A company called FeedeliX is planning to offer a service via your cell phone carrier so that you may be able to text message in Amharic feedels. If you have Sprint, T-Mobil, Verizon or Cingular in the US; you may be able to use the service for a small fee. According to the website, the [...]
Published by May 1st, 2006 in Design.Archive for the 'Design' Category
When was the last time you were served by a male waiter in an Ethiopian restaurant? If you are like me, only once; and in that instance the waiter happened to the owner of the restaurant. Ethiopian restaurants servers, in general are only females. Of course, I am talking about the restaurants here in the [...]
Published by April 14th, 2006 in Design and Food.I like Teddy’s Music, respect his talent and feel like he is a grade above the rest of the new Ethiopian musical artists. I saw the Lamba Dina video yesterday, and I must say I was in shock. Apparently, the director whoever he is decided to make the video as an impersonation of the late [...]
Published by April 10th, 2006 in Design and Music.I feel it primitive tradition we should forgo. There is apparent Ethiopian-ness and beauty to the art piece. Even, I do feel this is part of our culture we should have let go a similar to that of FGM phenomenon. Throat tattoo from image of the Queen of Sheba: 19th-century Ethiopian manuscript illustration of Solomon [...]
Published by April 4th, 2006 in Design and History.Speaking of T-shirts and designs, There is a lot out ?they?re, marketed to virtually every one. They call it novelty t-shirt market. I guess which we are entering into, gin I stopped by a thrift store in Georgetown which claims to sell only high products. Sure enough, yes they carry brand name USED products. Donna [...]
Published by March 9th, 2006 in Design and Social.
