Chimovski on Road to V

Abu Dhabi

Been out for my first trip to Abu Dhabo on the Etihad job for work. It's been very interesting and really good to finally feel like I'm getting in on the project. We have a lot to do!

We've been up all night after getting back late from dinner, seemed like it might not be worth going to bed, instead opting to stay up and have a few more drinks. Not sure how great an idea this was, but i wasn't about to pull out.... pear pressure tastic!

We've been staying in the Al Raha Beach Hotel, t's so huge and impressive. We even got upgraded to a villa, tho' the Acumen boyz got here first and ended up in the presidential suit. Both spaces are twice the size of a huge London flat! Everything here is larger than life. Next door a massive building in the shape of a makeup mirror is being constructed. It looks like a planet or moon rising up out of the surface of the earth at dusk as it's silhouetted against the lamps of the cityscape. Amazing how much is being built here... and how big it all is!

Anyway, time to scoot - hopefully we'll get some sleep on the plane!

Bazalgette Sorts Sh*t Out

There is obviously a pretty strong 'fix-it' gene that runs in some of the Bazalgette family... Sir Joseph had it, and I reckon my dad Bobby definatly has it. So in a celebration of this my first Tee Pay t-shirt is an homage to the Bazalgette Fix It gene. If I get enough orders it will even get made and 10% of the profits will go to Surfers Against Sewage. It looks like this:

And you can order one here
They are printed by the lovely people at Howies on organic cotton - I have loads of their Ts and they're great!

Design for Dwell competition - shameless plug

Just to let you know that I've been shortlisted for the design for Dwell competition, and seeing as I'm not on Facebook this is my only outlet to try and get some more votes! You can see the design here and if you like it please vote!

Aid to Sri Lankan IDPs

I thought I should post some links to good people we know who are on the ground in Sri Lanka who can and are getting food and medical supplies to the refugees from the war with the Tamil Tiger Rebels. These guys need money and they need money now in order to help the many wounded, starving people who are the unfortunate victims of this terrible war.

Please help if you can.

http://www.actlanka.org/
http://www.grassroots.lk/

lost my iPhone :(

Well Elsie and Mark's wedding sure was a blast on Saturday, but the annoying thing is I managed to loose my iPhone somewhere on the way home. If anyone tries to sell you an iPhone with a Chimovski logo as the background image, please get in touch!

Some greeny product design stuff

Just been catching up on various blogs etc to do with green-design. Here is the current Greenpeace rating for electronics companies:

Also, I just discovered Worn Again, who are making stuff from old stuff. Awesome!