Photos: Good Design Expo 2010
This year's Good Design Expo, which took place at Tokyo Big Sight over the weekend (Aug 27-29), showcased over 2,000 design-conscious items....
30 Aug 11:06 pm  from  Pinktentacle   [Profile]  [Recent] 
Apple Store Shibuya
Many requests I put up on the JPCP page are pictures of various stores in Japan. I love shopping and I find stores in Japan....
28 Aug 8:46 pm  from  Yonasu   [Profile]  [Recent] 
Kaza Hana: Amazing garden shop/cafe/bar in Aoyama
Leaving a meeting recently, I walked through some back streets of Aoyama, and came across this amazing sidewalk garden. The contrast betwee....
23 Aug 2:27 pm  from  Unknown   [Profile]  [Recent] 
Vintage Tokyo subway manner posters
Here are a few manner posters that appeared in the Tokyo subways between 1976 and 1982. Three annoying train monsters (October 1982) The thr....
9 Aug 11:37 pm  from  Pinktentacle   [Profile]  [Recent] 
Empty lots are abundant and under-used
Tokyo is full of empty lots that mark the time between demolition and building. Sometimes they stay empty for more than a year. Most are tu....
7 Aug 9:05 am  from  Unknown   [Profile]  [Recent] 
99 cute trademarked characters from Japan
Here is a collection of 99 cute characters summoned from the depths of the Japanese Figure Trademark Database. These friendly critters appea....
3 Aug 9:35 pm  from  Pinktentacle   [Profile]  [Recent] 
YesStyle.com Gets!
During the time I was away, DHL tried to deliver my order from YesStyle.com. So yesterday I had to call them to get it rede....
3 Aug 7:50 pm  from  Yonasu   [Profile]  [Recent] 
Nº 65 | House With Gardens
Evolving admirable projects and architectural concepts, a `house with gardens` has all rooms and spaces lead to little private greens....
30 Jul 5:50 pm  from  Unknown   [Profile]  [Recent] 
Using Kickstarter to Startup
I’m pretty sure I hate Craig Mod, and the reason is because he keeps writing awesome essays and is doing plenty of things — like starti....
29 Jul 2:09 am  from  Jeans Now   [Profile]  [Recent] 
SNOW mag x graniph free t-shirts
Good news for designer t-shirt fans or anyone who knows an artist with potential. SNOW mag is teaming up with graniph to offer readers free ....
27 Jul 12:18 pm  from  Japan Trends   [Profile]  [Recent] 
Let’s Here It for Graniph Love
That Graniph thing I teased last week? Details are now posted on SNOW Magazine, so go have a look. In short, every month I’ll be selectin....
26 Jul 5:30 pm  from  Jeans Now   [Profile]  [Recent] 
Nº 61 | Minimalist House
Guiding in Japan and China, the winter months are for travelling around part of Asia I normally don’t visit. This year the next sto....
24 Jul 7:37 am  from  Unknown   [Profile]  [Recent] 
SNOW Magazine Cafe Flyer
The SNOW Magazine Cafe flyer is now out in the wild. Again, big thanks to Hiyoko Imai for the wonderful design, based on Luis‘ original p....
22 Jul 9:28 pm  from  Jeans Now   [Profile]  [Recent] 
Nº 59 | Between Pillars
Known for his beautifully tactile and touching work, Tokyo-based architect Ryuji Nakamura designed 'Bench Between Pillars'. To be see....
17 Jul 3:23 pm  from  Unknown   [Profile]  [Recent] 
Proletarian posters from 1930s Japan
In the 1930s, as the masses came to dominate Japanese society, a bold new style of poster emerged. These artistic posters incorporated eleme....
8 Jul 12:40 pm  from  Pinktentacle   [Profile]  [Recent] 
Dutch fans of Japanese gardening
One of the best parts of publishing this blog is hearing from people around the world who share their love of gardening and public spaces. ....
8 Jul 9:05 am  from  Unknown   [Profile]  [Recent] 
Shitamachi submarine bus makes old Tokyo fun
With all the hype surrounding the Sky Tree there is plenty of interest at the moment in the old shitamachi area in general, which includes A....
7 Jul 2:29 pm  from  Japan Trends   [Profile]  [Recent] 
Elecom New Design Headphones build in cooperation with 4 Japanese fashion companies.
In cooperation with Samurai Magazine but also 3 designer’s brand included Subciety, Atmos and Xlarge, Elecom is now offering 3 “Stylis....
6 Jul 4:17 pm  from  Akihabara News   [Profile]  [Recent] 
Bosozoku-style rides
Here are 50 photos of wildly modified bōsōzoku-style rides from Japan (via alljapanexpress, Speedhunters, Sunny Speed Style, Inokoshientot....
5 Jul 5:42 pm  from  Pinktentacle   [Profile]  [Recent] 
Future transportation (1936)
In 1936, Shōnen Club magazine published an illustrated article entitled “World Transportation Invention Competition,” which took a look....
30 Jun 4:43 pm  from  Pinktentacle   [Profile]  [Recent] 
Igarashi concept vehicle designs
Igarashi Design has dreamed up a series of ultramodern concept vehicles, including the bikes, mini-copter, wheelbarrow and snowmobile shown ....
18 Jun 2:39 pm  from  Pinktentacle   [Profile]  [Recent] 
Embroidery Prince
Lately, there have been a growing number of young men who make handmade goods. The cross-stitch artist Makoto Ozu, who I call “Embroide....
13 Jun 10:00 am  from  8tokyo.com   [Profile]  [Recent] 
Taito Designers Village
Taito Designers Village is a public institution at Taito-ward, for newbie able designers. They can use a room for their work. The place i....
4 Jun 10:00 am  from  8tokyo.com   [Profile]  [Recent] 
Futuristic mega-projects by Shimizu
Japanese construction firm Shimizu Corporation has developed a series of bold architectural plans for the world of tomorrow. Here is a previ....
1 Jun 7:35 pm  from  Pinktentacle   [Profile]  [Recent] 
LG Electronics North American Mobile Phone Company unveils Design the Future winners.
LGEMU or LG Electronics North American Mobile phone company, organized for the first time a design completion asking people like you and me,....
1 Jun 2:30 pm  from  Akihabara News   [Profile]  [Recent] 
Red Riding Hood wolves turn Hermès monochrome
We previously reported on Tokujin Yoshioka’s amazing “breathing” digital window display at Ginza’s ever-impressive Maison Hermès st....
28 May 6:36 pm  from  Japan Trends   [Profile]  [Recent] 
Hiragana in 3D
Designer Hideo Kanbara thought it would be fun to make hiragana in 3D. Here is あ (the "a" sound). Beautiful! Link via Spoon and Tamago....
22 May 2:08 am  from  TokyoMango.com   [Profile]  [Recent] 
Welcome to Akihabara News V5.5 a.k.a “Access Denied”
I know, I know I promised you a new and refresh version of Akihabara News V5 design a few months ago and actually we were supposed to launch....
21 May 7:57 pm  from  Akihabara News   [Profile]  [Recent] 
Clamshells still most popular mobile configuration
A recent survey from iShare looking at mobile phone types found that clamshells with the standard ten keys were both the most popular curren....
19 May 11:29 pm  from  What Japan Thinks   [Profile]  [Recent] 
Baby trends: hand, footprint stamps and hair fude pen
You don’t hear a lot about exciting baby trends in Japan (other than crying baby videos and iPhone apps), no doubt due to its declining bi....
18 May 7:31 pm  from  Japan Trends   [Profile]  [Recent] 
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