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A barbershop in Tokyo renovated by HIROSHI KIKUCHI

Posted on March 30, 2008 by admin

Architect Hiroshi Kikuchi has studied under Kazuyo Sejima & Associates. This is one of his latest projects. Basically, this project is to turn an old Japanese house into a barbershop. He arranged the interior of the building. You can see … Continue reading →

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Naoto Fukasawa for Lamy

Posted on March 29, 2008 by admin

Naoto Fukasawa designed pens for Lamy, the german stationery company. This series is named “Lamy note”.  According to the website, “the name stands for the reduction of rom to the absolutely essential. The ‘Lamy note’ is a ballpoint pen whose … Continue reading →

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Ryuo station designed by Tadao Ando

Posted on March 27, 2008 by admin

 The construction of Ryuo station in Kai city, Yamanashi, Japan, designed by Tadao Ando has been completed, and they had the opening ceremony on the 23rd. The station has two floors. The length is 120m, and the width is 6m. … Continue reading →

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Magnet Tack by 100%

Posted on March 26, 2008 by admin

“100%” is a design studio established in 2005 in Japan, and their products have been getting lots of attention internationally. They have many interesting products but my favorite is “Magnet Tack”. This is not a normal thumb tack – you … Continue reading →

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Dog license plate by Naoto Fukasawa

Posted on March 25, 2008 by admin

Setagaya-ku, one of the wards of Tokyo decided to change the design of license plates for dogs. Although according to the law, everyone is obliged to put a license plate on dog’ collar, it is actually rare to see dogs … Continue reading →

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Cabbage Chair by Nendo

Posted on March 24, 2008 by admin

Nendo will exhibit “Cabbage Chair” at 21_21 Design Sight in Tokyo from March 30th to the 6th of July. It is created from a cylinder of pleated paper. Nendo  just slit this by-product paper vertically and created “Cabbage Chair”. This … Continue reading →

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First peek of Toyo Ito’s design for a new Berkeley Art Museum

Posted on March 23, 2008 by admin

Toyo Ito’s design for Berkeley Art Museum and Pacific Film Archive is partially unvailed. This is apprently his first project in the US. Only one image is available and it is hard to say what it would be like…but here … Continue reading →

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Butterfly Sticky Note by D-bros

Posted on March 22, 2008 by admin

This is not a new product in Japan, but outside Japan almost nobody knows about  this product. It is a sticky note produced by a company D-bros, designed by Ryosuke Uehara.  A sticky note was originally from the US in … Continue reading →

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Softbank releases new 3g mobile phone series

Posted on March 21, 2008 by admin

Japanese mobile phone service provider Softbank will release new 3g mobile phone series “The premium texture 823sh” on March 28th. You can change the back panel of the mobile phone. It comes with 2.6 inch wide QVGA (240 x 400 … Continue reading →

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Collaboration of Bose and Ca4la

Posted on March 20, 2008 by admin

Japanese fashion brand CA4LA and BOSE are releasing new products called “Phon” and “BLACK”.  The concept behind this project is to remove the boarders between fashion and functions. We often associate fashion and music but at the same time we … Continue reading →

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