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Korejanai Robo

Posted on February 25, 2009 by admin

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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Shigeru Ban’s Dellis Cay project

Posted on January 22, 2009 by admin

Architects David Chipperfield, Carl Ettensperger, Zaha Hadid, Kengo Kuma, Piero Lissoni, and Chad Oppenheim have designed villas forDellis Cay island project. Click here for the details of the project. Here are some images of the villa that Shigeru Ban has … Continue reading →

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Taiyo Kimura

Posted on January 16, 2009 by admin

Japanese artist Taiyo Kimura’s exhibition in Tokyo, Japan.

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Kengo Kuma won a competition in Tokyo

Posted on January 7, 2009 by admin

Kengo Kuma’s proposal was chosen for the new cultural center building for Asakusa, Tokyo. The 2nd was the Kumiko Inui architecture office.

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Shigeru Ban talks about the Sichuan project

Posted on December 19, 2008 by admin

Architect Shigeru Ban is involved in re-building of the elementary schools that were destroyed by the Sichuan earthquake. This is the summery of the interview from “Nikkeibp” (Originally interviewed in Japanese) Q How did you get involved in this project? … Continue reading →

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KOKUYO DESIGN AWARD 2008

Posted on December 1, 2008 by admin

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

Posted on October 23, 2008 by admin

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

Posted on October 13, 2008 by admin

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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MUJI VILLAGE

Posted on October 2, 2008 by admin

Muji and Mitsubishi Jisho, one of the largest Japanese real estate developers, decided to collaborate on a new project called “Muji Village”.  It is a project in which Muji designs the exterior, the interior, and the public space of the … Continue reading →

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Tokujin Yoshioka & Ruinart

Posted on September 12, 2008 by admin

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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