mad about MUJI

One of my favorite finds in Hong Kong thus far is MUJI- a minimalistic, Japanese store that sells a huge variety of products ranging from furniture to stationary, to laptop bags, toys, cosmetics, bedding, clothes, and even food.  To me, it's kind of like IKEA meets The Container Store and throw in some American apparel- but that doesn't even do it justice!  MUJI loosely means "no-label" so the design of the products are simple white and light wood but typical to the Japanese they are clever, good quality, and very efficient ideas. It's reminiscent of Scandanavian in design, but there's an edginess to it that I love.  In the states there are a few stores in New York but from what I've heard they don't compare to the stores in Asia, especially Japan. Our store in Tai Koo is a pretty good one I think, or so the credit card bill says! Olivia and I were both fascinated by all the little gadgets and nifty little organizational things...two hours later we came out with a yellow checked umbrella, acrylic jewelry and make-up organizers, a wooden build-your-own city {see below- Paris, London, Tokyo!}, a black and white checked foldable raincoat, a business card case, a coin man-purse, a camera case, some caramel corn, a magnet board, and an-extra long sweatshirt that I've been living in for the past week! 

MUJI does have an online store but they don't have a huge selection so make sure when traveling outside the US to check and see if there's a MUJI, they're all over Europe and Asia! They also have iphone and iPad apps!