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About JPdesign.org
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Takashi Murakami
According to the auction house Sotheby’s, Japanese artist Takashi Murakami’s My Lonesome Cowboy was sold at $15,160,000. Apprently, it was expected to be somewhere between $3,000,000 – 4,000,000, but the price went up much higher than expected. This figure was … Continue reading
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Takeshi Miyakawa
Takeshi Miyakawa is a Japanese architect based in New York since 1989. He has created “fractal 23” drawers recently. Apparently, it has 23 drawers. It is meant to be perfect for “compact living”, but actually to use both sides you … Continue reading
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Animal Rubberband Dino by Passkey Design
“Animal Rubber band” is the product that has made “+D” the international design brand. “Animal Rubber Band Dino” is the latest version. This time all the animals are dinosaurs. The function and the material are exactly the same as the … Continue reading
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Prol by Metaphys
Japanese design brand “Metaphys” will release “prol”, which functions as a shelf and a partition at the same time. It has the unique design and probably it will make more sense to use it in the center of a room … Continue reading
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TENORI-ON, new musical instrument by Yamaha (part-2)
What is unique about TENORI-ON is not just the way it is played, but also the way it is shown. As you press each key, the backside of the instrument lights up. This is something new in the electronic music … Continue reading
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TENORI-ON, new musical instrument by Yamaha (part-1)
TENORI-ON, new musical instrument, will be released in Japan on the 12th of May. This product was developed by Yamaha and media artist Toshio Iwai. TENORI-ON’s sound, design, functions are all electronic. There are 16×16 LED keys, and you can … Continue reading
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Japan Design 2008 – Innovation (Milan Design Week – 12)
15 established Japanese companies got together in Milan during the design week. Some were interesting – but others were quite boring. My favorite in this exhibition is the new “INFOBAR” designed by Naoto Fukasawa. Here is the press release of … Continue reading
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Takashi Sato at Salone Satellite (Milan Design Week-11)
I saw Takashi Sato’s products at Stockholm Furniture Fair in February this year, and thought that his coat hanger was one of the best at “Greenhouse”, which is equivalent to “Salone Satellite”. His design reminds me of typical Scandinavian design, … Continue reading
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Tetsuo Shibuya at Salone Satellite (Milan Design Week-10)
Probably Tetsuo Shibuya is relatively unknown outside Japan, but I guess many people have seen “Tube Door Stopper” which Tetsuo Shibuya designed for Japanese company “h concept”. Just like “Tube Door Stopper”, all these products that he exhibited at Salone … Continue reading
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Shin Azumi for Bernhardt (Milan Design Week-09)
The US based furniture manufacturer launched their first collection during Milan Design Week. Ross Lovegrove’s “Go” and Yvews Behar’s “Fly” are both very interesting products. (see their products here) Japanese designer Shin Azumi designed “Halo”. they are minimal, and beautiful … Continue reading
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