I was over in San Francisco’s Japantown over the weekend to see a movie, and while we were waiting, I naturally had to stop at my favorite Japantown spot, The Kinokuniya Bookstore. I love this place, and love the aesthetic of Japanese design books. They’re so simple and clean and full of great photos. I’m hugely fond of their ‘mooks‘ (magazine/books)... 
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I love illustrator Helen Dardik’s work and her blog, Orange You Lucky!, is really fun and full of great eye candy, too! This week Helen has a post up about some vintage Japanese matchbox labels from the the 1920-40′s she found on maraid’s flickr photostream. Oh, how we do love flickr! Helen says they look like mini posters and she’d like to enlarge them... 
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GUEST BLOGGER: Suzanne Shade Hello, I’m Suzanne Shade, a friend of Victoria’s from San Francisco. I run the Beholder, so you may remember me from her posts on affordable art. She’s asked a few folks to guest blog for her this week, and I was thrilled to take part. I’m having my first baby in September, so I’ve been doing all the new mommy things…... 
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I received a lovely email from Aya Akazawa, a senior designer at Chronicle Books whose Origami crafts were featured in one of last week’s post on the Chronicle Book’s blog. Aya shows us some sweet little ideas using Origami papers that she designed for Chronicle Books’ new Creatures & Critters Origami Craft Pad, which is due out this spring. I love how... 
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I made a visit to the Kinokuniya book shop in San Francisco’s Japantown last week – one of my favorite places to go. I love all the beautifully photographed books, even though I can’t read a single word! My favorite thing to pick up are the Mooks (magazine/books). I grabbed quite a few and thought I’d like to share some of the pretty pages with y’all,... 
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