Through the link below, you can buy a diy kit to make lotus lanterns like the one above, but i think that, once you have a metal frame and the elctrical parts of the lamp, replicating this wouldn’t be too hard.
Now, you’ll be all set for next year’s Festival, right? 😉
(via Make a Korea Lotus Lantern Lotus Lamp D.I.Y | eBay)
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Lovely story: Peaches, from Aunt Peaches, was inspired to make this lantern after listening to stories from a friend that lived in Seoul some years ago. An excerpt from her original post:
“Apparently, every May, the good people of South Korea celebrate Buddah’s birthday with the Lotus Lantern Festival, a time when everyone in town decks the streets with thousands of beautiful paper lanterns. They make them out of paper cups and tissue paper, then hang them from trees and fence posts and exchange them with strangers. Doesn’t that sound wonderful? Can you imagine a whole giant city lit up with paper lanterns? Man, I got to get to South Korea in the Springtime!”
I have to agree with her, it must be something wonderful to see in person, other than just in pictures.
Anyway, we’re not in Seoul (well, I‘m not in Seoul, I’m sure lots of people are) and May has long passed, but still this is a pretty simple project that one can make to cheer up a room somewhere. Personally, I’d make lots of them to hang on my bedroom, then close my eyes and imagine I’m enjoying the joys of Korean spring. =)
(via Aunt Peaches: Friday Flowers: Ruffled Lotus Lantern)
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Bathtub with a built in TV, designed by a Korean bath company called Saturn
That’s too much for me, I’m afraid. 😉
“Engkey, a white, egg-shaped robot developed by the Korea Institute of Science of Technology (KIST), began taking classes Monday at 21 elementary schools in the southeastern city of Daegu.
The robots, which display an avatar face of a Caucasian woman, are controlled remotely by teachers of English in the Philippines — who can see and hear the children via a remote control system.
Cameras detect the Filipino teachers’ facial expressions and instantly reflect them on the avatar’s face, said Sagong Seong-Dae, a senior scientist at KIST.
“Well-educated, experienced Filipino teachers are far cheaper than their counterparts elsewhere, including South Korea,” he told AFP.”
I actually have a perfectly reasonable excuse for posting this picture: TOP’s jacket is awesome and this sort of look can be easily achieved with some chains and some buttons.
See? That was reasonable.
holliham:
I refuse to be over this picture
I refuse
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marion-phauna:
30 DAYS OF KOREAN INDIE
Day 13 – A song that is a guilty pleasure :
DEMIAN THE BAND – FLOATING IN PARIS
No he entendido muy bien la idea del día de hoy, pero pongo a esta banda porque me encanta su nuevo álbum y me recuerda que hay tantos grupos y artistas indie que aun no conozco.
30 days of korean indie/ day 07 ~ a song that reminds you of a certain event
Taru – 예뻐할께 (I’ll Be Pretty) (“Color of City: White”, 2009)
Korea on my mind 