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Tadao Ando designs T-shirt for Uniqlo

Posted on September 5, 2008 by admin

Japanese architect Tadao Ando designed a T-shirt for Uniqlo. He designed this T-shirt to promote T-shirt competition organized by Uniqlo. It is 690 yen (6.8 dollar) in Japan.

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TEAR DROP by Tokujin Yoshioka

Posted on August 26, 2008 by admin

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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Toyo Ito talks

Posted on August 15, 2008 by admin

Toyo Ito talks at Tod’s building in Omotesando, Tokyo. The movie is in Japanese, but here are some excerpts from his speech. – There are lots of zelkova trees in this area, so the design of this building is inspired … Continue reading →

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KABON by h concept

Posted on August 1, 2008 by admin

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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Shigeru Ban to Design New Architecturally Significant Building

Posted on July 30, 2008 by admin

Photo: Normadic Museum in Santa Monica Heidi Zuckerman Jacobson, Director and Chief Curator of the Aspen Art Museum (AAM), announced today the selection of Shigeru Ban Architects (SBA) to design a new 30,000 square-foot facility for the AAM. This will … Continue reading →

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AIL VASE LAMP

Posted on July 22, 2008 by admin

Japanese interior design store IDEE released a new lamp called Ail vase lamp. “Ail” means “Garlic” in French. It has an organic and asymemetric form. The way it looks varies depending on angle. The idea of “idee” is to create … Continue reading →

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Atelier Bow-Wow for ORDOS 100

Posted on July 16, 2008 by admin

Japanese architect office Atelier Bow-Wow (Yoshiharu Tsukamoto & Momoyo Kaijima) has participated in a project called ORDOS100 in Nei Mongol. Below you can see some details of the project. Source: http://blog.sina.com.cn/s/blog_473f90ad0100ae83.html

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Interview with Junya Ishigami

Posted on July 12, 2008 by admin

We wrote about “Green Auction”, which Japanese furniture store hhstyle hosted this spring.See the article Here is a interview with Junya Ishigami, one of the designers who participated in the project. (via http://opners.jp) – What is the concept of La … Continue reading →

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another work*s – 01

Posted on July 10, 2008 by admin

Japanese mobile phone company “au” has been collaborating with many designers and companies. This time “au” will launch a new project called “another work*s” with six designers including Nendo. Nendo’s Oki Sato says, “we have been paying so much attention … Continue reading →

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SIWA by Naoto Fukasawa

Posted on July 4, 2008 by admin

  It is made of paper, but it is much stronger than normal paper. The material is called “Naolon” developed by a small company in Yamanashi, Japan. The wrinkled surface gives a unique impression. Naoto Fukasawa, who was born in … Continue reading →

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