The words were added in Photoshop- it’s a font by Eduardo Recife

When I was a kid I’d swim out into the ocean and stop just when everything became quiet.

Away from the chatter of mothers and boys and girls running around on the warm, soft sand. Away from the sound of surf and the smell of grilled pork and San Miguel Beer. Away from the laughter of fathers and grandfathers and uncles who talked of sports and the president.

I’d bob up and down as the waves came and watch everyone from a distance, and if I turned around I could see the large passenger vessels moving ever so slowly before a grand sky.

When I felt brave enough I’d dive down into the dark where everything was blue and cold, and I would see what I thought were sea creatures, little fish, big fish, grassy things, creatures with tentacles. Sometimes I’d scare myself and think of giant hammerheads or mermen, then surface back up again, where the water trickled down my hair and into my eyes and roll across the bridge of my nose.

The wind would press down on my face and make ripples beside my arms and shoulders, and it would be wet around the edges of my earlobes and the skin around my fingers shriveled.

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A few event details from the official site:

100% Design was established in London in 1995, growing from a small marquee in the Kings Road to become the world’s most influential contemporary interiors event, attracting the attention of the press, encouraging product innovation, hot-housing new design stars, and educating the taste of consumers.?Bringing contemporary design into the mainstream.

100% Design is an exhibition with a difference. It is dedicated to the latest and most innovative contemporary interior products, and is renowned for changing the face of the UK design industry. The event will provide a designed commercial environment where exhibitors have an unparalleled opportunity to meet and do business with a professional audience of architects, buyers and other commercial specifiers.

100% Design Tokyo made its sensational debut in 2005. Receiving an overwhelming response from both the international and domestic design community as a new and highly respected design event, 100% Design Tokyo has already established itself as Japan’s premier contemporary interiors event.

1. Over 67,000 visitors attended the launch show in 2005, and in 2006, total visitor number increased to over 74,000.

2. The unique collaboration between the Design Association (DA) of Japan who have run Tokyo Designer’s Week for 20 years and Reed Exhibitions who run more than 450 international exhibitions every year.

3. Perfect location at Jingu Gaien-mae in the heart of Tokyo.

4. An advisory panel of industry experts guarantees the high quality and content of the exhibition.

5.100% Design Tokyo runs alongside other key events of Tokyo Designer’s Week including Container Exhibition, Design Forum and Music Event.

6. Unique access to more than 30,000 members of the Design Associationof Japan.

7. Year round domestic an internationl press coverage of the show.

8. Highly targeted promotional campaign includes exclusive promotion on TV’s “Design Channel” which regularly attracts more than 1 million viewers.

Official 100% Design Tokyo Site>>