1. Japanese word that literally means “knitted stuffed toy”
2. A japanese art of knitting or crocheting small stuffed animals out of yarn
3. Typically cute animals such as rabbits, cats and dogs
4. Pervading aestethics of amigurumi is “cuteness”
5. A typically amigurumi animal have an over-sized sphrical head on a cylindrical body with under-sized extremities
- A presentation format devised in 2003 by two Tokyo-based architects used in for the purpose arranged public events
- Created to give young designers a platform to share their ideas in public and to meet and form networks
- The format consists of 20 elements of each 20 seconds, total presentation time is 6 min 40 sec
- The format is chosen to concise the content and keep the audience’s attention
- The name is taken from the Japanesee word for conversation (“chit-chat”)
- Presenters are usually from the creative fields such as design, architecture, photography, art and music but also business and philosophy
- The elements can be of any media, such as pictures, music, sounds, dance, a spoken word…
- Famous designers and architects as for example Ron Arad and Jun Aoki has been presenters
- The event has spread to take place in more than 170 cities around the world
Read about it in an entry on this site and wondered what it was all about:
1. Script Frenzy is an international writing event in which participants take on the challenge of writing 100 pages of scripted material in the month of April.
2. There are no fee to participate nor prices to win. It is only about having fun and feeling great having achieved this marathon writing event (you get a winner certificate)....or made an attempt to.
3. The event is hosted by The Office of Letters and Light based in Oakland, CA.
4. The script will be word-counted by a robot computer and thereafter deleted. No one reads the scripts unless you chose yourself to put it online.
5. You can together in a team of 2, even finding a buddy on the international forum pages or in write-in coffeeshops.
6. The script can be screen plays, stage plays and tv scripts.
7. A similar event is NaNoWriMo: National Novel Writing Month. Here you have to write a 50,000 word novel in the month of November.
I love his music, but now little of his persona.
1. His real name was Chesney Henry Baker Jr.
2. He a primary exponent of the West Coast school of cool jazz in the early and mid-’50s, playing trumphet, flygelhorn, piano and singing.
3. He died in Amsterdan in 1988, 58 yrs old, when he fell out a hotel window.
4. He had a drug addiction which let to imprisonment, particulary in the 60s.
5. Besides playing and singing in different jazz setups, he also played in the movie Hell’s Horizon in 1955.
6. He was part of the Gerry Mulligan Quartet from 1952, famous for their version of “My Funny Valentine”.
7. He was beaten up in 1966 which caused damage to his lip and teeth, ruining his embouchure. He had to learn to play with dentures.
8. In his later years, he mostly resided and toured in Europe.
9. He played solo on the ‘83 song “Shipbuiding” by Elvis Castello, making it to Uk top 40.
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