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Tag Archives: Design
Fun Link Friday: 20 Years of Docomo Cell Phone Design
NTT Docomo, one of Japan’s big-three cell-phone providers, recently showcased all the models of its cell phones dating back to 1987 at Tokyo Design Week 2012. DesignBoom’s coverage of the event, “Evolution of the Mobile Phone by Docomo,” includes photos of … Continue reading
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Tagged Japanese, fun link friday, Design, cell phone, telephone, NTT Docomo, techonology, Tokyo Design Week
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Fun Link Friday: Designer Nori
After the destruction the earthquake and tsunami caused in Tohoku in March 2011, Miyagi-based seaweed shop owner Umino Hiroyuki got creative, asking Tokyo advertising agency I&S BDDO to help him create an online campaign to rebuild their business. In the … Continue reading
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Tagged Design, food, fun link, fun link friday, I&S BDDO, nori, seaweed, sushi, Umino Seaweed Shop
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Blog Review: Spoon & Tamago
As someone who works for an art magazine, I try to keep abreast of the latest in Japanese design. One website that I am particularly fond of is Spoon & Tamago. Created by husband-wife team Johnny (Tamago) and Tomomi (Spoon), this … Continue reading
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Tagged architecture, art, blog, contemporary art, Design, fine art, graphic design, Japan, Johnny Strategy, photography, produc design, Spoon and Tamago, Tomomi
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Fun Link Friday: Apple Stencils
It’s autumn in Japan, which means the apple crop is in! The large size of Japanese apples is famous among those who have lived here, but how many of you have seen a designer apple? About four years ago, there … Continue reading
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Tagged Apple, Design, Design Taxi, designer fruit, fruit, fun link friday, Jane Alden Stevens, Japan, Macintosh, Nobon, stenci, sunburn, Takayama, tantoo, University of Cincinnati
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Fun Link(s) Friday: Halloween Bento Roundup 2012
Add a bit of spooky fun to your lunch this October with some of these Halloween-themed bentos from around the web! Neatorama has two collections of Halloween bento this year: “Delightful Halloween Bento Boxes” and “More Halloween Bento Boxes.” Wendy … Continue reading
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Tagged 2012, bento, Design, food, fun link friday, halloween, holidays, Japanese food
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Fun Link Friday: Sapore dei Mobili
“Baby castella” (ベビー・カステラ), the globular egg cakes cooked in molds at Japanese festivals, were originally brought to Japan from Portugal. Japanese designer Ryosuke Fukusada and Portuguese designer Rui Pereira have collaborated on a design project called Sapore dei Mobili that … Continue reading
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Tagged art, baby castella, consumer culture, Design, food, fun link friday, furniture, fusion, Rui Pereira, Ryosuke Fukusada, Sapore dei Mobili
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Call for Papers: The Design Journal 16:4 (‘Dezain no genjo: Design in contemporary Japan’)
Deadline: 1 August 2012 Few nations have seen the public image of their design and manufacturing sector change so quickly and drastically as Japan since 2000. Postwar Japan’s manufacturing-intensive economy and promotion of private consumption fostered the development of design … Continue reading
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Tagged aesthetics, call for papers, contemporary design, contemporary Japan, Design, Japan, manufacturing
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FLF: 100 Examples of Japanese Municipal Flags
A friend of mine sent an old post from Web Designer Depot of 100 Examples of Japanese Municipal Flags I thought worth sharing. From the Web Designer Depot: These flags feature highly stylized bicolor geometric symbols, often incorporating Japanese or Latin characters, making them especially … Continue reading
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Tagged Design, flags, fun link friday, Japan, municipal flags
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Fun Link Friday: Japanese Graphic Design from the 1920′s and 30′s.
I was first introduced to the art deco period reading F. Scott Fitzgerald’s The Great Gatsby, in high school. As I think is common with many American schools, my high school mostly focused on the European movement and its influence in the … Continue reading
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Tagged art, art deco, Design, fun link friday, graphic design, Japan, Japanese art, Japanese culture, print media
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Fun Link Friday: Floating Japanese tea house in DC
Oftentimes I find myself looking at the architecture of Japanese homes and other buildings enviously. The designs are slick, compact, and simple. There’s an extra something that just resonates with me. And although I’m not usually one for giant steel … Continue reading
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Tagged architecture, David Jameson, Design, fun link friday, Japanese architecture, modern architecture, stage, tea, tea house
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