Japanese designer Hisakazu Shimizu will show his work at an art gallery @btf in Katsudoki, Tokyo between January 22nd to February 28th.
Here is the summery of the press release.
WHY DO WE NEED HAIRS ON MIRRORS?
-BECAUSE WE USE MIRRORS TO CHECK OUR HAIR STYLES.
We use mirrors to check our hair styles. We want to make sure […]

Japanese designer Yuri Suzuki designed “White noise machine” in Delhi, India. This machine calculates the quantity of street noise and generate the same amount of “white noise”.

Architect Kengo Kuma designed Lucien Pallat-Finet store in Osaka. Kuma uses organic patterns which look like plants.

Kutaniyaki a porcelain technique developed in Ishikawa-ken, north of Tokyo, started by Saijiro Goto in the 17th centry. It is characterized by the colorful designs. These are the new generation of Kutaniyaki. The exhibition is at “Spiral Garden” in Minami Aoyama, Tokyo.

Harman Miller Japan released the limited editions of “spinning tops” 200 pieces are available until April 10th, 2009. This is a project which is inspired by Harman Miller’s design tradition.  This was designed by New York based design studio KleinReid.

Japanese product design brand “+d” has released “Cupmen”. “Cupmen” keeps the cover of instant nudles down. It also changes the color of the body as it holds on the hot noodle cup. Designed by Akira Mabuchi.
Here is the press release by “+d”.
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After pouring hot water over your instant noodles, get a helping hand from the […]

Awagami Factory is  a washi paper mill in Tokshima and run by the eighth generation master papermaker, Yoichi Fujimori and his family.  They have been working with American designer Craig Anczelowitz and have created a new stationery collection called “kamon”.  This collection fuses Western and Eastern design principles and is art of an ongoing philosophy […]

Masanori Oji is a product designer from Hiroshima, Japan. He has won many design awards in Japan such as  Interior lifestyle awards (2009), and  Kokuyo Design Award (2004).
His latest product is called “Baby in Table”.  This table is made to be used over generations.

Here is the information from the designer.
A table in which a baby […]

Japanese brewer Sapporo announced that they will reprint the old design of their beer cans, which was originally designed by Walter Landor and released in 1959. It will be available in stores on November 11th.

Those who are in Osaka and the surrounding areas, check out “DESGIN EAST 00″ , a conference held between September 18th and 20th in Osaka. The cocept is “The world class design from Osaka, and to discover new possibilities in the urban life”
The following is the schedule:
-September 18th 18:30 - 20:30 “Act Global” A discussion […]