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STOMP

Hijiri — Thu, 24 Feb 2011 17:51:20 +0000

Yesterday was my birthday (yes, I’m older and wiser today :P) and went to see STOMP for the first time! I’ve known about the show for quite some time, but never seen the real one — wow, I really enjoyed it very much! They pretty much made rhythm/music out of nothing and everything. It was funny and engaging, too. Such an energy I received for my new age year! :)

Old Movie Posters at Brooklyn Heights Cinema

Hijiri — Wed, 07 Jul 2010 15:16:13 +0000

We went to Brooklyn Heights Cinema last Friday to watch the Exit Through the Gift Shop (one of the best documentary (?) films I’ve seen in a long time, definitely makes you think, too!) and as I thought, inside of the theater was so cute :) Lots of old movie posters and very cozy.

Hand-written / drawn chalk board menu:

Catch Me if You Can Opening Title Sequence

Hijiri — Tue, 03 Nov 2009 13:00:21 +0000

Yes, I know, this is from 2002, but I watched “Catch Me if You Can” on the TV over the weekend and saw this amazing opening title sequence again and I remembered the first time I saw this — I was so drawn to it and thought it was one of the best opening title sequences ever. It’s been always in my head ever since, but I didn’t have a blog to post my inspirations at that time so I’m doing it now. Still gets me every time… so good! Love the music, too. Very inspiring and well done. Love the typography and the illustration, all works so well together. Enjoy!

Art & Copy

Hijiri — Fri, 28 Aug 2009 16:46:49 +0000

Last night, I went to see this film about advertising called “Art & Copy” — as I was majoring advertising design in my art school and worked at an advertising agency for 6-7 years, this was pretty exciting to me and it was a true celebration of the creativity behind the big ad campaigns.

and YES! Creativity can solve anything!!! (I love that. I might have to make a print for that…)

All the casts are my heros so it was so awesome to see them talk about what they think. They have more screenings coming up, if it’s in your city, please go check it out! If you think advertising is an eye sore, this film might change your mind… :)

Happy Friday!! (I had a late start this morning as I had a doctor’s appointment…)

The Post Card

Hijiri — Tue, 28 Apr 2009 14:29:44 +0000

I also received a postcard for the Proceed and Be Bold film and this is going to be on my inspiration board for sure. I’m pretty sure Amos himself printed this postcard, it is letterpressed very nicely with wood types. Love the stars and the texture as it always gets me. I also love the chipboard, I am actually printing something on chipboard (will share it here soon) and my business card is also printed on chipboard so what not to love about this postcard! Perfect :)

I like this “post card” design, too.

Proceed and Be Bold!

Hijiri — Tue, 28 Apr 2009 13:00:06 +0000

Laura from Brown Finch Films contacted me last week because they featured my LWYL poster as a part of their etsy article, Proceed and Be Bold: A Documentary. I was so happy to hear that and of course I checked out the article and right then, I found out that the film is about a letterpress printer who quit his corporate job at the age of 40 to follow his dream of becoming a letterpress artist. I was immediately drawn by this film, this article, I thought I really had to watch this film! (see the traler below)

and over the weekend, I got the DVD (Thank you, Laura!!! You can buy it here.) and watched it – it was so great!! Amos’s work and his story are truly inspiring, very honest, very bold, it shows how much fun he’s having and how much he is just open to whatever he feels, thinks, and he is just creating and creating. There are a lot of interesting racial points, too, makes you think and rethink.

I enjoyed a lot because I don’t think I ever saw a documentary film about a letterpress printer and the press he was using looked the same, wood types, the tools… a lot of things were familiar to me. He brings his press (1000-2000lb!) to his street shop and let people try the press to print a letterpress poster – that is just amazing!! No one would ever do that except him! He is great. Full of life, full of energy, I could feel it through the film. I was inspired.

“Don’t be an artist. Artists are full of themselves. Just make stuff. Just quit your job or whatever you hate doing, and make stuff, damnit.” – Amos Paul Kennedy Jr.

Coraline

Hijiri — Mon, 16 Feb 2009 14:00:04 +0000

I just saw Coraline and WOW, I am blown away!!! I just can’t believe this movie is a stop-motion movie, all hand-made, it is just incredible!! I highly recommend watching it if you haven’t already.

The behind scene videos are amazing, too, I especially like this tiny sweaters video — how amazing is this — and this is just one of the millions of things that went into this movie. I just can’t help wowing!!

I didn’t look around too much before I saw the movie and now I want to find more about the movie and so I explored the website and it is so amazing and fun here, I could spend lots of time playing around! You can really interact with the website, but you have to go into the house, scroll around your mouse, etc. to find them.

and yes, all the graphics are just awesome.

I won’t tell you how to get to these, but here are some of the fun I had :)

It is truly the biggest smallest movie EVER!!!

Happy President’s Day, everyone!!

Wong Kar Wai

Hijiri — Tue, 07 Oct 2008 13:00:52 +0000

This was a total accident (I love NY for these kind of opportunities), but I got to see Wong Kar Wai speak! We just stopped by the Apple store in SOHO, and there he was, surrounded by people and screen, ready to talk! We got there just in time.

It’s always so interesting and inspiring to know how those great creators would work on their project; he was talking about how music sets the rythem of his film and music is actually the communication between him and actors, him and cinematographer. Music sets the mood for actors, the rythem for cinematographer, and communicates better to show what he’s envisioning without much words and that was something different and I was intriged. Music gives him visuals, when he listens to certain music, his world comes to his mind.

His cinematographer (left) was there, too. (He was funny)

I don’t really get to create anything with music, but music definitely helps when I’m working on something, it gives certain rythem and I work better with music.

I was so inspired that I thought I would try creating something inspired by music and see where it takes me…

Oh, and his new movie, Ashes of Time redux is coming soon on October 10th � I would love to check it out!

Beautiful Losers

Hijiri — Thu, 04 Sep 2008 13:50:05 +0000

This movie is truly inspiring. It definitely gives you something to take away after you watch it. Some of the things those artists say in the movie hit you in your heart. It’s making a screening all over the US (NYC one just got done last weekend) if you have a chance, I highly recommend that you go see it!

Click on the poster to watch the trailer and find out more information.

Also, they are having “Make Something!!” workshop in SF (I wish I could go check it out!):

At the IFC center, there were 3 pairs of “Beautiful Losers” Nike sneakers:

IFC Center also offers these fun T-shirts:

RENT

Hijiri — Wed, 03 Sep 2008 18:15:01 +0000

I went to catch the last chance to see RENT last night � it is closing its door after being on Broadway for 12 years this weekend on September 7th. I guess it is the 7th-longest-running Broadway show and it won lots of awards including Tony Award.

The Nederlander Theatre:

The stage before it starts:

It is always an awesome experience to see musicals, get to feel lots of energy and to see some of the best performancers in the world is just amazing.

I enjoyed it very much!