Il Maneki-neko è il famoso gatto della fortuna giapponese che, con la zampa alzata, saluta o sembra richiamare verso di se. La zampa in questione puo essere sia la destra […]

Tokyo-based artist Koshi Kawachi recently demonstrated his “Manga Farming” technique — which uses old manga as a growing medium for vegetables — by cultivating a crop of radish sprouts in […]

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 […]

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 […]

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.

“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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

Dress Up + Dress Down x  1/2  =  Jack Purcell S MDLN from the Dress Code 1/2 Collection. Released by Converse Japan. | via

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 […]

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 […]