height="428" alt=""></a></p>
<p>(Also a smile of lies.)</CENTER></p>
<p>It was a humbling experience. Our work conditions were far from actual labor environments here in the Philippines. The table we were working on costs more than the total of what I made when I used to work for Lomography. Still—imagine feeling defeated because of a puny candle holder! Those were hellacious to fold. The Etch Lights were fun to make, because construction was pretty easy. We all made roughly around 4 to 5 candle holders and the numbness didn&#8217;t go away from my hands until maybe three days after. As with most difficulties, though, comes reward!</p>
<p><CENTER><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/presidents/6223730427/" title="Untitled by Carina Santos., on Flickr"><img src="http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6157/6223730427_1aaffb7cd6_z.jpg" width="640" height="428" alt=""></a></CENTER></p>
<p>YAY! :D I bought one for myself. A little more than what I would normally pay for, for anything, but it&#8217;s the fruit! Of my labor! Plus, it&#8217;s technically designer furniture. Also, it is really, really pretty. On the upside, each purchase of Tom Dixon&#8217;s Etch range benefits autism in the Philippines.</p>
<p>Sarie has been taking a series of exhibit videos, and this is the first one she got around to editing. Check out the process below, and as always, there are more photographs under the cut!</p>
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<p>Tom Dixon&#8217;s latest collection and micro movies are going to be on display in MO_Space until <strong>October 16</strong>.</p>
<p><strong>MO_Space</strong><br />
MOS_Design Building<br />
B2 Bonifacio High Street,<br />
Bonifacio Global City</p>
<p>Open daily: 11am-8pm</p>
<p>(If you&#8217;re lost, this is the place that&#8217;s often misattributed as the Bo Concept Store. I think they carry Bo Concept, but they also have tons of other stuff. It&#8217;s right across Nike, and right beside Krispy Kreme, if that helps.)</p>
<p><span id="more-2895"></span><CENTER><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/presidents/6224203568/" title="Untitled by Carina Santos., on Flickr"><img src="http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6155/6224203568_5f6ff1404e_z.jpg" width="640" height="427" alt=""></a></p>
<p><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/presidents/6223727737/" title="Untitled by Carina Santos., on Flickr"><img src="http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6233/6223727737_8fc92863b8_z.jpg" width="640" height="428" alt=""></a></p>
<p>First, we had to suit up! For an authentic (sort of) laborer feel.</p>
<p><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/presidents/6223684879/" title="Untitled by Carina Santos., on Flickr"><img src="http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6229/6223684879_e692a7dd45_z.jpg" width="640" height="480" alt=""></a></p>
<p>Each pack came in a small cardboard box with flat metal sheets for each of the sides and an instruction sheet. Does not come with tools. I think I would have liked some needle-nose pliers on my side.</p>
<p><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/presidents/6224251938/" title="Untitled by Carina Santos., on Flickr"><img src="http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6039/6224251938_f5bc263051_z.jpg" width="640" height="428" alt=""></a></p>
<p>Coming together.</p>
<p><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/presidents/6224247374/" title="Untitled by Carina Santos., on Flickr"><img src="http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6118/6224247374_ff68708acf_z.jpg" width="640" height="480" alt=""></a></p>
<p>The last steps, where you piece everything together, are the hardest. But look how pretty it is when everything&#8217;s in its place.</p>
<p><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/presidents/6224248400/" title="Untitled by Carina Santos., on Flickr"><img src="http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6048/6224248400_9f32619215_z.jpg" width="640" height="428" alt=""></a></p>
<p>The lamps were hung in pairs, because the set-up requires balance on the rods. Personally, I think it&#8217;s such a beautiful collection. Unfortunately, I don&#8217;t have quite the means to get anything other than a single candleholder. But who knows, maybe in the future!</p>
<p><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/presidents/6224249926/" title="Untitled by Carina Santos., on Flickr"><img src="http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6162/6224249926_ac8048b75d_z.jpg" width="640" height="428" alt=""></a></p>
<p>These are the Glass Knobs mounted on the wall. Also very pretty, but I don&#8217;t know what kind of door I would use them for.</p>
<p><img src="http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6156/6202044349_31b9773f86_z.jpg"></p>
<p>This is from my last Tom Dixon post, but it&#8217;s one of the pieces I&#8217;m dreaming of getting. The Copper Shade reminds me of an astronaut helmet and I would like it over my reading nook in my future house, please.</p>
<p><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/presidents/6224249372/" title="Untitled by Carina Santos., on Flickr"><img src="http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6051/6224249372_ccb09b3b45_z.jpg" width="640" height="428" alt=""></a></p>
<p>We took a self-imposed donut break, because Mo is <em>right beside</em> Krispy Kreme. There was also some Monopoly Deal to be had! It was my first time playing. I did not win.</p>
<p><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/presidents/6223724663/" title="Untitled by Carina Santos., on Flickr"><img src="http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6221/6223724663_41f9340b4f_z.jpg" width="640" height="480" alt=""></a><br />
Fin!</CENTER></p>
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		<title>TOM DIXON ORIENTATION.</title>
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		<dc:creator>Carina Santos</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[<p>Copper Shade Yesterday, I went to an orientation for Tom Dixon&#8217;s Flash Factory, which will happen tomorrow. Tom Dixon is a designer from the UK, and we are going to be assembling pieces from his Etch series onsite! From 11am-6pm, at mo_ in Bonifacio High Street, we&#8217;ll be making lamps. In jumpsuits! Here is a [...]</p><p>The post <a href="http://nothingspaces.com/blog/2011/10/tom-dixon-orientation/">TOM DIXON ORIENTATION.</a> appeared first on <a href="http://nothingspaces.com/blog">Nothing Spaces</a>.</p>]]></description>
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<small><em>Copper Shade</em></small></CENTER></p>
<p>Yesterday, I went to an orientation for Tom Dixon&#8217;s Flash Factory, which will happen tomorrow. Tom Dixon is a designer from the UK, and we are going to be assembling pieces from his Etch series onsite! From 11am-6pm, at mo_ in Bonifacio High Street, we&#8217;ll be making lamps. In jumpsuits!</p>
<p>Here is a photo of <a href="http://www.tomdixon.net/news/flash-factory-launches-in-milan-salone-del-mobile">the Flash Factory in Milan</a>:</p>
<p><CENTER><img src="http://www.tomdixon.net/docs/images/listing/62e724d3-5e62-49e8-8828-29a3fbdc9be5.jpg"></CENTER></p>
<p><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/presidents/6202558678/" title="Untitled by Carina Santos., on Flickr"><img src="http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6143/6202558678_d96eb8c3a0_z.jpg" width="640" height="640" alt=""></a></p>
<p><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/presidents/6202571686/" title="Untitled by Carina Santos., on Flickr"><img src="http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6165/6202571686_c097b942e6_z.jpg" width="640" height="640" alt=""></a></p>
<p>We&#8217;ll be making these, as well as the smaller candle holders.</p>
<p>The crew was still setting up when we finished with the orientation.</p>
<p><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/presidents/6202563378/" title="Untitled by Carina Santos., on Flickr"><img src="http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6132/6202563378_94828f8f77_z.jpg" width="640" height="640" alt=""></a></p>
<p><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/presidents/6202055677/" title="Untitled by Carina Santos., on Flickr"><img src="http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6029/6202055677_f41eea7fae_z.jpg" width="640" height="640" alt=""></a></p>
<p><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/presidents/6202566546/" title="Untitled by Carina Santos., on Flickr"><img src="http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6179/6202566546_cb3cc20ff8_z.jpg" width="640" height="640" alt=""></a><br />
<small><em>Glass Knob</em></small></p>
<p><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/presidents/6202560600/" title="Untitled by Carina Santos., on Flickr"><img src="http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6144/6202560600_59c5f304e1_z.jpg" width="640" height="640" alt=""></a></p>
<p><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/presidents/6202047517/" title="Untitled by Carina Santos., on Flickr"><img src="http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6152/6202047517_0db43517bf_z.jpg" width="640" height="640" alt=""></a></p>
<p><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/presidents/6202040163/" title="Untitled by Carina Santos., on Flickr"><img src="http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6169/6202040163_b136dc3750_z.jpg" width="640" height="640" alt=""></a></p>
<p>I love the strong branding identity—even their packing boxes were clearly marked.</p>
<p><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/presidents/6202057743/" title="Untitled by Carina Santos., on Flickr"><img src="http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6138/6202057743_872806a97b_z.jpg" width="640" height="640" alt=""></a><br />
<small>A peak into the future! Say hello to fat me with the <em>Mirror Ball</em></small></p>
<p><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/presidents/6202045747/" title="Untitled by Carina Santos., on Flickr"><img src="http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6178/6202045747_5c48cf1215_z.jpg" width="640" height="640" alt=""></a></p>
<p><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/presidents/6202554578/" title="Untitled by Carina Santos., on Flickr"><img src="http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6178/6202554578_354170605d_z.jpg" width="640" height="640" alt=""></a><br />
<small><em>Bunnies! Bunnies! It must be bunnies!</em></small></p>
<p><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/presidents/6202561376/" title="Untitled by Carina Santos., on Flickr"><img src="http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6145/6202561376_4b450a56ab_z.jpg" width="640" height="320" alt=""></a></p>
<p>Dinner was swell. Mushroom soup and half a slab of the Faking Duck from Chuck&#8217;s Deli.</p>
<p>Anyway, if you are so inclined, drop by the Flash Factory tomorrow, Monday. Tom Dixon will be having a small talk the same day from 3:00-5:30pm at the Intercon, for which you have to register. You can do so at <a href="http://tomdixoninmakati.com">TomDixonInMakati.com</a>.</p>
<p><a href="http://nothingspaces.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2011/10/TomDixonMDC-669x1024.png"><img src="http://nothingspaces.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2011/10/TomDixonMDC-669x1024.png" alt="" title="TomDixonMDC-669x1024" width="640" height="980" class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-2881" /></a></p>
<p>For more details, head on over to <a href="http://tomdixoninmakati.com">the same link as well</a>.</p>
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