Play With This
Ducobi, a design studio run by developers from the US, South Korea and Japan, has created these lovely little collectible creatures. They’re limited edition creations and apparently the first mother-of-pearl inlaid & lacquered toy. Each ...
Cleverly Useful via East London
Labour and Wait appreciates that the form of the tools and items that make our day-to-day more convenient is just as important as their function. This lovely store has three brick-and-mortar locations in Japan and ...
Japanese Color Treatment
Emmanuelle Moureaux Architecture + Design of Japan recently created this installation for Nakagawa Chemical Inc, a company that creates colored film products. “Over 1100 different colored film samples are displayed in acrylic furniture” creating a ...
Music and Design Collide in Japan
Check out Lipstick Tracez, a lovely blog updated by fashion designer ‘nana’ based in Tokyo. She posted info about the exhibit Art with Sound, “a cross-disciplinary collaboration between designers and musicians from Japan and Singapore.” ...
Virtual Japanese Smiles of Joy
Found via Treehugger, Knom is a virtual Buddhist Temple that is encouraging wider understanding of Buddhism and Japanese culture. Although some of the articles seem rather disconnected, my morning was brightened by this motivation: “We ...
Tattooing in the Moment in Brazil
To be honest, I don’t even remember how I stumbled onto Life Under Zen, but I keep going back for more. The site features work by a Japanese tattoo artist living in Brazil (I can’t ...
Making Order Out of Chaos in Tokyo
Simple, yet oddly beautiful shots of what is normally a very subdued and bland part of any urban landscape, from Chicago to Prague. The above photographs of Japanese housing complexes are currently featured in a ...
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