genki?

my lovely friend, the talented designer nobuko yamamoto and i have started a new blog. it's a hong kong - tokyo correspondance. i'll write in japanese and nobuko will write in english - this way we won't forget each other's language and will still be able to speak to each other when we see each other next year!
like our previous collaborative blog, tokyofriday, genki? will most likely be all about making things, design, books, paper, printing, coffee, cake and lovely things since that's what nobuko and like to talk about. it will be full of things i would like to show my friend if she were here.

sham shui po postcards

maggie chau made these great post cards of stores in the sham shui po neighbourgood of hong kong as part of a protest against the redevelopment of the area. they make a lovely portrait of the neighbourhood; i'd like to see them collected in a book. you can see more drawings of storefronts and read the interviews with the store owners here. read more about the protest here.

other peoples apartments

since i've been living at a hotel for a few months i keep finding myself looking at blogs full of photos of other people's apartments.

dos family

sprink

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my sister found my favourite tshirt in a thrift store. i've been wearing it so much it's getting faded so i scanned and photographed it for posterity's sake. i wear it in spring and i wear it when i wish it were spring and i wore it yesterday because i had a cold and felt miserable. it's a happy making tshirt.
today i'm going to look at more apartments but i'd rather be op-shopping with my sister; watching her fast eyes and hands work.

vittorio locatelli

vittorio locatelli drew this in pencil directly on the wall of a hong kong store. he's a furniture designer or maybe an architect who seems to do a lot of other stuff as well. like this pretty carpet which would look good under my feet. i'd prefer it to the ugly carpet which is currently under my feet here in my hotel room, looks like vomited butterscotch icecream with worms in it. still looking for an apartment!