By Magda, 13 November 2009
Drumroll, please…
The new Happy Sleepy shop on Etsy is open!

Happy Sleepy Star Dipped stuffed animal art toy for sale on Etsy
Currently the shop features art toys in the signature Happy Sleepy shape of the reversible abstract animal that looks like he is either beaming happy or fast asleep, depending which way you hold him up. There is no top or down with the Happy Sleepies.
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By Magda, 30 May 2009
Marc Ngui and Magda Wojtyra, aka Happy Sleepy.

At the Moonlight Hotel, Kathmandu, Nepal 2009.

Chibi heads with Buddhist thangka inspired flowers. Drawings by Marc, colour by Magda.
By Happy Sleepy, 13 April 2009

Splurgekiss drawing by Marc Ngui. Pen and watercolour, Auroville, 2008
By Magda, 18 February 2009
Happy Sleepy tumble and surf
Building pillows drift
Travel in style
Dare to smile and smile
Opening feelings shift
Buying hides
Riding the tides
Eyeing the Eye of Sauron
Wishing tales
Jumping scales
Stroking the pet of a life on earth
Playing with strings and vibrating things
Happy Sleepy tumble and surf
By Magda, 14 February 2009

Marc with gelato, Rome, September 2008. Click the photo to see more pictures of Marc in the world.
Jeremy Vandermeij interviewed Marc as the first installment in the Origin Interviews on the Come Up to My Room blog. The Origin Interviews are an extension of the 2009 panel discussion The Origin of the Designer.
As generous as Marc’s creative output in the world is, he can be reclusive as to his direct thoughts and opinions even on topics that are of great importance to him. So it is a treat to read gems like this:
Jeremy: What do you yearn for?
Marc: An anti-gravity belt and ecocities.
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Jeremy: Are you master of your own destiny?
Marc: Actually, I think of myself more as an “emotional navigator and democratic council” of my own destiny, rather than a “master”.
Read the whole interview in which Marc talks about why he left architecture school to become a cartoonist, the state of production of his latest graphic novel, travelling to save money, and why social Darwinism is good for design.
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