Category Archives: Fabrics

come on, get happy

you could say that we got curious.  somewhere sandwiched between all the big name japanese fabric designers, we came across miri porun, a small capsule collection conjured up by the japanese artist yoshie (ヨシエ).  after some digging around, we came across her website, which bursts with a child-like whimsy and joy! we couldn’t help by smile and feel our spirits lifted as we thumbed through her original artworks, particularly the ones she pieces together with bits of fabric (check it out, if you get a…

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queen of dots

you could say that yayoi kusama, the queen of dots, has landed in nyc.  a retrospective on the japanese artist’s works, which has been circling the globe for the past few months, popped up at the Whitney Museum around mid-July and will be there thru Sep 30. you’ll also see yayoi’s very polka dot friendly collaboration with louis vuitton in stores.  and this morning, as we took pearce the puppy on his morning walk, we snapped a picture of yayoi’s guidepost to the new space installation…

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happy birthday to us + our 1st giveaway!

UPDATE and the winners are . . . #2:  Gigi #32: Eleyne please send us an email at info@jonesandvandermeer.com with your mailing address and colour choice so that we can get the prize out to you!  thank you to all for participating!! can you believe it? it’s been 12 months to this day since we officially launched!  to celebrate, we’ll be sponsoring a few giveaways this month…and first up . . . our very first giveaway the PRIZE:  we just got this uber-fabulous softy-soft cotton-linen…

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cotorienne!

we’re pretty smitten with Cotorienne! it’s Yuwa’s latest collaboration with the Anyan, a Japanese artist. “Cotorienne” is a coined word integrating several words and stories.”Cotori” means ‘a little bird’ in Japanese, which is such a dainty creature. “…ienne” is a suffix meaning ‘girl or woman’ in French, and ‘chic’ in Japanese. “Cotorienne” is a fabric brand which is free-minded like a little bird flitting through the sky. It produces a chic style in your life. Cotorienne is now available in our shop: Moon Rabbits Oasis…

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