i've been bitten!

typography... well letters in general have always been something that i found myself doodling whilst talking on the phone or when it came to 'drawing' something, but now after taking one type design class and currently in the concurrent class, i think the type-bug has officially bitten me. the more i learn about it, the more fascinated i become with it and reading isn't even my favorite past-time. (but it's ok... a type designer that i admire has stated that they don't necessarily enjoy reading either, but is a type-addict).

anyways~ here's some freehand type that i did awhile ago just for fun~ oooh.
i <3 type.

i {heart} work : kenya hara + MUJI

recently there was a design conference and kenya hara was a guest speaker. (fyi: he's the head designer for japanese brand MUJI) unfortunately, i couldn't make it to the conference but i've always wanted to read up on his philosphies and his thoughts behind where he comes up with the designs for MUJI. now... i have found his book! (in english)



one of the many books on my 'to get' list...

recent pkg

to the many people who have been so supportive with { designDiapason + satsuki shibuya.com } thank you so much!!! without all of you... i wouldn't have the courage to go after my dreams...

recently there was another sale through etsy for the organic foliage calendar~ this is how i've been packaging them for ship out~ trying to figure out different new ways of being green + cute so that the person receiving it will hopefully have a mini-experience opening them~ i hope she liked the item~~ :)



any thoughts/feedback is always appreciated! have a wonderful sunday~

cod eggs!

i can't seem to stop finding interesting stuff online today~ haha~

so this group 'kigurumi' is singing about one of my favorite foods that i like to eat... with a bowl of hot rice or better yet... ochazuke! i love it.



i'm hungry.

poketo + stop motion

reminds me of the days of gumby~ i love how they incorporated a little stop motion to introduce their new mugs on their website~ :) poketo


Poketo mugs have fun! from Poketo on Vimeo.

check out their site for some cute merchandise~

7 color gangsta

music video for japanese music group nana-shoku-gangstas (nana-shoku = 7 colors)
album entitled:"teku~nyo"



kinda reminds me of the blue man group~ w/ some extra caffine or something...

don't know where or why... but interesting

i'm not sure where they are or why they are doing what they do, but for some strange reason found this video amusing... esp. since they're dancing next to some type.

what kind of dancing is this? does anyone know? {palitroche}