Essentials/Blog

For those of you who come to the store often, you know what a great staff we have. Sydne and I sure do, and last night we treated them to a night out with David Sedaris as a small token of our appreciation. We closed the Northampton store a little early and all met for [...]

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Slagsmålsklubben - Sponsored by destiny from Tomas Nilsson on Vimeo.
Slagsmålsklubben is an animated school assignment from Tomas Nilsson/Sweden, sponsored by destiny to reinterpret the fairytale of Little Red Ridning Hood. Inspired by Röyksopps “remind me”.
Thanks to DesignSpotter.com for the post.

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For those of you who have been reading this blog, or the Essentials blog, know that all of us at Japanistic are peeved about the whitewashing going on with Avatar The Last Airbender. If you want to get involved, and are in the LA area, check out what’s coming up soon:

April MANAA meeting.  MANAA is [...]

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Thanks to 8asians for this… Wait. Should I really be thanking them???

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Yikes. This is not how I pictured the future of mind control. Kinda cool but also kinda creepy.
AP: Koji Sasahara
A Honda Motor Co. employee wears a headgear with codes attached during a demonstration of Honda’s new technology linking brain thoughts with robotics at the Japanese automaker’s headquarters in Tokyo, Japan, Tuesday, March 31, 2009. Honda [...]

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If you’re anything like me, you wait until the last possible moment to find something for your mom on Mother’s Day. To make matters worse, I often ‘forget’ (not the word my therapist would use) to take into consideration how far away she lives, causing me to not just be ‘last minute’ but LATE. Don’t [...]

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Essentials Needs an Intern!!
Essentials is a gift, lifestyle, and fine furnishings store located in Northampton and Amherst, MA. At the moment, we are embarking on a new venture called Essentials.Distribution, and we are looking for a creative well-organized person to help.
Essentials.Distribution is currently the sole North American distributor for Artemis, a Japanese stationery and design [...]

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Japanistic.com is part of Essentials, a gift, lifestyle, and fine furnishings store located in Northampton and Amherst, MA. At the moment, we are embarking on a new venture called Essentials.Distribution, and we are looking for a creative well-organized person to help.
Essentials.Distribution is currently the sole North American distributor for Artemis, a Japanese stationery and design company that [...]

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