Category: Art & Design
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PRIVILEGE
Gary McLeod followed the Tokaido with his hybrid camera — a combo made up of an 1878 British lens and a Japanese digital camera — photographing English teachers along the way in the style pictured above. Gary shows more shots in this TABlog entry, and the entire series is currently on show in “PRIVILEGE” at…
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Business Cards by Koji Sueyoshi
If I were to change my current set of business cards, I’d definitely be tempted by Koji Sueyoshi‘s homage to the cassette tape. Via Designboom.
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Miss Marc in QR Form
SET Japan is at it again with yet another designer QR code, this time for Marc Jacobs Japan, and featuring Miss Marc. As always, the QR code is functional, and leads to the company’s — in this case Marc by Marc Jacobs — mobile site.
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This Week at MoCo Loco
This week’s Tokyo post at MoCo Loco is up, covering the new Iida phones (above, Naoto Fukasawa’s PRISMOID), Ryohei Yoshiyuki‘s “Time of the Sky” watch, and Nendo‘s Music Cage speaker.
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Senseware in Tokyo
Kenya Hara‘s “Tokyo Fiber ’09 Senseware” exhibition, first shown at the Milano Salone earlier this year, is coming to the 21_21 Design Sight, but for one week only (September 18-27). The video above is a preview of the show. Via Spoon & Tamago.
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Google Street View in Japan
Google Japan shows how it’s dealing with the street view mapping process complaints (because of privacy issues) in a fun little video. Via Motionographer.
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Photos from the “Urban Paper” Show
Wanna see some of the terrific paper toys on display at the “Urban Paper” show? Luckily for you, Josh has just put up a rather extensive gallery of photos. Above, contributions by Ben the Illustrator.
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Yuka Is 6%DOKIDOKI
Patrick Macias posts a fun gallery of photos featuring Yuka, a 6%DOKIDOKI shop girl. Also check out the latest issue of Japanese gaming bible Weekly Famitsu for a collaborative article with Otaku USA.
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Starbucks in Kamakura
Rather nice looking Starbucks in Kamakura, “designed to resemble a wooden Japanese-style home.” Via PSFK.