DESIGN FESTA vol. 48
Updated: Nov 16, 2021
Design Festa has been such a great experience for me! Im so happy I got the chance to attend! I was able to look around the venue at the artists, sell some of my goods, and make a bunch of new friends.
I shared a booth with...
MONSTER GIRLS - (Collaborating artist!)
BIPED & JK
Instagram @yasuhisa_miki
Ma Minette
Instagram @ma.minette
Be sure to follow them on instagram! :) They were all so kind and great to be around. Im so happy I met them all and Im looking forward to the next time I see them again!
Design Festa focuses mainly on arts and crafts (small, handmade goods, posters, paintings, jewelry, potteries, etc. etc.) and it so great to see such a large assortment of artists. Its really cool that Japanese people appreciate this stuff a lot more. Compared to conventions back home, I feel like people dont appreciate art as much, as well as, there is a lot of fan art or "fan works" (creating a design, but just using an anime or game character). I really love to see original artwork and original designs and characters. Thats something that I value a lot. Hence why my brand really focuses on original designs and perhaps some inspirations or "flavours" or popular designs.
Here are a few of my customers!: (click to view larger)
She bought the Pompoji tee! She bought the MOGHO GIRLS Tee! She was from Israel! He bought the MOGHO GIRLS Tee! He was a friend of MONSTER GIRL! A fellow Canadian! She bought the Blue Bows, Pompoji, and Candy Stripe socks, as well as a Pompoji rosette!
I tried to take a couple of photos around the vendor halls. There were SO MANY ARTISTS!!!! It was hard because it was very busy, so I couldn't take too many photos (didnt want to get in anyone's way) Also, some artists preferred no photos at their booth, so I always made sure to ask or double check for a "Photo OK" sign!
Tokyo Big Sight! Tokyo Big Sight! People from around the world!! Looks like there were 4 Canadians including me hehe!! A separate map for everyone from Japan!! ITS ME! MOGHO GIRLS shirt is making its debut here! Day one outfit was MOGHO GIRLS Tee Day 2 outfit was Pompoji Tee! A close up of my display corner My products in this area! This SUPER CUTE little creature was made by SHOCK DOU! They were one of the tables infront of ours (I had something super cute to look at while I waited for people to stop by heh!) Instagram: shock_dou Twitter: taisyu_shockdou I GOT TO TAKE A PHOTO WITH HIM! HES SO CUTE! Instagram: shock_dou Twitter: taisyu_shockdou Wandering before opening! Some live painting spaces There was a kids fashion show and they were playing Kyary music, so I ran to the stage!! All the outfits were SUPER CUTE! Ma Minette artist and I took a photo of undies kitty!! Pantsu Neko! Yukinta Instagram: @yukinta Twitter: @yukinta_art Cute little houses and pots! The low light area features artists who preferred ti have less lighting or intense lighting on their booth! It was so neat! Low light area Giant live painting wall DJ was playing while the eyes and mini screen lit up! TSUKIURABEYA http://tukiura.net More giant live painting walls So cute! Live painting wall Twitter: @booonyanyanya Live painting wall Live painting wall Atsuya8 2 artists! Boonilla and Kumo! Instagram: @xboonillax / @xKUMOx Their goods! Boonilla and Kumo! Instagram: @xboonillax / @xKUMOx Strawberries!!
Unfortunately I wasnt able to visit all the tables, and I didnt even know how to choose many things to buy! But heres the things I bought haha! Let's take a look:
This small, handmade melon pan turtle was too cute to resist! The ribbon colours are also GHOST GiRL colours! I wore it after I bought it!
I bought one other thing, but its a gift for my boyfriend, so I dont want to take photo since its a surprise!! :3 hehe!!
After the event finished, my booth buddies and I all went out for dinner. It was a great experience working along side other artists (our booth had 4 artists in total, one of which was me) Yummy~~~!!
In general, I had such a wonderful, inspirational time, and I would love to be able to participate again if I could! I know there will be more collaborations in the future with Monster Girl, so I cant wait!!
Im so inspired now too and started thinking about so many cool new things!! Im looking forward to sharing it all with all of you when I am done!
