The team has worked on the Converse Lyrics campaign for a while. Finally the audience participation component of the campaign has launched.”LET’S PLAY” is the tune QSBS (Queen Sea Big Shark) has written, the idea is for youth to write lyrics to the tune  the band has created. Sad that this idea is so small now, the initial idea was to get 10 bands around Asia to record a track each for a total of 10 tracks and get the public to write the lyrics to the tracks and release the music as a collaborative edition converse CD.Well, guess the budget didnt allow for it.Bummer…

More info here:
http://converse.com.cn/blog/cn/2009/08/19/782/

Here are my last few shots of Beijing before I left for Shanghai in April. See the images here on flickr.

http://www.flickr.com/photos/22426181@N00/sets/72157622101540872/with/3841917477/

I had designed some furniture a while back for my new home. Today is the day to head out to the factory to check out the progress.  This place is kind of far out, about an hour and a half drive out of Shanghai Puxi area. Located in Pudong. I was told by the factory manager that this is the area where all the woodwork in Shanghai is done. When we got to the factory, it was in an area that was really isolated and only had a small street leading to the entrance. We were greeted by stray dogs and cats. Surrounding the factory were farms. Will definitely get lost if I were to go there on my own again.

The furniture is coming together really well, a little bit of changes and the finishing touches of lacquer will be added on next week. Will post the final look later. Excited!

FACTORY GROUNDS

WORKING AREA

Table Z -  Inspired by the now defunct skate brand. Jimmy’z.

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