Mr. Salt and Mrs. Pepper have just flown in to join Ritzenhoff’s 2011 Fall lineup. Inspired by none other than Superman and Catwoman, this couple fights villains by night while during the day they function as cute porcelain salt and pepper shakers.
That’s right! Now you can buy over 80 products with my animal characters on the Ginza, Tokyo’s fashionable shopping district. Since last September I have been very busy working with MacStyle on a large collection of small items, ranging from chocolates to keychains, from cards to charms, from pens to pencil cases and much more. Some of the more unusual items are golf markers inlaid with Swarovski crystals (top) and cute boxes of amino acid powder (a hangover remedy) by Ajinomoto (below). Personally, I’ll take the chocolates (above). All these items are available at the YrStyle Ginza shop, 4-4-13 Ginza Chuo-ku Tokyo.
Here’s a selection of the samples I received from Tokyo in the last few weeks. I am especially pleased with the wooden products. The silkscreening and the color finish are impeccable. I also enjoyed how the designers combined my animals to create new patterns like the fish and the octopus. Shown: blackboards and mini photo albums by You Power, Japan.
You Power in Japan has just launched their Fall catalogue this week. They have selected images from the Animal Kings, Kid Zoo and Modern Ark collections to create photo frames, photo albums, blackboards, wall art and cute little glass plates. Thanks to my agent, SCT, for being the matchmaker!