From: Lernplakate | Christian Büning
Date: May 5, 2010 10:08:43 AM GMT+02:00
To: Underware Office
Subject: Re: Yes/no

Dear Underware Guys,

Thank you very much for this great poster and also for shipping it twice.

I modified it a bit to make the »Yes« more legible by adding a little pink area to the o/e (and created a counter). In my eyes, it works better now. My office partners are of the same opinion. Included is a photo… what do you think?

Kind Regards from Münster in Germany,
Christian

Hi Underware, thank you so much for my amazing tattoo design! I absolutely adore it – and the guys at the tattoo place loved it too! The tattoo covers a scar that held bad memories for me. Whenever I looked at the scar, I felt sad and was reminded of bad times. Now, I see words that give me hope and make me smile. It took me a long time to find the right words for my tattoo, but as soon as I read the following passage I knew instantly they were perfect:

And so finally after many more months of work,
all the sages came back to him,
and they had come to a unanimous conclusion that
the wisdom of the world could be put into a four-word sentence.
They told the king that this sentence expresses much.
It is chastening in the hour of pride
and consoling in the depths of afflictions.
The sentence of their wisdom was:
‘This too shall pass’

XXX Sarah Blake
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Why D-I-Y if you can D-I-T?
lecture by Underware on self-publishing
Friday 16 April 2010, 16.20 o’clock
OK Festival Arnhem, the Netherlands

In 1986, Leon Grellutch would become the first Belgian astronaut. Unfortunately, the trip sponsored by Jupiler will never see the day and Leon will land forever. He’s always visiting Belgian universities to give lectures about life on Mars.

WTF? More here.

Hi Underware,

Thanks for the poster.
here is an image of a shark dog for your collection.

Cheers, Guus

Although they received many compliments from the rest of the world, visitors of the Finnish Designer of the Year 2010 exhibition didn’t notify them at all. Mmm. Through www.underware.nl short messages could be send by anyone, which were directly shown at the exhibition.

Not every journalist understands the difference between serif and sans serif typefaces. Dolly suddenly became a “modern sans serif”.

Finnish Design Awards exhibition 2010 with Sami + Liza + you + Timo + Kirsi + Kia + Aino + Arni + Sauli + Münchener Premium.

14 Jan 2010 will have a small spot in history as Sami’s mythical moment. During the opening of the Finnish Design Awards exhibition in Helsinki, Sami received the award for Finnish Graphic Designer of the Year 2010. Which made him happy, see the smile on his face. The opening was attended by a nice crowd, the beer was quickly gone. After consuming the alcohol rumours went like ‘Sami is Miss Underware Scandinavia’, which probably should be taken with a pinch of salt.

This exhibition gives an overview of contemporary Finnish design in versatile fields. The exhibition started its journey in Helsinki (Jan-Feb 2010), and in April it continues globetrotting to Oslo (Norway) and further.

Meanwhile this movie will give you a flashback to Helsinki’s exhibition space. Être poursuivi!

Lately Iiris has been receiving lots of banana cards from fans all over the world: from Amsterdam, Barcelona, Berlin, Helsinki, Montreal, New York, Oslo, Sydney, Vienna and from countless smaller places. Here’s a fraction of those wonderful cards.

We received them at Underware’s Scandinavian office. We wrapped the first set for Iiris to Poste Restante Bambolim Beach, Goa, India. And guess what, we just heard Iiris picked the cards on the other day with a big smile. She sends warm hugs and love! And unnecessary to say: she’s happy to receive more of this stuff!