Tag: Signs


  • I really enjoy walking the back-streets of Taipei, away slightly from the main thoroughfares that sport Starbucks and MacDonalds and the rest.  In the back streets, you’ll find ‘single serving shops’, privately run and often staffed with the elder family members, seemingly set back about twenty years and invariably overstocked and focusing on one type…

  • The great thing about staying downtown in Austin is that I have a fantastic array of Americana on display … Key Drop Gringo Bingo Penis Hotel The Continental Club Allen’s Boots Parking Retro Truck School Buses

  • Walking home after a late night in the office, and I stumbled across a window being re-dressed at Sogo. Or undressed, perhaps. Flickr. The story of a British Industrial Designer in Taiwan…

  • Looks like we got an answer to our big question! Yes. I do! There has been more than a little controversy over this proposal… which surprise surprise turned out to be a fake, and an attempt to drum up business for the world’s (maybe) tallest building. The cost for proposing in this way? About 300,000…

  • Taipei 101 – now available for rent … I wonder if she said yes? … Quite a trend of using the world’s tallest buildings to propose, eh Ele?! 🙂 The story of a British Industrial Designer in Taiwan…

  • Medicine No Fakes – a funny sign in Macao The story of a British Industrial Designer in Taiwan…

  • Rich, Nick and I stepped out for a micro road trip away from the big smoke. We spotted a couple of nice things on the way that are worthy of a quick post. Prohibited: ‘yes’ if you need to ask Cool mini-temple roof near Mucha – tea capitol of Taiwan The story of a British…

  • Louis Vuitton moves into the dental health care industry The story of a British Industrial Designer in Taiwan…

  • I had one of the best rides of the last few months on Saturday. Several sections have been intimidating me for some time, especially because some of the rest of the crew are a bit more daring than me when doing bigger stuff. However, I was feeling strong and confident (all important) and the conditions…