Thursday May 9, 7:00-10:00pm Spice up your Life
Thursday May 9, 7:00-10:00pm
FEW Monthly Meeting Theme: Spice up your Life!
Main speaker: Yukiko Matano Gray, President and Founder, Spice Rack http://www.spicerack.jp/en/
FEW Monthly Meeting Theme: Spice up your Life!
Main speaker: Yukiko Matano Gray, President and Founder, Spice Rack http://www.spicerack.jp/en/
Featuring Spices from Women’s Entrepreneur Group ‘Spice Rack’
* Maïa Manigilier, Creative Director exprime / maiagonomi http://www.spicerack.jp/en/rack/maiagonomi/* Sonoko Ishii, Jewelry Designer, snowcone & vamp. http://www.spicerack.jp/en/rack/snowcone-vamp/
FULL DETAILS BELOW
Location: Wesley Center, 2F, 6-10-11 Minami Aoyama, Tokyo
Map and access info: http://www.wesleyfoundationjp.com/en/access.html
Fee: Members ¥3,000 Guests (women only) ¥5,000 – includes Drinks and dinner buffet
RSVP: Please be sure to email Bethan at membership@fewjapan.com to secure your seat!
FEW monthly events are only open to women – members and non-members from every background and nationality.
Main speaker
Yukiko Matano Gray, Founder, Spice Rack
The idea behind Spice Rack: A working woman is like a spice.
With personality, talent and style,’Spices’ give flavorful impact to society.
In order to celebrate their individuality and to utilize their talents while balancing the various responsibilities of life, we believe that ‘starting an independent business’ is one solution for the Spices.
Spice Rack is a new platform that provides Spices with the infrastructure necessary to start a business, access to a community of other women in similar situations, and a venue to transmit information to the world.
Spice Rack supports independently working women to believe in their potential, to have fun while they work and to realize their dreams.
The Rack is the place where the Spices assemble
- Rack is the page where all the registered Spices gather.
- It is the entryway to the Spice Pages.
- A Spice Page posts information about each Spice’s product, work or service.
Featured Spices
Maïa Manigilier, Creative Director exprime / maiagonomi
Moved to Japan in 1989, after obtaining a masters degree in Japanese and Japanese culture from the Universite de Paris. Established a graphic design firm exprime inc. in 1997, and as President, continues to direct creative design projects in various fields. Currently undertaking numerous projects that connect French and Japanese people and culture.
exprime / maiagonomi:
The World Can Be Changed by Altering Viewpoints
Parisian Maïa Manigilier flipped around the last “e” of Exprime when she was designing the
logo for her company Exprime Inc. She wanted a visual
image of her concept, which is “to alter viewpoints”. She designs a wide
variety of products from company logos, catalogues, websites, liquor
packages, gift items and magazines. Recently she is focusing on
“Maïa-gonomi,” an original brand of modern and stylish goods which
infuses a new Japanese worldview.
“Mixing the French view into something traditionally Japanese… by altering the point-of-view, the impression changes dramatically,” says Maïa, talking about her approach to design.
http://www.spicerack.jp/en/rack/maiagonomi/“Mixing the French view into something traditionally Japanese… by altering the point-of-view, the impression changes dramatically,” says Maïa, talking about her approach to design.
Sonoko Ishii, Jewelry Designer, snowcone & vampSonoko spent part of her childhood in England. After returning to Japan, she worked for a liability insurance company, an ad agency, a law firm and an IT start-up managing a website for women, in 2002 began freelance interpretation, mainly in the entertainment (theatre, musicals, rock music ) industry. In 2005, she started to make silver jewelry. Since 2009, Sonoko’s jewelry has been sold at the surf shop BLUE HORIZON located on the beach at Shichiriga-Hama, Kamakura.
snowcone & vamp:
Jewelry that Personifies and Personalizes Your LookJewelry is small in size compared to other things that you wear, but it tells people a story about you. snowcone & vamp’s line-up mostly has larger-style jewelry. The brand has two distinct lines; the natural and organic “snowcone” line and the more sophisticated “vamp” line. Sonoko “would like Japanese women to wear jewelry that have statements about their individuality, not just follow fashion trends.“
http://www.spicerack.jp/en/rack/snowcone-vamp/
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