curious pig

This time Lacoste is jumping into the air. How funny Caperino&Peperone are!
New version from Colette.

Latest workshop from Sweetch in April
Turn sugar to be a tea spoon!
Savour afternoon tea with a piece of cake and let this gorgeous sugar spoon play its sweet magic by slowly melting in your hot tea.
How aesthetic this workshop is.

Sweetch is made to order sweet atelier by Mie Kasao. Read more about Sweetch at Pingmag

Hot weather makes me thinking of something cool and refreshing.
When I was young, our refrigerator will full of fruit jellies in summer. But they would not be long displayed as they usually disappeared immediately — my brother, sister and cousins knew well when they would be ready!

Above are jellies from Zerry House, a jelly shop in Fukushima, Japan. Their colorful jellies made of 100% gelatin and there are mousse hiding inside. They look so delicious and refreshing from the heat in Bangkok right now.

Mottainai Grandma by Mariko Shinju is the picture book which was published in Japan 2004. ( Mottainai Baasan / Japanese title) Mottainai is the thoughtful Japanese word with love and compassion to think of the gift from the nature or someone who made the product. The word closest to Mottainai in English is “What a waste!”, “Do not waste!” or the situation a thing is being wasted or being used without good care and consideration.

Mottainai Grandma is coming!
Leftover food on the plate.
Last grains of rice stuck to the bowl.
She will come and say, “Mottainai!”
“So much food left - mottainai! May I eat?”

Munch munch gulp gulp llick lick
“Oh, you have more rice grains sticking to your face.Mottainai!”
And she licked my face all over……
“Let me lick more!” lick lick lick

Splash splash
Leaving the water running.
She will come and say, “Mottainai!”
“One cup of water is enough! Don’t Waste it - mottainai !”

When I throw away mandarin peels,
she will come and say “Mottainai!”
“Dry them in the sunshine. Put them in the bathtub.
Mandarin peels will make you feel so good!”
“A warm and sunny mandarin bath!”

…
Mottainai
Mottainai
Are you sure you are not doing anything mottainai?

Finally MOS burger at Central World Plaza is scheduled to open its door on Friday 30 March at 11.00am!

Tadahiro Uesugi is my favorite illustrator since I knew his works almost 10 years ago. Sophisticated and stylish!

I do love his “angle”

and “light”.

His works are so warm-hearted, amazingly giving the feeling of the moment — warmth from the sunshine, wind blowing in the picture.

As pilarcat’s asked me to talk about his solo exhibition I had a chance to visit in March 2005. It was exhibition on his 10th anniversary. I remembered how glad I was when I knew his solo exhibition would be held in Tokyo during the time I would go to Tokyo. Fortunately I met him at the gallery, he was humble and so kind, also explained his works to me. How lucky I was!

He had comment on his past 10 years works that he came across that his work are often recollection or patchwork of previous motifs which made that exhibition more interesting to find out what he said.

To me, after that exhibition Uesugi san seems to enjoy with lighting and angles more and more especially lighting is so prominent.

His works always bring me joy!

Caperino & Peperone celebrate Colette’s 10 year anniversary.
I can’t help but smiling at the collaboration with Lacoste. It is such a cute polo!
Look when Caperino & Peperone face Lacoste.
There are more cool collaboration such as Repetto ballet shoes, Cartier bag, Goyard Portfolio, Charles&Ray Eames for Vitra chairs, Be@rbrick at 1000% (wow!) or even Pierre Herme’s Macaroons.

According to wallpaper tag from LMJ
- MAC OS X
- 1280×854
- My own illustration by adobe illustrator around March-April last year, it is one of the series I named spinach lover. Except this spinach drink, there are wanted spinach lover, spinach lover news, spinach cracker and spinach soap. She is spinach lover so her eyes are green as spinach. Her polo was inspired by Gucci s/s 2006 but adding funny skull, accessorized with pearl chains on the waist and favorite vintage nike.