Pastrami fatback drumstick sirloin meatloaf beef ribs. Jowl pork chop beef ribs chuck, ham meatball sausage beef shank tail venison ball tip short loin sirloin biltong. Venison hamburger spare ribs, pig pork belly flank tail. Bacon shankle short loin tri-tip pancetta. Pastrami short ribs tail, flank fatback beef chuck sirloin drumstick tenderloin spare...
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I’m going to be teaching an upper level New Media class on interface design this next semester. It’s supposed to be “easy” to teach, but as is the case with any class that I’m teaching for the first time, there’s a lot of prep time involved. I figured it’s a good idea to spend the summer collecting any resources I...
Read MoreOstrich Nap Pillow
I’d had my share of days where I just HAD to take a nap in the middle of the day to keep going. I envy countries that have longer lunch and nap breaks in the middle of the day. Italy? France? Mexico? Anyway, I stumbled across this odd nap pillow where you can bury your head like an Ostrich. I know this wouldn’t work for me…I’d end...
Read MoreSpiral lounge chair
For my woodshop class in Art school I made a wooden stool shaped like a duck. I thought it was the greatest thing in the world until I actually took it home and found out (1) I didn’t make it very comfortable to sit on and (2) the thing weighed a ton. Meanwhile, other people can build amazing looking spiral lounge chairs like the one above. Go...
Read MoreMy birthday wishlist
You’d have to be a total girl not to be inspired by an exotic car once in a while? (Sorry ladies, with the exception of a handful of car-enthusiasts like my sister-in-law, most of you could care less about anything on 4 wheels am I right?) Like the new Lamborghini Aventador here that just screams “pricey”. (Is it just me or is this car...
Read MoreOpus Eleven Watch
This watch just trips me out. It’s both amazingly beautiful and yet garishly ugly at the same time. But the engineering behind it just amazes me. Apparently at the turn of each hour, the seemingly random placards arranges itself to reveal the number. The sucka looks to be about 5 inches thick from this image hm? (via Candified)
Read MoreAbout Me
LoweStudio Inc was founded by me, Raphael Lowe, a Honolulu based illustrator and web designer. I presently design and manage a few dozen commercial websites, but my main focus these days is acting as the head developer for Kapiolani Community College and teaching New Media Arts.