Wednesday, May 18, 2011

Tips to get fit quickly

Dark Denim - By Rectangle Jaune
With summer around the corner, here are a few selected tips to regain your ideal summer body and stay healthy.

Write down your goals, like eating more fruits and vegetables, losing 5kg or making exercise. Writing things down provides concrete motivation.

Start your day with a breakfast rich in fibers. According to a new study the healthiest way to start the morning is cereal with skimmed milk for breakfast.

Stress can lead to an inability to lose weight. Avoid eating when stressed: make a cup of herbal tea instead.

Lift weight to lose weight: Lifting weights speeds up your metabolism after you do the weight lifting, because your body is tired from the exercise and rebuilding muscle.

Drink plenty of water. Our body needs a lot of water. Water is not just way to flush out toxin but if you have more water in your body you will generally feel healthier and fitter. This itself will discourage any tendency to gorge. The best thing about water is that is has no calories at all.
Getting to bed just 30 minutes earlier and waking up 30 minutes later than you normally do can help you make better food choices, researchers report. Also, when you're well-rested, you're less prone to snacking out of fatigue or stress.


Friday, May 13, 2011

Design tips: unforgettable chairs!

Buying new furniture? Have a look at these little marvels that already are icons and design landmarks...

The LOUIS GHOST, 2002: ELEGANCE AND IRONY...
A comfortable armchair in revisited Louis XV style, designed by Philippe Starck, it is the quintessence of Baroque!








































MR IMPOSSIBLE, 2007: COMFORT AND STYLE
Starck and Quitllet accomplished a technological challenge by welding together two different shells, thus creating a truly surprising effect!







































MAGIS STOOL 1, 2006: MINIMALIST AND INDUSTRIAL
Fabulous and original are a few words to describe this aluminum statuesque and elegant shape by Konstantin Grcic.









































EAMES, 1950: PLAYFUL AND FUNCTIONAL
New materials doing more with less fascinated Charles and Ray Eames. They adapted world war II manufacturing techniques to mass produce this enduring design in side and armchair versions. An absolute hit since the fifties!





































Source: RJ mag. All outfits are from RJ SS 2011 collection.
(Art direction: Maya Metni • photos: Imad El Khoury)

Monday, May 9, 2011

Your #FF is a winner !



#FF hashtag stands for Follow Friday on twitter. Follow Friday is a quick way for you to recommend other interesting Twitter users to your Followers. RJ has been on Twitter and Facebook for a little while now and we followed everyone you recommended …
But we thought that only following great “ tweeps” is not enough, that’s why this Friday, RJ will give away a T-shirt from the new spring summer collection 2011  for the most recommended twitter user
All you have to do is to mention one or more person as your best #FF and explain WHY ?
Isn’t a great idea to reward an interesting “ tweep”  twitter user?