2010年1月22日金曜日

collaboration with letterpress 77

We had a fun collaboration event at our Tokyo store last Monday.
The guest speaker was Mr.Kiyo Matsumoto, an owner of
letterpress 77, and he owns his studio in Dusseldorf, Germany.




Kiyo(right) and our boss, Masaki(left)

As you can imagine from the company name, Kiyo is an expert of letterpress,
at the same time, he is also a designer of his letterpressed items
such as calling cards, greeting cards and wedding invitations.




About 20 participants who are working as designers, printers, and retailers enjoyed his talk, and exchanged the design trends between Japan and Germany.

This is our collaboration card with letterpress 77.
Kiyo designed these adorable designs for us,
and we made the cards. Which is your favorite card?
For me, since they are all cute, it's hard to choose one! :)



You can check his lovely studio and designs
here.

Have a lovely weekend!

Rumi

2010年1月16日土曜日

The 50 Best Stationery!!

The famous British newspaper, The Independent introduced our products(series 342) as "the 50 best stationery"! Yay!

Although we have not read the real article yet, we were thrilled to see our items on their website!



We look forward to seeing it by newspaper :)

Now, we have many orders from the UK.
(Dear customers, Thank you so much for ordering our cards & envelopes!)

Please read the article here.

Also, if you are interested in the series 342, you can check here.

Have a nice weekend!

Rumi & Maki

2010年1月6日水曜日

Cheers! Happy New Year, 2010☆

May this year be filled with peace, prosperity and good fortune!

One of the most traditional New Year's events in Japan is the custom of making visits to shrines or temples - this is known as "Hatsumoude."

Of course, I visited a shrine near to my home for praying my wish of 2010.
I really love the architecture, especially its bright red color.



Kanda Myojin is well known as "God of business" here in Tokyo, and it was pretty crowded!

I like the new year holidays in Tokyo since the period is the most quiet time.

Our stores in Tokyo and Osaka have already opened.
Staff members are looking forward to meeting many customers at the stores!

Rumi