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Hello everyone! It's Maki from Osaka.My hometown, Akashi locates on the seaside and it is very famous for good seafood.
Especially, squids and octopuses are special products.
I took a photo of a dried octopus. In this season, we can see a lot of dried octopuses around fisherman's villages.
I often use our octopus card of series 700, which reminds me of my hometown.
So, I really love octopus!
Although I know they have some negative meanings in some countries, it is said that they can hugs you a lot with love!Octopus is a lucky and lovely charm for me.We will have a summer vacation this week. (Yes!)Have a fabulous week! Akashi girl, Maki ;)
It was so exciting to see a lot of adorable cards at the show.
I love the 2009 version of the show logo. It's an envelope shape!
It was very interesting that most (well, let's say over 90%) of greeting cards were letter pressed.
Letter press is a very popular printing method in the US.
At the show, I personally felt that the key words of the trends in the US market are "green", "nature" and "fun".
I could find so many creative words in the company concepts using "Eco" such as "Eco-luxu", "Eco-chic"as well as "Eco-friendly" which is now one of very famous green words.
Yes, I agree with their thoughts.
We need "Eco" plus something fun or creative! As for designs, I thought there were many nature related designs with pretty colors.
I could find some stylish but so funny message cards, which make me laugh!
Because of recession? American people need some fun jokes. Hmm...same as Japan.
By the way, the Exhibition center, Javits Center is located on the corner of West 34th street and 11th Avenue, and it is not so convenient from the main areas in Manhattan.
I bet most foreign visitors feel so.
Especially, when you go back to your hotel by taxi, I do recommend not to wait at the taxi stand,
or, you have to wait for a loooooong time. It is better to walk a few blocks to the downtown area,
and you can find a taxi.
Anyway, I look forward to visiting NYC again!
Rumi, from Tokyo
These days, we are soo soo happy since our stores and cards are featured by some foreign magazines such as Australia, UK, and China!Do you know GQ (UK version), a famous men's fashion magazine?We were thrilled that they selected us as one of "the best design stores in the world" inOctober issue. Yay!Also, Australian famous interior/design magazine, INSIDE OUT and Chinese luxurious magazine SevenSeas introduced us as "must visit" store.This is a cover of SevenSeas China. It is very interesting since it is the first time to see our article in Mandarin.We cannot read though...! But we can guess from some Chinese characters, which Japanese also use.On the cover, probably they say "A guide book of the gorgeous tour in Tokyo" Cool !
Very popular design blog in the U.S, "design*sponge" also introduced our new series,#602 animal cards. Many thanks, Grace!
We believe "word-of-mouth" is very very important for us.It would be great if you could introduce Winged Wheel to your friends :)Arigatou!Rumi & Maki
Finally, we have just opened our new website...!
So, we are very excited!
Of course, customers can purchase our items directly on the website.
If you have time, please visit the website.
http://www.winged-wheel.co.jp/en/index.html
In this online store, we introduced some of our standard series, and
their tastes are different each other.
We hope you can find your favorite one...
Enjoy!
Rumi and Maki
Hi there, my name is Rumi. I am working at a chic stationery store, called "Winged Wheel" in Tokyo.I am a sales/PR staff of Winged Wheel.We've just opened our blogger page! Yay!!So, if you are interested in stationery/paper such as greeting cards, envelopes, and lettersheets..., please check out our page at http://www.winged-wheel.co.jp/en/index.htmlAlthough we can only accept online orders in Japan at the moment, our online store will be open to all international customers in September!
Winged Wheel Omotesando(Tokyo)Our items are all made in Japan, and are 100% our original.
Actually, we have two stores, one in Tokyo and one in Osaka.In our stores, you can find more than 1000 items, so we would like to introduce many products to the world!I will write with my colleague, Maki.She lives in Osaka, and her job is to plan/create the Wigned Wheel products.Sometimes, she will tell you about the story of each item, and also the culture of Osaka, where is the exciting city as well as Tokyo.
Thank you for reading.Have a lovely day :)
Rumi
