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As small businesses across the U.S. struggle to stay afloat in the midst of the current pandemic and economic down-turn, Alec Nakashima is extremely ...
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Kakehashi Project alum Alec Nakashima designs his new sustainable clothing collection with direct inspiration from his memories of Japan. To say that Alec Nakashima experienced ...
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Akemi Matsuda, second-generation Nikkei, had lived in Japan from 3 to 19 years old. There, she completed elementary school and, later, opted for what in ...
Read Part 1 >> Can you describe your work as a designer? Are there particular aspects of your design that might identify you as Nikkei? My ...
“My craft practise connects me through lineage, to my ancestors. As I make, I think about how my maker hands connect me across the ocean ...
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Although picking coffee beans on her family’s Hawaiian farm was what Sumiko did each day as a child, she dreamt that one day she ...
A weekly visual journal/cartoon about an easily-annoyed fourth generation American of Japanese descent. This week, “Fashion Economics 101” Check back every weekend for subsequent ...
A weekly visual journal/cartoon about an easily-annoyed fourth generation American of Japanese descent. This week, Neal asks "Are you a fashion trend-setter?? Or are ...
A weekly visual journal/cartoon about an easily-annoyed fourth generation American of Japanese descent. This week, Neal asks "So where does "Fashion-forward" end and altering ...
Growing up, Jane Aiko Yamano never dreamed that she would be the heir to her remarkable grandmother and the various beauty and health schools she ...
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