A little about me
My name is Harumi Kobayashi. I’m a graphic and web designer living in Port Ludlow, WA.
I was born and raised in Japan. I acquired my graphic design experience at several design companies in Tokyo. I moved to Hawaii in 2003 and established Mejiro Graphics. I worked with local business owners, which presented me with a wide range of challenging projects, such as product identity development, logo development, label design and editorial layout.
In 2006 I moved to one of the boating communities in Washington state. I started to offer website design as well as graphic design.
My design style has a clean look and a good balance of colors, which is some of the most important factors to deliver information to the audience clearly and effectively. I listen to my clients portray their projects and I help them transform their projects into web and graphic realities to promote their businesses.
When I’m not in front of the computer screen, I enjoy bicycling on Marrowstone Island with my husband, growing vegetables in our garden and baking tarts and pies.
So what is a Mejiro?
A Mejiro [may-gee-row], or Japanese White-eye, is a small olive-green songbird with a conspicuous white eye-ring. The White-eye can be found in Japan and Hawaii searching for insects and nectar in trees and shrubs.
My husband and I enjoyed watching Mejiros coming to our bird feeder every spring when we lived in Mejiro, Tokyo, Japan. When we moved to Hawaii, we were excited to find out that Mejiros have been in Hawaii since the Japanese immigrants introduced them in the 1920’s.
Not surprisingly, I call my business “Mejiro Graphics”.