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Mermaid Screen Print

Hijiri — Wed, 09 Feb 2011 16:30:27 +0000

Being a proud Pisces, I had my eye on this mermaid screen print by roddy&ginger (love their stuff!) for a while… isn’t she lovely? Love the colors, too. (and it’s on sale now!)

If you are more into pirate, look here!

Be Happy and Free Holiday Ornament Card

Hijiri — Mon, 13 Dec 2010 17:50:36 +0000

At Kings County Holiday market yesterday, I met lovely Elana from Mélangerie — they have great products like Scratch and Sniff Holiday cards and To Have and To Hold tote bag (and much more!) but I especially love their Be Happy and Free Holiday Ornament Card! Great idea and great typography, and with that little hearts, I was sold.

(image via Mélangerie etsy shop)

and it is on my tree today! May all beings everywhere be happy and free! We could hang this by our door for everyone to see, too… or you could send as holiday cards.

(I took this image :))

Thank you, Elana, it was very nice meeting you! Hijiri

Levi’s Workshops

Hijiri — Mon, 16 Aug 2010 13:08:03 +0000

I didn’t know where to start since I was all over the world for the last 3-4 weeks or so… but I’ll start with the timely things so you can still check it out!

I visited Levi’s Workshops while I was in San Francisco — a community print shop! During July and August, they will be teaching classes on classic letterpress machinery, screenprinting designs, setting type etc. How awesome is this?! I was so excited to see the whole place really active and everyone just creating and printing.

Vandercook press in action.

“Keep Calm and Press On” — I would love to have this!

A couple table-top presses.

Stamps! There were so many cool ones, I played around a bit, too ;)

You can also make photocopies and make art here. Love the wall full of work.

and of course, the screen printing area. It was pretty busy looking so I couldn’t take pictures of the machine, but it was pretty big.

Walls with printed work. Love this “I’m Just Sayin’” series, so fun :)

and more posters on the wall.

If you are in San Francisco and if you haven’t already, please go check it out, just feeling the creative vibe is worth the visit!

The Brain

Hijiri — Mon, 26 Oct 2009 16:41:32 +0000

Hello! I am back from my trip to Washington D.C. — it was such a fun trip, it was so fun that it is so very hard today to even get up… but I do have a lot to do and so when I saw this new poster from Ork Poster “The Brain,” I immediately got drawn to it — I need the brain right now!

I’ve been a fan of Ork Poster, I have 3 of their city neighborhood posters, their typography design with the city and now with the anatomy series is always so great.

The Brain posters available here.

Overgrowth Leaves

Hijiri — Thu, 27 Aug 2009 13:00:40 +0000

Spotted on brainstorm‘s Flickr account. Fell in love at first sight.

I love some colored leaves… awesome details!

Thursday morning inspiration… have a great day :)

p.s have you enter the Live What You Love print giveaway yet? It ends tonight! GOOD LUCK!!

p.s.s Silver and Gold Cake cards are now with free shipping within US and to Canada! :)

Head Hoods Poster

Hijiri — Wed, 29 Apr 2009 16:36:28 +0000

Spotted a poster for Head Hoods in Williamsburg. I’ve posted about their funny unique hoodies before so I knew what this is for, and I love their style, it’s cool and eye catching. Very simple, bold and funny.

I’m off to my letterpress studio, see you guys tomorrow! xo

T is for Tea Towel

Hijiri — Wed, 18 Feb 2009 14:00:36 +0000

Came across this cute tea towel with… letter Ts! A little typography in your kitchen anyone?

Love the hand-written Ts, it all looks a little different, and T is definitely for tea towel!

via spin spin handmade from Australia. They have more cute hand-made goods, too!

LOVE WINS

Hijiri — Thu, 22 Jan 2009 14:00:30 +0000

Love is definitely in the air these days, (yay, V-day is coming up!) and how cute is this “LOVE WINS” T-shirts? It’s designed and printed by elefint designs, I love the shape of the heart (very organic!) and how the words “LOVE WINS” are like whispering on the bottom. I love how typography design can also set a tone of the voice.

Thursday morning eye candy for everyone. I’ll come back with my 4th edition prints… yes, it’s here, I have to go take pictures now!

Head Hoods

Hijiri — Tue, 09 Dec 2008 17:00:01 +0000

I thought I saw this guy wearing this Mexican wrestler’s hoodie on the street the other day and thought it was so funny… and I found the store! Head Hoods! The hood part is hand-printed with a profile of the mask and so when you wear it, you look like… a Mexican wrestler!

They have many many more here.

It makes me laugh! I like the idea, though, it’s awesome.

I like that it’s all hand-printed. That makes it so special!

Silkscreen Reclamation Project Report

Hijiri — Tue, 28 Oct 2008 14:00:05 +0000

I posted about this cool poster for Silkscreen Reclamation Project before and I stopped by there before my letterpress class last week to see what’s up there � it was so cool! Basically, they all took this piece as a base art (one color word bubbles) and put each creativity on to it, and “reclaimed” it.

I enjoyed seeing the project very much. Here are some work from the exhibition:

The base art:

Space things always get me.

A bit too hard to read, but I like the decorative typography.

The color combination is cool, funky and fun.

Human vs. Animals? Love the black and white.

Different asterisk from each typeface. With a little cheat sheet.