Monday, September 14, 2009

Reduced to the state of a bum



The only way to learn about money is not to have any they say.
Well, our household has been a zero income one for almost a year now so I'm getting used to not having the spending power I once had.
Is this a good thing I hear you ask, trendsetters ?
Well yes an no - in many ways it's easy having no money as your decision making gets somewhat easier : shall I buy that latest Kaws piece of plastic ? err...No.
I am starting to miss buying new clothes - this was brought home to me when I had put buying some new underpants off for too long so decided I would have to splash out. Whereas beforehand I would have got some nice Comme/Prada/Bijorn Borg/Marlies Dekkers pairs, this time the destination wasLidl to pick up a two pack of 'Livergy' pants for the princely sum of €5.
What sort of name is Livergy ?? Sounds like a medical complaint - maybe not in Germany , but still you don't invest in jarquard branded waistband tape displaying such a crap name - leave it blank and charge me €4 for two pairs please.
I know they say 'designer' brands are a rip off but the quality of these pants are low and I know they aren't going to last like my more expensive pairs.

You get what you pay for...............

Bibliographic



Now I don't like plugging other people's stuff as a rule as that's their job.
But here's a book you must put on your shopping list:
Bibliographic - 100 Classic Graphic- Design Books by Jason Godfrey .
Even a quick glance leaves us who love books wanting all 100 - I only own 4 of them ( so far).
In many ways it leaves you longing to see all of the books in their entirety but you get a good feel from each double spread - plus when you do track them down there's more to look forward to.
Plus I reckon there's about 200 T-shirt designs to be had from it straight off the bat with a scanner , printer and a scalpel.
( If you know my real name you will see why I'm plugging it - thanks to my mum for buying it for me as I'm still not spending at the moment)