Category Archives: Product design

Tate Otama by Mikiya Kobayashi

“Tate Otama” means “stand-up ladel” in Japanese. It is perfectly balanced and “stands up”, so it will save some space in your kitchen.  The bottom is flat, but the inside remains rounded.  This product was exhibited at “Interior Life Style” … Continue reading

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Mobile phones by Yaoi Kusama

Japanese mobile phone manufacturer KDDI and internationally renowned artist Yaoi Kusama collaborated and released a new mobile phone series called “iida”. These are very exclusive models since there are lots of manual works and high-tech involved. Even though these phones … Continue reading

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Nendo for Camper

Japanese design studio Nendo created a stand which is covered with books. This is created for Spanish shoe brand Camper. This is an exhibition design for Camper at Bread & Butter in Barcelona. via: dezeen.com www.cataci.com / global platform for … Continue reading

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Korejanai Robo

Japanese company Zarigani Works will release the limited edition of the wooden robots “Korejanai Robo”. The irregular lines, asymmetrical arms, and the simple looks have been lots of attention in Japan. It is 3600 yen or 37 dollars. Available at … Continue reading

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KOKUYO DESIGN AWARD 2008

Japanese stationery producer KOKUYO announced the winners of “KOKUYO DESIGN AWARD 2008”.  Here are the list of the winners. “Gaamtape” is designed by “Sannin Hitokumi” (Kazuya Aihara, Tomoya Yoshida, Miho Saito) It is a flexible packing tape. Due to the … Continue reading

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au design project x YAMAHA

KDDI, one of the largest mobile phone operators in Japan, and YAMAHA collaborated, and exhibited their latest work, which combines a mobile phone and instrument.

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Ready-to-Assemble Japanese room

The nominations of “Good Design Awards” were anounced this month. Among fifteen products or projects, one will be chosen as Grand Prix. You can see all the nominated products here. What I think the most interesting this year is “Ready-to-Assemble … Continue reading

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Tokujin Yoshioka & Ruinart

Tokujin Yoshioka collaborated with Ruinart and designed a chair which is decorated with 100,000 pieces of crystal. This chair was produced in order to promote Ruinart’s new champagne set. The reason why they used 100,000 pieces of crystal is that … Continue reading

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TEAR DROP by Tokujin Yoshioka

Japanese lighting brand YAMAGIWA collaborated with designer Tokujin Yoshioka and will release “Tear Drop” lamp on August 29th. This was originally exhibited at Milan Design festival in 2007. The designer says that the meaning behind “Tear Drop” is “Emotional Tears” … Continue reading

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KABON by h concept

h concept has released a new product called “Kabon”. It was designed by Japanese designer Kazuhiko Tomita, who has received many international awards. “kabon” is a tray, but when you hold it, it looks like a tray. Maybe you can … Continue reading

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