Like I said. Stormtrooper on a bicycle. Yes, it’s the Deaflympics closing ceremony. The story of a British Industrial Designer in Taiwan…
Wave rider Nick had the genius to book a day of wake boarding in west Taipei, near Wugu. After incessant requests from my sister to go while in the UK, I finally had the opportunity to bite the bullet, and ‘shred the rad’, as we wake boarders say. It took a few attempts to get…
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…
School days In contrast to last weekend, which was an alcohol-fueled romp through Taipei’s early mornings, I decided this weekend to be a little more civilised, and thus lined up a morning of Mountain Biking (sweaty), followed by a rather more cultured stroll around the Museum of Contemporary Art in Taipei. I turned up to…
2 wheels good. 4 wheels better. 6 wheels best. … my third bike in Taiwan, courtesy of Ken, it’s already been modded with white grips and new saddle. I still need to put some proper KM on it, but isn’t it pretty?! Checking the scene at PS Tapas in Taipei The story of a British…
Favourite Local Buildings In my bid to pay a little more attention to my surroundings, I have decided to photograph and document some of the things that I like the most in my local area, but that I see regularly – maybe the most difficult things to appreciate. For me, this manages to be ‘Taiwanese’,…
http://www.flickr.com/apps/slideshow/show.swf?v=71649Since I have now been in Taiwan an improbably long FIVE YEARS, and on top of that broke one year at Dell, I thought I would go and treat myself to a new camera lens. I somehow managed to misplace my old 50mm F1.8, so thought I would take the plunge and get the F1.4…
Walking away from buying a new lens, I was amused by this underpass and the faces that jumped up at me as I walked up and down the steps. The story of a British Industrial Designer in Taiwan…
Beijing gets the Olympics. Taipei gets the Deaflympics. Or is that being unfair? Anyway, some sort of opening ceremony was passing by at the end of my street, so I grabbed my camera and was met with a Batman-esque (Tim Burton vintage) floating barrage balloon parade. Sports shoes, frogs, sea horses … and all guarded…
It’s useful being friends with designers and photographers; they have a habit of injecting that extra element of quality into capturing events. In my case, I was lucky enough to have Abe shooting away on his rig, and Gerhard & Klara mounting their time-lapse cam in the corner of the room – lovely. http://www.flickr.com/apps/video/stewart.swf?v=71377Kicking off…