Mar 30, 2008

and so it is...

the Earth Hour past. firstly, we would like to thank all of you who followed our petition. thus, together we managed to classify Romania on top ten :), almost 200 people having signed up (out of 1,100 from around the country).

those who still believe in such actions, had a great time celebrating this green event. we even forgot to turn ON our lights at 9 o'clock :) besides the feeling we are part of the world community, we had also experienced that lack of electricity bring people closer. we played Macao tiganesc, a card game which some of us haven't played since we were kids... and we've exchanged jokes (bancuri). What did You do? Apart of this quality time, you actually can use your individual power to 'make a difference'. No need to wait for others, just take action against this...

Of course there were a bunch of skeptics, who wanted to participate in their own way at the event :) Some of them replying us to our reminder sent a few minutes before 8 o'clock, such as: 'i turned it off, as i just left the house' or 'don't forget to unplug the fridge!' or (at 9 o'clock) 'turn on your lights!" :D

As long as the
people didn't remain cold-livered, we are content. As an averse example, this article welcomes the project having a positive approach on the subject. Many thanks to Ioana Mitu for her support! :)

Well... if you feel to join us in the future, you can always sign up for the 2009 EH

Until then, you can find here some images on the 2008 event or here some of the stories of EH around the world.


Mar 4, 2008

Back in the Yard - a one day fair(y)


This time we decided it's time to wait our guests in the "Jelly Fish Saloon", as the rumors say :) La Scena club was packed with 'geeks' from mid day to dawn; we might say it was a successful gathering where we had the chance to meet some really interesting people with whom we exchanged post its, impressions and smiles.

Thank you guys for being there with us and for watching up in the ceiling surprised :) When we saw your brows, all the fatigue sudden disappeared.
And here are the... reviews:

Metropotam
Amdraci.ro
Clauroma.blogspot
Adelle.ro
Strangersphotos.blogspot
Sweetfancytreat
Fashionirregular.blogspot
Horoabe
Fking-mirror 1
Fking-mirror 2
Urbnstyle 1
Urbnstyle 2
Sunnyday
Flu


Mar 2, 2008

It takes 2 to tango, it takes ALL OF US to change


Seems the least we could do is give up a little bit on electricity and come up with a series of 12 candles and t-shirts for this event. The candles underline through their design the activities we could all take part in an hour of natural lighting (one hour of... hugging your lover, playing with your kittens, come up with new ideas, chilling, listening stories.. and others). Keeping the same concept, we conceived the graphic for a serie of pair t-shirts, having the slogan 'it takes 2 to tango, it takes all of us to change'

In order to illustrate our stories, we used different techniques:

- adding 'uncommon' materials, either from the electricity field (for highlighting the contrast of the 2 different areas) or recycling materials (clasp ins, used matches, clay, plaster, dry fruit peels)
- subtraction (lighting switch, bubbles, blended candles)
- harrowing - grilling of the x & 0 game, dragging hook


So, if you didn't came at My Grandma's Backyard on 1 of march, some of the candles and t-shirts for the campaign are still available in Pe's shop.

Please check out Earth Hour site