The Poverty Jet Set » design

Brilliant DIY Yard Torches

Mark — Fri, 14 Aug 2009 15:03:14 +0000

The Design for Life blog posted absolutely brilliant, simple instructions for creating your own yard torches. Say goodbye to all those crappy tikis stuck in the mud. Just be careful you don’t burn your house down…

I’m absolutely going to make a few of these for my lil’ backyard patio. Yay, fun house project!

Visiting Designer Rebecca Turbow

Mark — Mon, 27 Jul 2009 21:41:31 +0000

For this month’s Fiesta Movement video blog, the theme was Style and Design. Audrey and Jesse (her band mate in Hunter/Gatherer) went up to see clothing designer Rebecca Turbow who designed a line called “SAFE” and also makes a lot of stage outfits for rockstars. Check it:

My All-Time Favorite Car

Mark — Wed, 22 Jul 2009 18:18:43 +0000

It’s true that I do love the Ford Fiesta I’ve been driving around for the past couple of months, but my favorite car of all time has to be a yellow Honda Civic circa 1980. Not sure why, but it’s always held a big ol’ soft spot in my heart. My neighbor had one when I was a kid and I just loved the look and sound of that machine. Ever since then, I’ve always gone for cars with crazy colors and a hatchback.

(via The New York Times – For Honda in America, 50 Years of Going Its Own Direction)

New Hunter/Gatherer Site

Mark — Fri, 23 Jan 2009 20:11:58 +0000

I just whipped together a new website for Audrey’s band, Hunter/Gatherer. She’s recently joined forces with the very talented Jesse Hale Moore and I’ve been lucky enough to listen to them practice a bunch in our living room. Yes, I’m biased, but seriously, they are so good!! Have a quick look at the site. Fun fresh content, including songs, photos and more coming soon!

Also – Hunter/Gatherer has a new gig coming up in a couple weeks here in Philly on February 4th at Kung Fu Necktie in Fishtown. Mark your calendars!

Friend up H/G and listen to some demos on their MySpace.