from Ji Lee:
Suggu (“Mix” in Korean) is a new alphabet mixing Hangul(Korean Alphabet) and Roman Alphabet. Because they are both Phonetic Alphabets—a writing system based on a set of symbols representing different sounds—mixing the two is possible and easy. Combine Roman Alphabet’s consonants (B, C, D, F, G…) with Hangul’s vowels (ㅏ, ㅑ, ㅓ, ㅕ…). That’s Suggu.
Project by Ji Lee, Sue Park / Font Design by Yi Kyung A
I got promoted at work today. It’s a nice feeling, to know that my hard work paid off. To commemorate this “movin’ on up” feeling, I bought myself a Mini Designer Blind Box Chair from Poketo, in hopes of getting the Red and Blue Chair by Dutch architect Gerrit Rietveld, a very special and personal piece of art.
I fell in love with this chair during the first art history class i took during my junior year of high school. It represented harmony between style, function and some kind of ‘back to the basics’ kinda reasoning that comes from the use of primary colors and geometric shapes… and being the troubled, confused teen that I was back then, this chair shed some light as to what could actually make sense in this world. Its rationality was appealing and its function was inviting….and I just wanted to sit in that chair just once so that my life would seem a little bit more comprehensible.
I took my desire to understand more about life, art and people and applied it to my studies, my work, my personal life. It’s been a weird and unconventional road with lots of reality checks (biggest lesson learned? art theories do not relate to every situation in life) but here i am now. Just as confused and naive, but moving forward and wanting to learn more. This new job allows me to continue that pursuit.
It’s a blind box series so there’s only a 1 out of 9 chance that I will get that specific chair. I won’t be bummed out if i dont get it; one thing i learned over the years was to roll with the punches. Wouldn’t mind the Eames chair either haha. I can’t wait to put it on my desk!
back at home now.. currently admiring the flowers i brought home from a dinner at church, drinking a 5$ bottle of wine and…. listening to yo la tengo. happy sunday~
been in northern california for a few days now, and all i’ve been doing is eating. originally we were gonna try out some dine about town restaurants in the city, but ended up just revisiting all our favorite places in berkeley.
la note
local 123
took out intermezzo’s salad & taste of the himalayas curries. yes, two birds with one stone.
ici!
rick and ann’s
blue bottle
fisherman’s grotto for some clam chowder and a few other bars in the wharf area for afternoon drinks
bi-rite ice cream!
destinos. our one dine about town place.
pork belly. delicious.
sack’s
bake sale betty
dried papaya from berkeley bowl! haha weird pic
potato puffs from gregoire + cheeseboard success! take out from two places for one meal again….
blood orange bread pudding+white chocolate sauce from gregoire
sarah! she and i are heading back home tomorrow morn.
shawnnn take care
wonk <3
at bittersweet cafe! i have that pervy look in my eyes, must be the chocolate??
at the berkeley marina. dang i ate sooo much during this trip i think im good on food for about…. a year. anyway. i need to go lie down, i have food coma.
