Category: Inspiration

Friday Inspiration

Posted on by Hijiri

Happy Friday, everyone! This morning, I came across this lovely image from my flickr contact *etoile* (oh, how I looove her photos… sigh…) and I was inspired by not only the image, but also this quote she put with the picture:

there are years that ask questions and years that answer.

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~Zora Neale Hurston
*photo is from *etoile*

I thought it was beautiful. I think everyone can relate to the quote, I feel like I was asking myself lots of questions (still am) and I did get some answers – it’s good to ask questions because you get answers someday and I think it’s important and it’s a growing process.

I have a letterpress studio time today, but I am cutting down the time to go see Natalie Porman speak. Yes, you heard it right! Natalie Portman!! at SoHo Apple Store. (SUPER excited!!) They are hosting filmmaking events and workshops for the Tribeca Film Festival and she and CEO Christine Aylward are going to discuss their new web project. I hope I can take some pictures and share it here next week… we’ll see!

Wishing you all a happy weekend! xo

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MoMA | Tangled Alphabets

Posted on by Hijiri

I went to MoMA last week and saw a few exhibitions including this Tangled Alphabets by León Ferrari and Mira Schendel – the title itself was so intriguing to begin with and so I was really looking forward to this exhibition – it was really interesting and cool, it was an art created by letters and hand-writing alphabets! It wasn’t design exhibition, it was a true art.

The exhibition starting area. I like the different fonts and words all played around with each other.

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The wall explaining who they are:

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another shot of the title of the exhibition – it really shows how this exhibition is about.

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Some images from the exhibition that I liked:

*All the images from here down are from Tangled Alphabets website.

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If you are in NY area, I would recommend checking it out, it’s going on until June 15th this year!

We Love Typography

Posted on by Hijiri

I am super excited to hear and see that welovetypography.com launched today – a collaboration of i love typography and Kari Pätilä!

“Think of it as FFFFound for all things type, typography, lettering, & signage.” — PERFECT site for me!!

I will be checking it all the time, I’m sure.

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Very clear search feature on top – searched for “letterpress”

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You can search by colors, too!

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You can find lots of inspirations here!! Very exciting!!

Crocheted Table Runner

Posted on by Hijiri

One of my favorite print-makers, Bernadette from sugarloop had her house featured at decor 8‘s How Much For This Room last week and as much as I love her prints, I LOVE her place! and I couldn’t help but notice this gorgeous crocheted table runner – Ohhh my god, I want to try making one just like this!! (It says it’s from Trade Aid New Zealand, but I think it’s all in New Zealand local shops… so I can’t buy one, I guess.) I try and I crochet things here and there, but I have so many unfinished projects, I shouldn’t start another one, but looking at this really inspires me to at least try making one.

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(sigh… so simple, so great…)

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Our apartment doesn’t have a proper dining area right now, it is my dream to have a dining room… like this!

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Very inspiring. Her Balcony is super awesome, too, and reasonable! Check How Much For This Room for more!

(images: bernadette sipkes, sugarloop via decor8)