Archive for September, 2008
We’re Wired!
From the magazine, Wired: “Why make a flip book? Because all animation – even stick-figure Flash animation and multilayered, highly technical 3-D effects – is built on, and can benefit from, the basics of the craft first developed by artists working at the beginning of the last century. And while fancy computer programs are nice, you can teach yourself these basics using nothing more than a pad of paper and a pen, and replay them over and over without any extra technology needed.”
Also check out this amazing YouTube video about flip books using the Rhodia notebook. Neat!
What about you guys out there? What do you use your trusty little orange notebook for? Share it with us! Don’t be shy.
Read full article at Wired.com
Flickr Friday: Sophia@hk
Sophia. What a lovely name! It happens to be the name of your Rhodia Driver’s 7-year old cousin and 7-month old niece. So by virtue of her name, we love her already. The fact that she’s a Rhodia groupie, this Sophia, has earned a spot in the family too! She’s the girl who calls Taiwan her country, and Hong Kong her home. The same photographer who captured for us this:
Double props for that! Perhaps when we visit the former British colony, Sophia can show us around and we’ll ride this Paul Smith “Rhodia” tram.
Flickr Photos via Sophia@HK
Rhodia at the D.C. Pen Show
A couple of weeks back, Washington D.C. welcomed pen collectors and notebook enthusiast for its annual pen show. Of course, Rhodia was there together with our friends from The Daily Planner owned by Howard (pictured here with Pam Wiliams, Rhodia’s customer service whiz from NYC). Tagging along with us were Pendemonium‘s Sam and Frank Fiorella, whom we first met and interviewed during the Chicago Pen Show last Spring. You guys have some more pictures to share with us from the event? Please feel free to send it our way. Speaking of pen shows, we found out from The London Pen Club, oddly from Ontario, Canada a list of upcoming events. So check it out, we might bump into you guys in one of those shows. Have a great week everyone!
Flickr Friday: Kirsty’s Top 10s
Using her trusty Rhodia notebook, Kirsty, also known as helloyellowfellows and the girl who loves red shoes, show us her favorites in the field of music and film:
Siamese Dream – The Smashing Pumpkins
Greatest Hits 1970-2002 – Elton John
Revolver – The Beatles
Post – Bjork
3 Feet High And Rising – De La Soul
Blue Album – Weezer
Dear Catastrophe Waitress – Belle And Sebastian
The Essential – Michael Jackson
In Between Dreams – Jack Johnson
Think Tank – Blur
Howls Moving Castle
Lost In Translation
The Breakfast Club
Amelie
Big Fish
Ghost World
Stand By Me
The Darjeeling Limited
Aladdin
Wayne’s World
What’s yours?
Photo via Kirsty’s Flicker photo page
Visual media jabber as Rhodia fan
Visual media jabber, moving image artist and Christ Follower. That’s Ken Wilson of Anderson, South Carolina. Ken’s also a husband, father, friend, lover of obscure music, hummus, green tea, and weight lifting. Perhaps you can also add to that, Rhodia fan. Browsing through Ken’s page, we were led to a link to his congregation, the NewSpring Church. From the looks of it, we can definitely say Ken is doing his part in putting a cool factor to Christianity. Not that it’s a matter of being trendy or not, but bringing new and young people in to your faith and your cause entails a new kind of approach. And Ken hit it right. On being a Rhodia fan, he writes:
I’m such a fanboy. My new notebook (a Rhodia) arrived last week, and of course I make a desktop to match. Jeer if you want, but it makes me happy. So far, I love the garish orange color, the easy perf flip cover, and the engineer-geek-designer feel of the notebook.
Read full entry via AVClub
Flickr Friday: Tsuacctnt
A Rhodia user and photographer writes about his love affair with the camera and photography:
“I remember when I received my first camera. To me it felt like a write of passage, one more step towards getting on an even par with my older brother. I’d coveted his camera from the day he got it, but I was never allowed to touch it. To use his camera meant using his film and that was a precious commodity something in short supply to a youngster without any means to acquire more. I was still in my pajamas when I got to open up my birthday presents that year. If there were more than two gifts I can’t remember what they were.”
Flickr photo via Tsuacctnt
Where In The World Is My Rhodia?
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Roughly a month or so ago, we revived the “Where in the World is my Rhodia?” segment. Both Diane of Chicago and Heidi of New York got it right. And we sent them there respective prizes. We’re sure they love those goodies! (Perhaps, somebody from New York can send us a pic of her Rhodia at Times Square or Battery Park. Wink, wink!) You guys out there have two opportunities of getting hold of a Rhodia gift! First, by providing us the name of the city where the picture above was taken. You also need to give the exact name of the sculpture, as well as the artist. If you can do that, we’ll immediately send you a prize. But that’s not all. You can also win this:
by sending us your best Rhodia shot in your own city at rhodiadrive1@gmail.com. Shoutout to those from Nihon! Send us a picture of your notebook with Fuji-san. To Milton in Sao Paulo or to Pinay girl in London! Please do write a short description of the photo, and where it was taken. You can also post it on-line, at our Flickr Group.We can’t wait for your photos in the email guys!
New York mag hearts Rhodia
Oh my Rhodia! What do you know? Our orange notebook that can is on the September 1 edition of the New York Magazine! We’re blushing with excitement after receiving the tip. What’s even more titillating is that we’re not just in any issue. We’re in the 2008 Fall Preview issue. That’s whoa to the nth power! Apparently, an insider of the highly-revered publication is a fan of Rhodia notebooks. We should give that insider a huge hug. So check out New York Mag’s shopping section. Better still, grab a copy, if there’s still one left. You can also read it here. For those who haven’t seen that really ingenuous mouse pad, which also doubles as a writing pad, it looks like this:
Now, you can actually get this hot item for FREE! Check out our previous entry. BTW, the cover image of New York Magazine is courtesy of Gluekit. Have a great week ahead everyone! Indeed, it’s a great start of the week!
Flickr Friday: Yuki-kun
Looking at the images and snapshots of Yuki, one can’t help but sense the sheer sunniness of his disposition. They reflect the bright and cheerful colors and actions he has captured. Even his black and whites manage to convey that positive feeling. The work of this Rhodia notebook collector indeed is worth highlighting here. We need more of those type of people to put a smile in this sometimes challenging world. Have a nice Friday everyone!
Flick photos via Yuki-kun
The body as an art canvas
A few months back, your Rhodia driver found this site by award-winning writer, Wilfredo Pascual, while searching stories about diaries and private notebooks. Scouring the vast online terrain, we stumble on Pascual’s excellent essay entitled, ‘”How “sincere” is a private notebook? how “true” is a confession? how “historical” is a memory?” In it, the writer expounds on the life and works of Samuel Taylor Coleridge. As cerebral as the essay may be, what struck us more about the blog is much earlier entry about body art. While others are content on making art on paper, others have chosen their own body to achieve their artistic purpose. We’re not going to show you the result of that experience by the author, but we will let you read about his explanation. In this equally enthralling piece, he would relate how he dealt with pain by listening to Byzantine music, Philip Glass and Michael Nyman in his iPod. Would you do the same? Read on here.
Via Secret Gospels, Sacred Sites
