Last month I looked at some intriguing cases of the way common items in Japan have been designed slightly differently from other countries and since then I’ve been looking around for more (…) Read more
Ototo by Dentaku
Dentaku The Ototo project is not exactly made in Japan but nevertheless made by Japanese, at least partially. Sound artist/inventor Yuri Suzuki and similar minded Mark McKeague are the masterminds behind the London (…) Read more
Sound of Honda – Ayrton Senna 1989
First one does not really notice anything particular, it`s a F1 night race scene from what it seems. Though after closer inspection one learns there is in fact not a (…) Read more
Helvetica for your nose. Eyeglasses inspired by Type.
New Japanese eyewear brand Type is turning two of the most famous fonts in history into spectacle frames: Helvetica and Garamond. Type is a collaboration effort of Oh My Glasses with Tokyo based advertising (…) Read more
Stainless
Above video is shot by Adam Magyar at Shinjuku station, one of the largest stations in Tokyo. It’s part of his series of videos called Stainless which he shot with (…) Read more
Noramoji Project
We can find a lot of font in old towns. Those may not be so sophisticated but have a unique charm. In this project, we named such characters “NORAMOJI”. We (…) Read more
Japanese Modernism Reconsidered
“Modernism” is such a loaded term in terms of graphic design. For some, it’s the banal aesthetic that brought about the Helveticization of the corporate world and stripped all of (…) Read more
Everyday Usability in Japan (Part 1)
While I design software for a living, it’s often the design of everyday physical objects which intrigues me the most. From ticket machines to toilets, every time I travel somewhere (…) Read more
