花樣年華

                     I’ll need. Here’s how to keep what’s good from spoiling—

                           This is how you paint a sleeping bird.

Hanzi. dir. Mu-Ming Tsai. 2016.

A Latin font consists of about 600 characters at the most but it’s about 10 000 to 20 000 characters for a set of Chinese font 

Hanzi is a documentary exploring the link between visual design, culture and  Chinese typography. Directed by Mu-Ming Tsai, this film discusses the different perspectives on the transition from traditional Chinese handwriting to modern age digitized typography and how language shapes cultural identity. Hanzi is made in collaboration with filmmakers and creatives from Hong Kong, Taipei, New York and London. It also features interviews with Shaolan, founder of Chineasy; Sammy Or, a Hong Kong based veteran font designer; Ri Xing Type Foundry, the oldest lasting traditional Chinese letterpress type foundry in the world; and Akira Kobayashi, a distinguished Japanese Roman font designer.

Narrow Distance by Ka-Man Tse (謝嘉敏). Photography. 2004-2018.

Born in Hong Kong and immigrated to America with her family at a young age, Ka-Man Tse is now a photographer, video artist and educator based in New York. Her works are strongly influenced by her identity as an Asian-American lesbian and deal with the multiple and diasporic identities of Asian and Pacific Islander (API) and LGBTQ communities.

This year, Tse published her first photography book Narrow Distance, in which Tse recasts the queer social landscape in Hong Kong through a series of portraits centering on members of the city’s underground queer community. “Who can claim ownership, who can love or belong”, Tse asks. For more than 10 years, she tried to seek an answer, to look for points of connection, until one day her quest itself became an answer.

The moment has finally come! Bandai Japan has just officially announced the Eevee Tamagotchi, which is that fabulous collaboration that was leaked a few weeks back. Tamagotchi and Pokemon fans around the world can rejoice because this one is good.

Just as you’ve expected, the details previously provided are pretty much on par with the official details. There will be two versions, ‘Love Eevee’ and ‘Colorful Friends’ which feature different shell designs, but will both have the same content.

Each Eevee will hatch from an egg and depending on your care you can get a variety of Eevee’s! Each variation of Eevee is a bit different and all based upon care, there are a total of 8 variations of Eevee; they’re all super adorable! There also appears to be three mystery variations that Bandai has not yet released, but you can see that in the graphic above.

You’ll be raising Eevee the whole time, which includes feeding, playing games, and enjoying Eeevee’s close up expressions right on your Tamagotchi screen! How adorable?

The Eeeve Tamagotchi’s will be released on January 26th 2019, the MSRP is ¥2300 which is roughly $20 USD. The targeted age group for this device is 6+ due to its simplicity. It’s very important to note that this device is very different from the traditional Tamagotchi as it has similar functionality to the Tamagotchi Nano, and the newer Gudetama Tamagotchi.