Merry X'mas from BONIKO

BONIKO wishes you Merry X'mas and a Happy New Year.
Just an update of our opening days,
we will be closed on the Boxing day, ane re-opening on the 7th, Jan 2010.
Hope we will see you at our SAFEHOUSE soon!

来年もボニコをよろしくお願いします！

SAFE HOUSE☆Opening hours on Christmas week

We are open:
22nd 11am-6pm
23rd 11am-6pm
24th 11am-6pm
25th closed
26th 11am-5pm

Find the SAFEHOUSE sign at the entrance of Bon Marche Arcade!

クリスマス前の火曜日、水曜日も営業致します。

BONIKO SHOP OPEN!!

BONIKO presents "SAFE HOUSE" is now open.
In SAFE HOUSE, you can find:
*BONIKO
*blannnk
*Vintage Mens/Ladies clothing and accessories
etc.
You will find your unique one-off pieces here!
Looking forward to seeing you at SAFE HOUSE!!

SAFE HOUSE:Room32 Bon Marche Arcade 80 Barrack St. PERTH
Open every Thusday,Friday,Saturday
enquiry:safehouse@imagineboniko.com

Visiting makers of BONIKO2

This is the actual embroidery machine in action.
働き者の刺繍マシンです。
終わったら取り外し、糸の始末も全てやってくれます。
あの有名なブランドやあんなレーベルももボニコと一緒に造られているんですね～

Visiting makers of BONIKO1

We visited our sock manufacture in Nara.
It was so fascinating to see how much work and how many people involved in making of BONIKO socks.
Here is the machine in action to set the socks in the plastic frame to be embroidered.
Right quality of the backing paper is vital for the finish here.
奈良の刺繍工場を見学させてもらいました。
この機械は刺繍をするための枠にソックスをセットするためのものです。
中国では人件費が安いためこの工程は手作業でするところもあるそうです。

Rooms last day

Apparently we had 14000 visitors during 3days.
Having a Currier company at the venue, bumping in / out went smoothly.
We managed to sell / give away some props and furniture.
The only surprising fact was that we had to take all the rubbish with us!
We trained home looking like a pair of bag ladies :)

BONIKO @ ROOMS

BONIKO was a part of ROOMS 19 exhibition in YOYOGI in Sept from the 16th to the 18th. Great location, having Harajuku shopping area right next to it. We wish we had more time to look around but didn't have energy left after the big three day. It was so full on....travelling on the train in the rush hour was very interesting!
ボニコが皆様のおかげで日本初上陸となりました～！　
H.P　FRANCEの馬場さん、Toiさん、StitchAndSewさん のイナピー、Rezonさんのカワムラさん、ありがとうございました！
4日間横浜から電車で代々木まで通いました。
日本のすごいラッシュアワーの模様をビデオに撮りたかったのですが、すごすぎて携帯にも手が届きませんでした～
女性専用車両好き～！

BONIKO meets Alpacas

WE LOVE alpacas!!
They are the cutest creatures in the world.
( apart from our Bonnie the dog and Kin the ferret.... oh I have to post their images too won't I?!)
We even gave a go with spinning yarn from alpaca fleece.
It was hard at first but turned out to be fun and really therapeutic experience.
You may see Alpaca-Boniko soon??!!
Well I am getting a spinning wheel for sure!!

BONIKO Blog is HERE!

HI!!
Finally got around to get our blog going.... YAY!
We are in Melbourne exhibiting at Design Made Trade at the moment.
More photos and stories to come....