Monthly Archives: March 2008

Tendo Furniture Competition

Design Competitions in Japan might not be very well-known internatinally (except “MUJI” competition), but there are couple of them that are getting some attention such as Asahikawa’s international furniture competition, and Toyama’s craft competition. Tendo-mokko, which is located in Yamagata, … Continue reading

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Goony by Takafumi Nemoto

Goony is a multi-purpose tray. Throughout the day, you carry around a variety of objects – cellular phones, wristwatches, wallets, cardholders, keys, and jewelry. Goony can hold whatever you want to put. Just bend Goony and change the shape. This … Continue reading

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"Silhouette Screen" for KDDI phones

KDDI’s new cell phone W61H comes with “Silhouette Screes”, which uses electric papers on the back side of phones. You can choose animated movie or still images among 95 options, and the design changes as it rings, receives messages, etc…depending … Continue reading

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"Japanese bow" chair by Enzo Mari

“Hida Omotesando” is located in the cultural shopping center “Omotesando Hills” in Tokyo. The store “Hida Omotesando” has been collaborating with Italian designer Enzo Mari by using the technique developped in Hida Takayama, which is well known as their tradition … Continue reading

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Rice plant swaying in the breeze

Another product by +d, exhibited at Ambiente in Frankfurt last month. It is called “Kusa” (meaning “weed”) This is an object which can soothe us in our stressful lives. It might be hard to see how it works in reality, … Continue reading

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Photohanger by Juta Kan

Japanese design brand “+D” (Plus D) always comes up with an interesting idea. This new product designed by Juta Kan and produced by +d is called “Photohanger”. As you can imagine, what this little clip can do is to hang … Continue reading

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Slimmest 3G mobile phone in Japan

Panasonic has released the SoftBank 822P recently. This phone is available only in Japan. 8.9mm thin body W-CDMA and GSM support 2 megapixel camera Bluetooth connectivity 96 grams in weight It looks like it is slimmest (slimmer than Sony Ericsson’s … Continue reading

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NENDO at Milan furniture fair

Japanese Design group NENDO has several plans for this year’s Milan Furniture Fair (Salone Internazionale del Mobile). The first one is the installation for Toyota’s high end brand LEXUS.According to Lexus, the exhibit will feature a ‘dynamic installation exploring the … Continue reading

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