June 2008

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• Product design

  Electric kettle by Naoto Fukasaw

  06.29.08 | Permalink | Comment?

  Japanese product designer Naoto Fukasawa’s brand ±0 (plus minus zero) released “±0 electric kettle” on June 27th, 2008.
  The simplicity is always the theme of ±0, and this kettle is also designed to be as simple and functional as possible. The volume is 0.8 litter, and the size is 178 x 207 x 143mm. The color […]

• Uncategorized

  EU-Japan Design Competition

  06.23.08 | Permalink | Comment?

  Following the success of last year’s second EU-Japan Design Competition, the Delegation of the European Commission to Japan is pleased to announce the launch of the 2008 edition of this contest for designers and design students between 18 and 30 years of age who reside in Japan.
  Organised in close cooperation with the […]

• Industrial design

  New multi-function mouse by Canon

  06.15.08 | Permalink | Comment?

  Canon announced that it will release a new multi-function mouse (mouse/calculator/keypad) in July. It will be available in Japan for 3500 yen or 33 dollars. You can transfer the result of calculation to your computer.

• Architecture

  Next Gene 20 in Taiwan

  06.12.08 | Permalink | Comment?

  Here is the promotional movie of Architecture project in Taiawn called “next gene 20″. Among the participants are Japanese architects Kengo Kuma, Akihisa Hirata, Toshiko Mori.Read more about this project: here

• Product design

  International Furniture Design Fair Asahikawa

  06.10.08 | Permalink | Comment?

  Here are the winners of International Furniture Design Fair Asahikawa 2008.

  You can see more images here:
  asahikawa-kagu.or.jp

• Architecture

  Interview with Tadao Ando

  06.07.08 | Permalink | Comment?

  Japanese news paper Mainichi Shimbun interviewed Tadao Ando about his latest work. The following is the summery of the interview. (translated from Japanese)
  - The structure is impressive….
  Tadao Ando:
  The wind from the ground floor can be combined with the wind generated by train. So it is not necessary to have a ventilation system. There is no […]

• Product design

  Eames Chairs for Green Auction

  06.02.08 | Permalink | 1 Comment

  Japanese furniture store hhstyle.com hosted an auction titled “Green auction”. This auction was started last year and the  main purpose is to contribute to “Green”, which is slowly being lost on the earth. Each unique piece of chair was sold at  this auction and the sales were donated to the special fund owned by the […]

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