13 Jan 2010 : Paul Merton and the giant rabbits
2010 is barely a month old and already we have our first giant rabbit story of the year. On his trek through Europe, Paul Meron meets Karl Szmolinsky, who once supplied the North Korean goverment with several giant bunnies.
The Koreans envisaged a giant rabbit in everyone's home, more specifically in a pot on their stove, a cunning method of solving the country's food shortage. The project didn't really get off the ground however, as Kim Jong-il reportedly ate all the rabbits....
17 Aug 2009 : Bunny chairs
Check out this interesting installation by LAVA (laboratory for visionary architecture) for the Sherman contemporary art foundation. The backlit honeycomb cells are the star of the show, but how cool are those bunny chairs! Thanks for the tip Caspar :)
06 Jul 2009 : Faile Bunny Girl
I spotted this lovely artwork in our local pub, and after some intensive googling and two narrow ebay loses, we finally have a copy adorning the walls of Hoppermagic HQ. It is of course a print of Faile's iconic 'Bunny girl' image, and you can even find the bunny loitering around Brick Lane if you look hard enough.
19 Mar 2009 : Nano:ztag small, cute, smart
Its been a big week, Apple have announced a raft of fixes enhancements for the iphone, (copy and paste!). Google have launched street view vomit , but best of all the Nano:ztag has arrived!
For those not in the know the Nabaztag is a wi-fi enabled rabbit, Nano:ztag is his smaller RFID enabled friend. The Nabaztag brand is a great example of how tecchy things don't have to be tecchy, there's so much character, personality and fun running through everything they do.
Their Mir:ror product looks interesting too, using an RFID enabled coffee mug to sign into facebook, though I suspect (like the Nabaztag) the novelty will wear off. Our Nabaztag, whilst extremely cherished, has been inactive for a while now, though it might be time to fire him up again....
19 Jan 2009 : Wildlife Photographer of the Year
Popped down to the Natural History Museum at the weekend to check out the Wildlife Photographer of the Year exhibition. After negotiating the longest queue in the world we were finally treated to some truely amazing animal photography. There were a lot of favourites, but I really loved 'Ghost of a March hare' as it captures the character of the animal so well.
