Posts tagged as "food"

Posted by Markus on 11th April 2009

Amazingly fruity product packaging

The lords at Toxel provide us with great inspiration again, this time with Japanese designer Naoto Fukasawa who designed this: The designer explained his design aesthetic by stating: “I imagined that if the surface of the package imitated the colour and texture of the fruit skin, then the object would reproduce the feeling of the [...]

Posted by Markus on 10th April 2009

5th of 5 Reasons why printed media will evolve

Note: This is the fifth and last part of my week-long series of posting 5 reasons why I think the printed media will have to evolve and what I think it should evolve to. The steps will be posted daily starting on Monday, and ending today, on Friday. If you missed the first part “Time [...]

Posted by Markus on 7th April 2009

Best funeral ever – Improv Everywhere

I’ve long been a fan of flash mobbing and I was introduced to the scene by Improv Everywhere, who not only have a brilliant name, but their work is astounding. It is joyful, happy and will affect the lives of everyone who come in contact with them. I have been showing their work for years [...]

Posted by Markus on 5th April 2009

Finland loved Heroin

The main Finnish newspaper ran a story today about an interesting fact. In 1936 Finland became number one in the world in the use of Heroin. The previous number one was Japan, and the other statistic where Japan and Finland are leading the pack is suicides. According to the article Finland used more Heroin than [...]

Posted by Markus on 1st April 2009

Surreal Lego photos

A friend and colleague of mine Henri Block has found Legos again and purchased his first lego in 25 years (in his words). Now I know he’s a brilliant photographer, but his approach to shooting the Tiny Chef just makes me smile and I hope it will have the same effect for you. He has [...]

Posted by Markus on 18th July 2006

Mind Itch Recipe Club: Colonial Mumbai Curry Surprise

All righty, welcome back for tonight’s episode of Mind Kitchen. Today we’ll head deep to the colonial past of the imperialists and taste the sweet and savory flavors of India! This dish is a prime example of having rich taste with minimal effort, so head out to the store and make yourself a treat. Preparation: [...]

Posted by Markus on 22nd June 2006

Married with children

Well, no kids yet, but were working on the marriage thing. Even though we’re doing everything as simply as possible, it’s still quite an endeavor. Currently we have 103 guests RSVP’d to attend the celebration and that means feeding those people and making sure there’s enough space and entertainment (besides from us getting married, that [...]

Posted by Markus on 14th May 2006

The Sound of Music

Some of you might already know that I’m a mass consumer of high-quality tunes and even manage to produce some notes out of instruments. Well, since I moved away from Finland I haven’t had a decent amplifier to play my music and last friday I finally got an amplifier to go with my infinity speakers [...]

Posted by Markus on 16th December 2005

Skype, Wikipedia and a world of ignorance

Seems like I’ll never get to my Christmas ranting, but I promise it’s on its way. Hello from Finland! Just arrived last night and after a cold beer, sauna and some traditional Finnish food (tacos) I got to bed and spent a lot of time watching the good ol’ Superman (the Gene Hackman-bad-hairdo-version) and damn [...]

Posted by Markus on 2nd March 2005

What happened to getting there?

Have you noticed that in the world today, traveling does not seem to be going to place a to place b anymore. This is usually also the reason men don’t like jogging, since what’s the point to run from one place back to the same in an hour later. Maybe it’s due to all those [...]