Good Morning

Wall-Animal Escape - Yuko Haro

Good Night Bear - Yoko Mori

 Good Morning!

Or should I say

Good Evening?

I thought we'd end the week with some fun finds from Japan.

Red and Green Apple Berets - The Mad Hatter's Knock (Google Translation)

Arabian Headdress - Atsuko Nose

Rocking Wear - Yoshihiko Office

An enchanting world, n'est-ce-pas? 

I think you'll find that design-led Japanese store Good Evening offers toys and objects like no other. Everyone needs an Apple Beret in their life, don't you think?

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Help! It's a C, C, C, Casaurus!

I challenge thee to find a kid who doesn't like dinosaurs! Well, I'm joking, obviously, I bet quite few don't, or grow out of the dino phase very quickly (my sister was surprised to learn in the orphanage where she was working in Uganda thay nobody had any idea what these strange animals were...).

My eldest son Dylan was mad about dinosaurs for years, and would have absolutely adored design student Koichiro Hoshino's Casaurus, a dinosaur-themed bookshelf / playground, designed for his senior thesis at Tokyo University of Arts. 

 I really love this book tree, but I have to admit that a dinosaur bookcase that you can actually climb on, slide down and play inside with all your friends, well, wow, that looks FUN and sure must take some beating!

Found via here & here.

Girls are Crying

I have just heard the terrible news about the earthquake and Tsunami that's hit Japan.

The live footage is horrifying

So much devastation and fear

My thoughts are with you.

My Image of the Day

Handcarved rubber stamps by Kozue, Girls are Crying