September 2009

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• Product design

  Awagami Factory and Craig Anczelowitz

  09.23.09 | Permalink | Comment?

  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 […]

• Product design

  Baby in Table

  09.21.09 | Permalink | Comment?

  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 […]

• Product design

  Sapporo beer reprints an old design

  09.19.09 | Permalink | Comment?

  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.

• Product design

  DESIGN EAST in Osaka

  09.17.09 | Permalink | Comment?

  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 […]

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  Issey Miyake concept store designed by Nendo

  09.15.09 | Permalink | 1 Comment

  Japanese design studio Nendo have designed a concept store for Issey Miyake, which is called 24 Issey Miyake. The concept stores will open this month in Tokyo.

  via: dezeen.com

• Art, Product design

  CAMPER and Tokujin Yoshioka

  09.14.09 | Permalink | Comment?

  The new Camper store in London has been designed by Japanese designer Tokujin Yoshioka. Camper has been collaborating with many artists and designers, and this time they are working with Yoshioka, who is internationally recognized with his design for Italian funiture producer Morosso and Japanese watch maker Seiko, etc.
  Yoshioka is also working with Camper’s shoe […]

• Product design

  Naoto Fukasawa for iida

  09.09.09 | Permalink | Comment?

  Japanese mobile phone manufacturer KDDI launched a new brand “iida”. “iida” gathers product designers and artists from around the world and “turn a mobile phone into a piece of art”. The first model was designed by Yaoi Kusama. This is one of the latest products released by “iida”, designed by product designer Naoto Fukasawa. It […]

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