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FASHION ILLUSTRATION JAPAN

Yoko Furusho for Keds Shoes

The delicate illustrations of the talented Japanese NewYork-based artist, Yoko Furusho, are a celebration of pastels colors, ageless girls and ethereal landscapes. A delicious exotic graphic smoothie of Alice in Wonderland, Yoshimoto Nara and old Japanese animation topped with love for fashion and details.

FASHION JAPAN

Minä Perhonen

Akira Minagawa  has created clothes and textiles since 1995  that embodies aesthetic combination of simplicity and beauty. Deeply influenced by the Scandinavian design, Minagawa’s brand Minä Perhonen  – literally in Finnish: “I Butterfly” – merges the finish and dye quality of Japanese textiles with minimalist elegance of North European tradition.

JAPAN MUSIC PRODUCT

Mix-Style Headphone

Let’s get back to the fashionable world of street-couture headphones. If you are already familiar with names like WESC, Skullcandy and Urbanears you cannot miss the Japanese brand Mix-Style.

ARTS JAPAN VIDEO

Yasuhiro Suzuki: Please watch your step

“Please watch your step” by japanese artist Yasuhiro Suzuki was one of four public installations organized by the digital public art project at the haneda airport in toyko. suzuki’s floating human shaped balloon was an experiment in getting users to participate in public art. for many, airports can be a place devoid of human emotion with …

DESIGN JAPAN PRODUCT TECH

lotta

With the emergence of lotta, iida has once again achieved a mobile phone with simultaneously natural and supple stylistic sense. Iwasaki Ichiro, the designer of iida’s first product, G9, has imparted to lotta a sense of purpose you don’t see in mobile phones anymore. A sense of balance—elegance and casualness, strength and flexibility, simplicity and …

ARTS DESIGN GRAPHICS JAPAN PRODUCT

(^_^)365(O_O) (Hello 365)

Heads up for all iphone lovers. The Japan Graphic Designers Association (JAGDA) and Heidelberg Japan K. K. have recently released a 2010 tear-off calendar: “(^_^)365(O_O)” (Hello 365). 365 Designers for 365 Days. Each sheet is designed by one of them so that each day of the year we can enjoy a different graphic. It includes …

ARTS EVENTS JAPAN MILAN

Yayoi Kusama

Yayoi Kusama‘sshow at PAC Milan  |  November 18 2009 – February 7 2010 If you happen to be in Milan make sure you go and check I want to live Forever, Yayoi Kusama’s art exhibition at PAC (Padiglione di Arte Contemporanea), Milan. An exclusive event for Italy, dedicated to the unquestioned protagonist of Japanese contemporary …

INTERACTIVE JAPAN TECH

Tokujin Yoshioka: Maison Hermès window display

Based on a window display he first presented in 2004, the japanese designer Tokujin Yoshioka has now restructured it using a japanese actress currently being presented at Maison Hermès, Japan. The installation will run from now until january 19th, 2010. “On designing a window-display of Maison Hermès, I intended to express people’s daily ‘movements’ with a suspicion of …

AMBIENT INTERACTIVE JAPAN

Dunlop Melody Road

Dunlop Falken Tires are being promoted in Japan through association with a “Melody Road” set up in the Nagano Prefecture. A billboard informs motorists that if they slow down to 40 km/h on the twisting hilly road, they will hear a melody played out by their tires on the road. The safety message won the …

JAPAN PRODUCT TOY

MUJI & LEGO

The Japanese retail brand MUJI and LEGO teamed up to develop a set of 4 different boxes. Inside those boxes you’ll find the classic LEGO bricks but also a few sheets of paper. No big deal. But when you also have the right punch hole tool, you can combine both to create something new. You can order …

JAPAN MISC PRODUCT

Umbrella Shoulder Holder

I know, August is probably not the best month to remind you the existence of umbrellas, but this way you will be able to get it from Amazon Japan before autumn’s rain catches you by surprise. Umbrella Shoulder Holder will allow you to do whatever you want with your hands while you’re outside and it’s …