When I wait for subways lately, this billboard always makes me look: Limited edition Absolut Brooklyn — A Spike Lee Collaboration. The bottle is in the middle of the brownstones, illustrated inside (that’s the bottle design!) and
on the stairs, it says:
“Brooklyn-Goodlookin’ Bucktown Breuckelen Brooklyn in da house”
I need to buy a bottle to keep! Oh and perfect gift from Brooklyn, also ;)
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Another thing that caught my eye recently: Urban Outfitters Newsletter. I like the black and white styling (with a dash of pink) and the condensed skinny sans-serif font. For my future reference…
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Caught my eye when I was walking down on Atlantic Avenue. Nice script, nice logo and nice store signage. Burton Wells.com
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Caught my eye when I was walking on Atlantic Avenue. “LAST EXIT” — love the naming, too :) Oh, it’s a bar.
p.s after passing by here, we watched Toy Story 3 — loved it!
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Literally. MILK. Love it!
via BubblyTea Dot on Pinterest
—- p.s trying the new feature on Pinterest, I think I like that!
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Another drink that we brought home from Japan and recently enjoyed — Ultra Cider. Yes, it’s the Ultraman cider. We saw a few designs all based on Ultraman, this design is based on Ultra Seven. So fun!
When we were in Japan this winter, one of my best friends took us to the Arima Onsen (Hot Springs) and we had the best time there! We brought home this Arima Cider Teppo Water — The origin of Japanese cider. (This is a re-release of the first soda in Japan.) We kept it for a while, but we finally drank it recently (it was good!) and just wanted to take pictures of the bottle so I can archive it here.
On the label it states that carbonated water gushing from the ground had been thought to be poisonous and been afraid of, but later served as the origin of Japanese cider. Interesting…
I have a great news to share today — my work has been featured in this awesome book called “Impressive –Printmaking, Letterpress and Graphic Design” by Gestalten! I could not be more excited to be a part! The book should be out all over the world now — if you happen to see it at the book store, please take a look or grab it (you will not regret) — really great design book I’ve seen in a long time!
Here is my page! Page 96 to be exact. Next to Sesame Letterpress page, how exciting!
***and some sneak peeks of the book***
Yay for my friend, Tota Press:
Fortress Letterpress + Design:
LOVE their work — by The Caseroom Press:
I have been her fan — Ophelia Chong:
Mike Burton & Cranky Pressman:
I wish I could share every page with you… 240 pages filled with printmaking, letterpress, graphic design goodness!
I am so inspired, thank you again so much, Gestalten editors!!
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We went to see Cirque du Soleil‘s OVO about a month ago, and I enjoyed not only their superhuman performance and structure of the show, but also the costume designs so much. Always so special and theatrical, and they do such an acrobatic move in the costume, so intriguing…
For some reason, at Ikea Brooklyn, they are showcasing some of the costumes from the OVO!
I’m not exactly sure if they are the real ones that they are using, though, you get to see the designs here. Aren’t they something?!
(They are all insects.)
Happy Friday!
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Hello, another week! Did you have a nice Mother’s day weekend? Are you ready for a new week? :)
I went to BKLYN DESIGNS on Saturday since it was happening right here in my neighborhood — it was great! I found lots of inspirations not only for interior designs and product designs, but also graphic designs + much more. Here are some photos from the show… hope it’ll give you some inspirations this morning… enjoy!
It had me at the entrance: awesome divider with lots of black chairs
Lovely wallpaper pattern from grow house grow:
Their logo was on the top of their booth in 3D format. Love.
This wardrobe from daniel moyer design with the typography caught my eye. “You look so beautiful today” — a nice piece!
and a cool skateboard mobile:
I also loved the logo design. Very cool.
and of course the pin badges. So fun :)
André Joyau booth had a nice collateral design going on — love the wood on wood and their CD/DVD jacket was made with wood and chipboard! Love.
and the stunning coffee table… would love to have that in my new loft, please.
Loved the logo design from THINK*fabricate/Doban Architecture, too. Colorful stickers caught my eye.
and this was one of the most interesting booths of the show for me; Hugh Hayden Design. It looks like a bunch of pretty frames on the wall…
but in each frame, there is an ant farm! A living work of art, FRAMEicarium:
“The FRAMEicarium is constantly changing and active” — so very interesting and I’m sure it is beautiful to see…
Speaking of nature, I thought these honey comb chandeliers from furthurdesign are cool…
Another beautiful wood on wood presentation — love the wooden portfolio book. via City Joinery.
LOVE these coasters/trivets from Lamacek! So cute.
Flock of Birds from Colleen & Eric are made out of North American hardwood veneered panels — reusable! unlike those vinyl wall decals. It’s reversible, too, so you can enjoy darker wood or lighter wood or both. Very cool.
Would love to have this subway signage lamp bench…. (via 718 Made in Brooklyn) Great Helvetica usage in the house, too :)
uhuru‘s Coney Island Line definitely caught my eye.
“The reclaimed wood surface of our console echoes the inlaid pattern of the original boardwalk”
Love the lettering…
These tables are also inspired by Coney Island’s rides and landmarks. So whimsical and so Brooklyn, I love it!
and… couldn’t take any pictures, but if we ever have kids, I’d love to get some furniture from Argington…
Thank you BKLYN DESIGNS for all the inspirations!!!
