happy new year!

We're ushering in 2010 infront of the computer screen, wanting to show you a new collection in silver. Made by tribesmen and women from the hills of northern thailand, (they're the ones with lots of rings around their elongated necks that most of us get to see only on national geographic) and we thought it special to share a tiny bit of their extensive culture with you.

Best wishes, and see you next year.

hey that's Rudolph!

santa claus is coming to town, or is he? and when? we cant say for sure (though he might be more concerned with Copenhagen right now) but local malls have been readily assuring us he's on the way, somewhere.

while waiting, we've been soaked up in the seasonal spirit and put some pieces together. 7 days more till we find out where our jolly old Santa is (more specifically, what our presents would be!)

jingle bells, jingle bells, jingle bells rock!...

Anniversary

It was quiet but we utterly enjoyed our thanksgiving dinner, and especially so as we blow the candle out for the porch's first birthday too. We offer our silent thanks to you who have been with us the entire year.

A sneak preview from Centimeter Design, and we hope to serve you better each time. Thanks, once again.

More postcards!

The latest offerings from our treasure chest of politically-incorrectness. Don't we just love this city? ^^

Christmas charms!

on this last friday the thirteenth of 2009, the porch is beginning to hear the rustles of Christmas! we want to kickstart the festive mood with charms that might, well, charm a smile out of you. ^^ (we especially love the reindeers!) we can't wait to smell christmas dinner already!

what's your sign?

Doodling is the one thing we're absolutely fond of, and it so happened that we're capable of transforming doodles into wearables too. Notwithstanding our addiction to Animal Planet, it was decided to create a chinese Zodiac series (of animals, what else!) that will be ubiquitous but still maintain a personal touch.

Too often we chuckle at our own creations, but this will probably tickle you too. Meh...^^

A time to remember

31st October is a day that children remember as fun. 31st October is also the start of a 3-day festival to remember loved ones who have passed on. Whereever they are, they will always be a part of us.

Happy trick-or-treating~

Beware of Fraud(s).

It has come to our attention that some of our inhouse design were being haggled elsewhere other than the porch. Much as we'd love more exposure, but we will have to concede that right now we are retailing them as LIMITED collection pieces only.

Please take note of the logo (above) that is laser-engraved onto all products under Centimeter Design. It is our assurance to you of the quality and care that we provide.
It is also a mark of the hours and effort we had poured into researching, designing and producing. Any lookalike found anywhere else is a design stolen from us.

We're deeply grateful to those of you who have been part of our little clique of Centimeter Design collectors, and we'll continue to design with heart and pride!

Our little way of sharing the occasion with you.

Everyone has their particular way of celebrating festivities, some bake, some decorate, but we do it the only way we know how; through jewellery.

So here we go, some specially designed sterling beads for our first Halloween on the porch. A little something from us.

11 more days!

yes, yes we're counting down to Halloween! it is traditionally believed that looking scary should aid in warding off malignant spirits, and that is the best excuse to put on costumes/clothes that we wouldnt dare to wear given any other day,
in the meantime, the perky little brains on the porch decided to give it a little modern tweak and thus, Halloween-themed Charms!

the porch went on an outing~

the porch was at the International Women's Club luncheon last thursday. imagine 400+ women in the same room... it did take a little while to get acclimatized to the decibel-level, but nevertheless, we were absolutely thrilled to be there!
In fact we lunged at the chance to release our new seasonal products there! More on that next time, so stick around. ^^

black gold rush!

*Disclaimer: Background images from Bangkok Post

Like a fascinated child, we wondered aloud how something black could gleam so wondrously of gold. These are the marcasite stones that made their way here from faraway Switzerland and now sitting pretty in different cuts and alignment. Bracelets, earrings and rings....hmm, match them to complete a gleaming set of your own!

Notice: Away from 21-25 September

*coming soon from centimeter design

We will be running away from the porch from 21-25 September. Catcha all soon on the 26th of September '09!

I was here too!

For some peculiar reason, we are able to switch our brains into speed camera mode, thus developing a particularly nasty habit of capturing even nastier details of our environment, followed by an extremely "meaningful discussion" of how things could've been worse.

When we are done with that sort of policing, we're getting pretty adept at catching the idiosyncrasies of the city of Bangkok and beyond, and we will like to share them with everyone from everywhere else through this new set of postcards.

It's not all so particularly bad after all!

Sawatdii!

would you like to upsize?

Accessories are meant to bring out your best traits and if you are big on personality, ply on the volume!

(skipping the technicalities) we have some special pieces of silver [in the form of earrings and bangles] that are hollowed out, so that additional volume of style doesn't necessarily translate into sagging earlobes!

1+1+1+1+1+

Calculate the surface area of each ring.

If you dont feel inclined to do so, congratulations! You are on the same page as us. Much as we hated the "algebraic, aliquot, analytic, arithmetical, bilinear, binary, calculable, centesimal, commensurable, computable, concentric, conjugate, decadic, decimal, denary, differential, divisible, duodecimal, exponential, factorial, figurate, fingerfull, fluxional, fractional, geodesic, hundredth, icosian, imaginary, impossible, incommensurable, incommensurate, integral, irrational, logarithmic, logometric, millesimal, more or less, more than one, negative, not alone, numerable, numeral, numerical, oblique, octifid, plural, positive, prime, proportional, quadragesimal, quadratic, quadrille, quantitative, radical, rational, real, reciprocal, sesquilateral, sexagenary, sexagesimal, statistical, surd, tabular, tenth, three-dimensional, tithe, transfinite, truncated, twelfth, two-dimensional, upwards of, variable, vicenary, vigesimal (-snipped from dictionary.com-)" aspects of our tender years in school, we maintain a sense of awe/frustration/intrigue/annoyance towards Mathematics. This new series from Centimeter Design, is a zany play on geometry: avid attention to shape and form, surface treatment and contrasts, in generating our signature of sophisticating absurdity. If anything, it has been a satisfying attempt at translating the imaginings of maths into a physical structure, albeit a really handy one.

You dont even have to believe a word we tell you; just wear this chunk of charms and ask your pals to calculate its surface area.

Autumn Almost

Autumn, tucked between its more potent siblings, feisty Summer and formidable Winter, peeks out ever so benignly and shyly. You can almost hear him through the rustling leaves and feel his chilly touch, that it's almost lamentable. Almost, an expression reeking of regrets and veering towards the romantic, and indubitably its doppelganger.

Take a breather and stroll through an idyllic series.

We simply cannot explain our fascination with turquoise.

One fine day, we chanced upon some African turquoise; with that mesmerizing and beckoning hues of blue, we just cant help ourselves. That marvellous colour anwsers to red, green and blue, and for the heck of it, we threw in some pink to give it a cheer.

Just the stones and silver combi makes one feel closer to the sea already. Ahh.... that cool breeze...

where to go....

If you can afford it, get out of Bangkok and you might find unbelievable landscapes, peculiar customs, and thankfully, less noise. [Otherwise come check out our ethnic series of bracelets and necklace and convince your pals you snagged it from some exotic tribe...]

A little ode to rings...

We love rings.

Its totally hassle-free. Doesnt even have to match your suit. Just go along with the mood and attitude.

What's swankier than the sculpture wrapped around your finger?

(erm, we do have earrings which are actually sculptures-in-space, but you get what we mean...)

These are some of our favourite rings:

Clean lineworks, minimal adornment, and each given their respective surface treatment to accentuate the formal qualities.

In other words, we love them for their looks. There, we've said it. Shallow as we may be, here's one more making it to our top list! Swallow this!