Tag Archives: culture

Tokyo Streetview

29 August 2011

After an earthquake disaster and ongoing nuclear threat, life goes on in Tokyo. Lost in transportation, traditional dance, barbecuing below the highway, pointing at plastic food, climbing tower houses, growing up with a “teddy chair” and asking the Gods for … Continue reading →

Malaysia Streetview

21 August 2011

Please do not spit, Twin Towers, One Malaysia, ramadan days, large shopping malls, even larger palm plantations and street food that looks back.

Singapore Streetview

8 August 2011

Hypermodern tower houses with nostalgia coffee corners, Majulah! – preparing for the National Day, technology is advanced but recycling is basic, multicultural people, and who doesn’t love his (smart)phone?

Cambodia Streetview

30 July 2011

Eating fish and fish that eat you, (too) big cars driving by, monkeys walking by, markets with everything for sale, and challenging street food.

Experience Angkor Wat

25 July 2011

Endless temples, magic place, tuk tuk, under construction, all together sunrise, tuk tuk, all together sunset, children selling postcards, tuk tuk.

Vietnam Streetview

22 July 2011

Cheap products, expensive tours, precious birds in precious cages, rich craft-work but poor forgeries, low pace and even lower seats.

Bangkok Streetview

2 July 2011

Markets during day, markets during night, great street food, sticky rice, endless crafts, colorful monks in even more colorful temples, bicycling as weekend activity, power cables everywhere, and more delicious street food!

Hello TCDC

1 July 2011

In Bangkok, we visited the Thailand Creative & Design Center (TCDC) which houses over 15 thousand (!) books on design and architecture. The enormous library of books is supported with a library of materials which is part of Material Connexion‘s … Continue reading →

Experience New Zealand

8 May 2011

In New Zealand we took the chance to meet with the most sustainable people ever… Ranginui & Papatuanuku, or Earth Mother & Sky Father as the Maori say. During our stay we learn how the European colonization radically changed the … Continue reading →

Buenos Aires Streetview

21 March 2011

We made a lot of green minded friends at the Metropolitan Design Center (CMD) but in downtown Buenos Aires sustainable examples were more hard to find. For instance, separating waste is no issue at all in Buenos Aires (every night … Continue reading →

São Paulo Streetview

17 March 2011

During few days we were one of the some 5000 people staying in the Edifício Copan, one of Oscar Niemeyer‘s architectural icons in South-America. We didn‘t have a private helicopter such as few of its inhabitants, so we simply walked … Continue reading →