Such projects include: her half-panda sculptures, Hanpanda; a collaboration clothing brand with American artist Mark Ryden, Broken Label; and her unique hair hats.
[2][3] Noda's works are defined by artificiality and surreality, balancing between visual art and commercial relations with a high degree of creativity and non-conformity in their aesthetic and narration.
She founded the design firm "Uchuu Country," where Japanese art director Yuni Yoshida also worked until starting her own agency in 2007.
In a 2003 interview with DAZEDExcite, she recalled how her parents would take her to look for UFOs or make her watch TV in black and white so she could learn to imagine color.
[6] Noda died on September 7, 2008, at age 34, after surgical complications from injuries sustained in a traffic accident the previous year.