abor x arsonal design x yoskay

thanks to arbor and kevin from arsonal design.


this is one of my favorite collab that i have done with other companies and designers.
i believe this snowboard will be available 2010.

namida

munky king is having a diy pusher show this thursday.
here is my contribution.




namida, customized pusher, 2009

and here is the flyer with some info:

new start:)

my favorite gallery, project has moved and changed their name to lebasse projecs.
here is a little preview video of their first group show ‘Vous Avez Eté Juste Servi', made by the good people at modus films.


LeBasse Projects Inaugural Gallery Exhibition ‘Vous Avez Eté Juste Servi’ from Modus Films on Vimeo..

‘Vous Avez Eté Juste Servi'

Opening Reception: Saturday, March 21st from 7-11pm
at: LeBasse Projects
6023 Washington Blvd.
Culver City, CA 90232

congrats beau and christine:)

gelaskin:)

arigato to beau and people at gelaskins.
my first gelaskin products are available at their site.

here are some of the images.




the will, 2008

love from home land:)

arigato to people over at loftwork.com i got featured in their website:)

自分らしく。

自分らしさって大事っやって思う。
でも自分自身を受け入れるのって何か苦手。


my luck, mixed media

i love you:)

美子さん、
素敵な思い出ををありがとう。
小さい時、お母さんがいない間、おばあちゃんがボクの自転車を持って幼稚園まで迎えに来てくれたのを思い出します。





そばにいてあげたいのに。。。。。。。
自分勝手な孫ですいません。

koibito updates

just to let you know that red and white koibito is now available for pre-order at munkyking.

dance, dance, dance

今週のはじめに友達とスウェーデンからのミュージシャンのLykke　Liを見に行って来ました。
去年の半ばから良く聞いてます。
正直ここ何年か見たコンサートの中でも一番楽しめ感動したって思います。
やっぱライブはいいもんですね。


dance, dance, dance

hello phoenix:)

scion installation tour is making their third stop at phoenix, arizona.
the opening happened last friday....
i'm sorry for the lae post.... but the all the art will be there at periherion arts until the 28th. so if you are in the area please stop by and take a look at the awesome works from artists around the world.

here is the flyer for the event:

koibito updates

ok.....
there were some production delay and the white koibito won't be released this month:(....
sorry everybody.
i will post more info as soon as i find out.

in mean time here are some custom that i worked on.



aozora


utsuri

currently i stopped taking koibito commissions.
i am trying to focus on my up-coming show, but if you like to be added on the list please e-mail me.

a message from a humming bird.

usually i don't feel comfortable being filmed, but this is something i enjoyed and still enjoy watching.
this short documentary is made by my friend suilma, and the film captures the night of koibito release at munky king.
i hope you all enjoy it:)



also for those who resides in san francisco, suilma will be showing her other documentary "dim sum and the race track" at San Francisco International Asian American Film Festival.

nobody walks in la....

thanks to tina and daily dujour:)
i'm participating in a group show in barcelona.
the show is called "nobody walks in la"and it opens this friday on the 23rd.
here's my contribution:


"in between the seasons," acrylic on masonite, 24 x 24, 2009


detail

click here for the rest of the preview

hi-fructose vol.10

thanks to attaboy and annie form hi-fructose for featuring my toy, koibito in the newest issue of their magazine.



also in this issue my friend, yosuke ueno has an in-depth interview.
more reason to pick them up:)

陽介さんおめでとう！！！

ありがとう：）

i received this gift from my fan in osaka、japan.
i feel very lucky to have such a wonderful supporter:)


マユさん，ありがとう：）
あんまり嬉しいからブログに載せちゃいました。

１００分の１でも分かって欲しい。。。。

:)

first of all i want to say thanks to all the fans who are sitting in front of a computer all day to purchase the online exclusive release.

i understand 7 items aren't that many and it is a lot of work for you to check the MK site all day.

and i really hope some of the over sea fans are able to purchase some of the goodies.

in the mean time please enjoy some of these awesome photos which were send by koibito lovers:)

by scott

by brian mccarty

by tim

by tim

sorry for the short notice....

so the online sales will begin tomorrow, sorry for the short notice.

munky king will release 1 item at time. 

and sale will go on for few days... 

we are trying our best to avoid the flippers and this was our solution...

good luck:)

online exclusives part 2

under the full moon, edtion of 3, 6 x 12, unframed 

online exclusives

after the successful koibito release party at munky king last month, i received many e-mails from over the sea/ out of the state fans. many of them expressed their excitement about koibito. and others expressed their sadness for missing the party and all the goodies which were available at the event....

personally i understand their situation very well. there have been many cases that i wished i could of been back at home in japan. i wasn't be able to attend to some of these events in the past due to financial reasons and other circumstances, including two of my brothers weddings and many of the holidays........   

so i made a decision to create online exclusive koibitos for those who couldn't make it to the official release party.  

these four colours represent the four elements of the nature: earth, fire, wind, and water.

here are some of the images:

also there  will be a very small run of "under the stars" gocco prints.

we are still working on the timing and the detail about this exclusive online release....

i will let you know as we figure it out.