ONE HUNDRED SIXTY.

ONE HUNDRED FOURTEEN.

It's PHI Day this Monday - usually, we meet on Thursdays but January has been a crazy month full of meetings here and there and everywhere.

Today, we're putting together proposals and color stories for some of our major projects that are coming into play. It's about putting to use all the pieces we talk about in here - cool chair? Absolutely. Fantastic colors? Right here.

But I think the most interesting part of these meeting experiences is getting to see how my two bosses work together. And let's face it - it's kind of awesome getting to see how chaotic and frenzied the creative process is. What I have to learn is how to act as a translator when I put together my piece, the piece that allows everyone else to picture it before it all comes together.

Anyways. I think the axes are pretty appropriate symbol for today, functional and cool and not just another way to earn extra points on a Scrabble board.

NINETY.

Thursday is here and it's PHI Day for all of us. It's also one more day closer to the weekend, which the most exciting news so far. Today's links are from all corners of the vast and curious thing known as the Internet, from design to spaces, to the continuing NBC to last night's Idol premiere. Take a few minutes and check them out:

1. Sydney-based Christel Hadiwibawa is a furniture designer and a contributor to the The Grafik Museum blog. Working with bamboo, these pieces were part of her Honours research last year exploring sustainability.

2. There is no argument with us that American Idol continues to be a cultural phenomena. Last night, the season continued its January premiere with auditions in Atlanta. As you know the audition process is always popular, from the brilliant and the surprising and to the painfully unaware that feeds the viewers a taste of hardcore embarrassment. But if you watched last night too, you might be familiar with this clip ... pants on the ground.

3. Now, a curious piece from Design Year Book. Nestled House is a private residence in Tokyo, Japan designed by Milligram Architectural Studio. This house has won the 2008 International Architecture Award for The Best New Global Design awarded by The Chicago Athenaeum: Museum of Architecture and Design.

4. Speaking of a cultural phenomena, The NBC programming flop has erupted into such - fans are coming together online with t-shirts and Facebook and Twitter groups. We saw this week Conan's own open letter on the dispute and change. Celebrities and bloggers alike are weighing in. But the New York Times has an interesting article on what's been happening. Check it out.

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FIFTY.

FYI. It's still coming, this week's write up of our New Year's Eve party setup. If you follow our Twitter, you know that it was an eventful process.

And what an adventure it was. There were boo boos and band aids. Everybody's favorite, of course of course, the feather boas. There was double stick tape and little, tiny tricks - of course, most little tiny tricks seem like a good idea at the time. However, in the coming days after, pulling said little trick off made each little sticky trick not so much a good idea.

Of course, there was the weather. And the weather never likes to cooperate, of course. Because if the weather did cooperate, it would be sunny skies and seventy degrees in the middle of January. Nonetheless it was a success and as soon as the pictures are sorted through, you'll get to see a little bit of everything! Boo boos not included.

SEVEN.

Keep calm and carry on. It's this week's saying for the end of the week. Whether it's been a long work week, or a long holiday shopping week, or you're simply having one of those days - it's a good thing to be reminded every so often that it's okay to breathe.

PHI Day was pushed to Friday due to a really productive and busy week. So hat is PHI Day? It's the day where we all come together to check in and get up to date on the latest and what's needed. Our Favorite Things is a great week-to-week discussion point as well, and always without a doubt something to really look forward to.

But this week, and to round up the rest of the week, the office wanted to say hello and make its grand PHI blog debut: