Thursday, January 11, 2007

not to buy list cont...

electric pocket by built ny











i am crazy about anything made out of neoprene these days. i could use this little pocket for my cel phone i guess, but i could probably also live without it (for now). i have several other built ny products that i LOVE including our wine bottle tote, and a lunch tote, the other company that makes nice neoprene things is gyms pac, and from them i have the most perfect ever wallet and a "cozy" for my portfolio that i take to interviews. neoprene is my most favorite material these days, running neck and neck with felted wool

designing type by karen cheng












an exhaustive reference on the art of designing type. this is a beautiful book. i would love to have a copy for my design library, but there's no big hurry.

4 comments:

Blackbird Experience said...

hmmm... neoprene... I think I know what that is. What's the grand appeal out of curiosity?

rae said...

it's the stuff diver's suits are made of and it's main appeal i think is the fact that it's stretchy & squishy. i also have a camera wrapper and some other wrappers that i use for camera lenses, so that they are protected, and cozy. cozy is important

Blackbird Experience said...

Don't they use that to keep beer cans cool? --- or is that some other squishy material?

rae said...

you could use neoprene, the average "coozies" that you you would find in your typical grocery store is more like foam than neoprene