inspiration A Street Sticker That Sparked a Flashback A random sticker brought back memories of the strange but iconic No More Eiga Dorobo video from Japanese movie theaters.
inspiration Why I Can't Stop Reading Demon Slayer Reflecting on what keeps me hooked on the manga Demon Slayer: it might be the breathtaking battles, but even more so, the heartbreaking humanity in every demon's backstory.
inspiration Sailor Moon Like You’ve Never Seen A dazzlingly powerful version of Sailor Moon illustrated by @totesferosh—equal parts magical and magnificent!
inspiration My Holiday Treat: Finally Bought All of Demon Slayer! After much hesitation, I finally gave in and bought the entire Demon Slayer manga set! Time to binge-read my holiday reward!
inspiration When You Need a Laugh (and a Good Cry) Obsessed with Butter Biscuit, a YouTube channel turning wild Harry Potter mistranslations into laugh-out-loud animations!
inspiration A Visit to Staple + Stitch at the 55 Hotel We stopped by the Staple + Stitch art book fair at the 55 Hotel in downtown Chicago—an inspiring afternoon surrounded by zines, photo books, and risograph prints!
inspiration A Studio Visit with Perfectly Acceptable Press We visited the studio of Perfectly Acceptable Press for a Chicago Printers Guild meetup and got a real look behind the scenes—from risograph magic to community insights.
inspiration A New Holiday Ornament Joins the Collection Stopped by a local Chicago shop to pick up a stained glass holiday ornament by artist Ben Houtkamp. After a lot of pacing and indecision, one special piece came home with me!
inspiration Street Art Forage: October Edition! It’s that time again—my monthly street art forage is happening today! And wow, October was full of weird and wonderful finds.
inspiration Pretty Good Fest Recap I dropped by Pretty Good Fest in downtown Chicago this weekend! Between connecting with artists and picking up table display ideas, it was a pretty great afternoon.
inspiration Street Art Forage in NYC Wandered through NYC and picked up street art inspo for Halloween, greeting cards, and general weird-and-cute joy.
inspiration Explored the magical world of Moomins at a Brooklyn Library Visited a Moomin exhibit in New York and got hit with nostalgia, deep thoughts about art, and serious Brooklyn Library envy.
inspiration Street Art Forage in Asheville A quick getaway to Asheville turned into a sticker-spotting spree. Art everywhere, weird aliens, familiar cats—and a wild reunion!?
inspiration Tiny Autumn, Spotted! Cicadas are still screaming, but look—leaves are turning yellow! Fall is sneaking in, one crisp breeze at a time.
inspiration Discovering RISO Magic in the Midwest A Riso catalog from Milwaukee just landed in my mailbox and I’m spiraling into full-on Midwest print nerd mode.
inspiration Back to Skokie Northshore Sculpture Park Went back to the Skokie Northshore Sculpture Park—perfect mix of a walk and outdoor art. This time I explored the part I missed before!
inspiration My Treasure: Ben Clark’s Never Forever Picked up Ben Clark’s Never Forever in Amsterdam—cute characters with pitch-black humor that makes me giggle every time.
inspiration August Street Art Forage (With a Side of A/C) Too hot to wander outside all summer, so this month’s street art forage includes a few things I spotted indoors too.
inspiration A Morning Detour to McKinlock Gate An early downtown errand turned into an unexpected art encounter—Chicago’s full of these surprises if you just take the long way around.
inspiration Caught the Design Ah NEO Exhibit Just in Time! Living in the US, I never thought I’d catch “Design Ah NEO”—but I did, and it was awesome!
inspiration What’s That Green Thing Crawling Up the NEW CITY Building!? Spotted a giant green balloon installation stretching up four stories—Chicago balloon artists really went all out.
inspiration Found: A Leo Lionni Exhibit Found it while transferring trains in Shibuya! This surprise Leo Lionni exhibit pulled me right in—with scissors, textures, and childlike joy.
inspiration Paul Klee and Friends: A Lucky Encounter in Shizuoka I randomly found out there was a Paul Klee exhibit happening in Shizuoka—and I’m such a fan I even own an art book! Total lucky timing.
inspiration Cute Posters & Random Design Finds Around Japan Japan is a paradise of characters and cute posters—you stop every five seconds to take a photo and never make it to your destination.
inspiration The “Design Ah” Record I Found in Japan Saw the “Design Ah” exhibit in Japan—saving that story for later. But first: the dreamy record I grabbed at the gift shop!
