Runrunbear

Make a
little joy.

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Slow is lovely.
01 / A little curiosity.0%Meet everyone ↓
BIG FEELINGS.SMALL FRIENDS.NO ASSEMBLY REQUIRED. ✳
THE PICTURES

Find your kind of day.

A small story in every picture. 0 of 12 discovered

Runrunbear, a warm brown bear with round ears
RunrunbearAN OFFICE BEAR. A LITTLE LIKE US.
MEET Runrunbear

Home. Work.
And a little life
in between.

Runrunbear is an office bear in Seattle. Like so many of the city’s programmers, his days go from home to work, and back again.

His stories begin with an engineer’s everyday life. But the long meetings, busy minds, and never-ending lists? They belong to a lot of us.

I created him to make working life feel a little lighter. A familiar feeling. A small laugh. A little less worry.

Life is better with friends ↓
A FEW FRIENDS. A FEW FAMILIAR FEELINGS.

No one does it all alone.

Different days. Different ways to get through them.

Tiaotiao, a brown dachshund with floppy ears
Tiaotiao

Long dog.
Longer list.

Always busy. Always one more thing to do. His to-do list is almost as long as he is.

Bingbing, a fluffy white cat with pink ears
Bingbing

Good food.
Good mood.

A food-loving friend who knows there’s always something lovely to look forward to. Often, it’s lunch.

Wanwan, a curious little yellow dog
Wanwan

Own pace.
Odd ideas.

He does things in his own time. His head is full of wonderfully strange ideas. There’s no rush to be anyone else.

Gigi with a dark green braid and six-fingered hand
Gigi

Six fingers.
One of a kind.

A human friend who stepped out of the AI world. A girl with six fingers, and a place in this little world.

Tianci Dong, Seattle-based visual artist
Tianci DongVISUAL ARTIST · SEATTLE
THE PERSON BEHIND THE BEAR

Hi, I’m Tianci.
I make things feel.

I’m Tianci Dong, a Seattle-based visual artist. I graduated from Beijing Film Academy in Film and Media Arts, and the University of Leicester in New Media Arts.

My background spans 12 years in marketing, including seven years in creative work at Ogilvy & Mather. There, I worked on Lifeline, a short film made with Qualcomm that received recognition at Cannes Lions and D&AD in 2017.

Now, a small bear. A familiar feeling.
A little warmth for your day.

Good things start
with hello.

For collaborations, commissions, and a little creative possibility.

Say hello.

Take a little joy with you.

There’s always room.

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