Mint Designs



04 s/s - printing project



05 s/s tri-colombian project

I'm totally in love with their projects now. Here is their interview with PING MAG.

Tsurukichi at tortoise!!

We saw this indigo hand die textile show in Tortoise and I bought this hand die cotton yarn. Somehow I didn't take any pictures of the show, I guess I was so amazed by what I saw there. The hand die yard look like " live creature" to me.... they look like they are part of nature.

I found some more pictures about it thru internet.

a fragment of journey_ mina perhonen

This book really makes me happy!!












The most interesting chapters are

Happiness of Imagination
(he found this fish head gum in Paris and the fabric at the bottom was inspired by this fun toy!)
and
Collaboration
( included the shoes collections which collaborated with POE)

2e _Keiko Inoue * Yuki Otani

I probably can't share the new book with you today!! We are going to meet the photographer for CL's project in Venice this morning.


I think you will enjoy the works from these two young Japanese designers, don't forget to check their illustrations.

Follow the light!

One of nicest thing to live in LA is the enormous light and airy spaces. I wish I can follow the light whole day just like cats, but I can't move my desktop computer around the house!


One more book to share tomorrow! stay tuned!!

QUICO のスタイル

Another fun book to share!! Quico is a funiture store in Tokyo. This books is pretty much like combining their show room/collections with very "cozy" fashion (it also comes with patterns for every single outfits shown in the book). very ecletic and nice collections!!

Also I got this book for my birthday gift! I did scream when I saw it landed at my door!!

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Last week I went to see this! I will go n' see this one next week!

Finally this lovely shop is open! Just bought this poster!!

kawaii by Tsumori Chisato

I found this book when I was browsing books in Taiwan. I think I almost scream when I saw this book. Such a wonderful book filled with Tsumori's sketches and textiles. It also comes with a lovely interview!

It just likes its name_ "KAWAII".

Also the lovely photos from the book are taken by a young and talented lady, Mika Ninagawa.

Two weeks ago

We had a celebration with friends here before our Chinese banquet. We went to the beach and had a picnic.
We were lucky enough to catch the last bit of summer.

Lots of California sunshine and beautiful coastline. It was a beautiful day!

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Wishing you a nice weekend!

Abraxas Rex by Paris Kain

I don't wear stone and most of time CL and I forgot to wear wedding rings! But these stones are really eye candies!! I am very curious about his corporation with CK but didn't find more info about that.

Adam et Rope'

I still don't have time to do the postings, here is a quick one. My favorite web shop!! ( Sometimes you have to reload the page to see it)
Don't miss the " visual book" and " monthly brand".

Clare Rojas

I really want to share this with you before more postings about the trip. I was so happy when I found this piece of new about this artist. Too bad that I missed the exhibition. Fount it from here.

The trip


1. The secret

Sorry, I think I never mentioned the purpose of this trip back to my home town, Taipei. Actually it's for our super belated wedding celebration. CL and I married a year ago and We didn't have the celebration with family till now.... Above was my bouquet. (We are too shy to show our wedding photos!!)






2. The family trip

The day after our celebration we had a trip with relatives who traveled from south of Taiwan. My parents rented a tour bus so we can all fit in one car. On the way to the north beach, my uncles and cousins started to sing. Yes, it's a tour bus equipped with karaoke system. It was hilarious.







3. The power of nature

We stopped by this famous beach before heading to seafood restaurant. I was totally amazed by these incredible landscapes.





4. Eat, eat and eat

Of course we ate a lot of things. It's really happy to see that people start to think about origin and tradition again, especially for food. This is the a signage of a Chinese pastry shop. Can you image that cake with that fancy motif ?? Sigh, I should have bought some of them.




5. Shopping

I got this bicycle from Taiwan! You probably will think I'm so crazy. Yes, I'm so crazy about this old fashioned style bicycle. It also has unbeatable price!! believe me!!

I did got some nice books! I can't wait to show them all !!




6. The end

It's always sad to say good bye. I took this picture the night before we took off.
Doesn't it look very depressing ??


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15 more hours

I'm leaving for Taiwan in 15 more hours. Yeh, I will be traveling again. This is the reason why I didn't have any new posts last week. My brain, my body is spinning....busy, busy!

Before I leave, I want to thank you all!! Whoever had stopped by my blog or my shop, or even got some prints from me, Thank you! Thank you! You are big supports for me! Also thank you for mentioning my work in your blogs or flickr!!

Be back soon! (I will be away for almost 3 weeks! I know I know it's long! I guess I will be able to do some posts in Taiwan.)

Weaving Class

I started to go to weaving class from last week. It's like the happy hours in my daily routine. I love the class!



My instructor, Babajan.



Babajan's grandpa wore this pants for his wedding.



Graffiti on the wall.


My first sampler!! Now I know how to do plain weave, twill, imitation tapestry and basket weave.
I'm really tired of working on a very tight schedule, but I am happy that I manage to find time for the class.

Life is exciting!

Mel Kadel

I found Mel kadel's work from fecalface.com.
There are more fun stuff in fecal face. I have been spending lots time on reading those interviews. I like interviews, i felt that I can more or less related the works they did with artist themselves. Mel Kadel's interview here.

I like the idea of magazine "Me" and love the accidental interviews by Kelly too. They/interviews are so inspiring.

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