Dec 18

tokiwood!

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Nov 3

Hello Kitty’s 35th Aniv. Party!!

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Boy oh boy, does Hello Kitty know how to throw a rager and her 35th anniversary party was no exception! THOUSANDS of people showed up including Hello Kitty herself, Head designer “Kitty Mama” Yuko Yamaguchi and Hollywood celebs like Paris Hilton, Kimora Lee Simmons and Dave Navarro! A HUGE thanks goes to show curator Jaimie Rivadeneira (of JapanLA), Sanrio, L.A Works, Royal/T and all the fans who came out to celebrate! If you haven’t seen the Three Apples show yet, it’s up until November 15th at Royal/T in Culver City, California. It’s a MUST SEE!

Oct 19

Three Apples

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Three Apples is a multi-dimensional exhibition and celebration of all things Hello Kitty running from October 23 to November 15. The celebration, a gift for Hello Kitty fans of all ages, will take place at Los Angeles’ famed Royal/T art space and gallery (www.royal-t.org), a visually stunning and playful, Japanese-inspired art exhibition space, retail store and café, located within Culver City’s vibrant arts community.

The Three Apples art show, curated by Jamie Rivadeneira of JapanLA, features original work by more than eighty artists including: Gary Baseman, Ron English, Buff Monster, Camilla d’Errico, Luke Chueh, Deph, Amanda Visell, Frank Kozik, Natalia Fabia, Huck Gee, Tara McPherson, Yosuke Ueno and of course our own Simone Legno. A portion of the profits will be donated to LA Works, a non-profit company that creates community service projects.

Simone and Yuko Yamaguchi Hello Kitty’s head designer will be making a special appearance from 1 to 2PM and 3 to 4PM on october 24th to launch the exclusive tokidoki for Hello Kitty 35th Anniversary collection which will be available for purchase at the event! For more event information click here!

Oct 9

Simone meets Karl at Paris Fashion Week

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Aug 28

Singapore Toy and Game Convention

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We spent seven great days in Singapore for the STGC. What an incredible place! We’d like to thank all our fans who came out and the play imaginative crew who helped make it happen. See you next year!

Aug 6

Comic-Con 09 Video

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Did you take pictures at Comic-Con? Send them to putitup@tokidoki.it. If we like what we see we’ll put them up in our Comic-Con photo gallery!

Jul 28

Comic-Con Crazy!

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San Diego Comic-Con 2009 was a smashing success! The crowd was tremendous, the fans were in rare form and Simone hit a tokidoki home run. We had a great time and hope everyone who came out did too. Check out some of the excitement that was shared this year at the best Comic-Con ever!

Jul 20

Simone Legno’s Official Comic-Con Signing Schedule

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Join us at Comic Con 2009 San Diego!  Simone will be appearing & signing each day of the Con! However, be sure to get your tickets first thing in the morning at the tokidoki booth because signings are limited to 60 people per day!

Simone will be available for signings 11AM – 1PM @ the tokidoki booth #4731 Daily!

Simone will also be appearing at the Toy Tokyo Booth #5237 from 5PM -7PM on Saturday, July 25 in anticipation of his 4th Be@rbrick!

Ciao!

Jun 25

Simone Legno for Target

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Ciao Everybody,

I am proud to announce my first personal project: “Simone Legno” for Target.
Its an honor and exciting to be invited by Target to make this ‘designer for less” line for kids, and to be put into the history of Target’s designer collections which include Alexander McQueen, Anna Sui, Philippe Starck, Michael Graves and many other incredible talents!

This was the very first time that I worked to create a line exclusively targeted for kids, and it was a very free, fun and spontaneous process that led me to make a line of characters based on a young punk rock lifestyle. Ever since moving to America I have wanted to reach the whole country with my art and message, and through Target I can do it! I hope kids will have cool stuff without breaking their piggy bank, but maybe just kindly asking “please please Mum!!”. I am even happy to be able to give a bit of my design for a very affordable price in a period that the global economy is suffering and people are doing their best to make their living.

Please note that you won’t see any of the tokidoki characters since this is a completely different project and design experience for me.

This back to school collection of tee shirts, school bags and stationery will be available for only a very short time…hope most people can get it!

Thanks for supporting me, tokidoki, and my work.

Ciao Ciao,

Simone