inspirational designs

iPod speaker light

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energy-saving outlet

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double-page scanner

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light disguised as a straw

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(got some snark from me initially, but I realized how useful a chic portable light would be for reading in dark places.  I'd look dumb for carrying a flashlight, but this, I could pull off...)

and the best for last:

chocolate USB hub

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design credits go to Sang Hoon Lee @ www.sanghoon-design.com

Campaign for Happiness

Is Seoul in some serious bout of depression, or what?

I do love it though: it's so cute!  I look at this and I think of crayons and stickers.  And breakfast eggs.

By the way, does anyone else see a remarkable and rather unexpected similarity between the facial/bone structures of Jang Dong-Gun and Yoo Jae-Suk's face?  They have like... the same noses...

Goo Hye-Sun's drawing skills

I really like her style.  I was a little skeptical at first, thinking her to be jumping the I-can-act-but-I-can-do-loads-of-other-things-and-put-them-up-for-auction-and-exhibition-because-I'm-a-celebrity bandwagon, but they're really impressive.  It's quite Chagall-esque (the second one, at least) and I can totally imagine her work displayed as a Nell or Epik High album cover.

And this woman drew this on the Boys Over Flowers set???  Respect...

Korean Netizens are CRAZY-GOOD!!!

What's even sadder is that the quality of editing in these fan-videos is better than the editing of the actual series...  Korean netizens/otakus/no-lifes/me-but-with-crazy-ass-skills are insanely talented.  Sometimes I think the world would just be a better place if computer geeks and/or fangirls/boys ruled the world.

꽃보다 남자 - 궁Style


꽃보다 남자 Requiem

This kind of stuff is actually really inspirational, in a way.  Looking at how well the cuts are edited makes me want to be an editor.  If I could watch videos and edit them to make them look like that (↑) for a living, I think I'd live a very enjoyable and exciting life.

Go Ara is...

... too gorgeous.

These are old magazine spreads from a while ago, but I looked at them again today and ... god, they're amazing.