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Tatsuya Honda's hairpin enables you to feel sounds
This graduate of the Future University Hakode has designed a more intuitive aid for hearing impaired users that translates sound to vibration.
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Tomo Kihara
Playful interventionist and design researcher
Playful interventionist and design researcher.
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South Africa meets Japan while design meets culture
“Ultimately, we believe that our uniqueness does not come from specific elements of African or Asian cultures, it just stems from us."
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Japanese artist repurposes broken skateboards to create sculptures
Haroshi tried to make every piece unique, like putting an iPod inside an apple sculpture.
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Yami-Ichi disrupts how the price of art is valued
Here, money is powerless and instead the public is invited to barter skills, services and objects for a piece of art.
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Meet Aoi Yamaguchi, the Japanese Master Calligrapher expanding the form’s possibilities
The California-based artist merges music and performance with the centuries-old tradition.
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The Heat Rescue stove provides practical survival tools for those in need
Following a natural disaster, this kit can help a group of people keep themselves warm and fed until emergency response arrives.
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Shoko Tamura on designing garments that amplify personal expression
The Keio University student says wearable technology could redefine the way people play in urban landscapes.
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Using light as a cure
The Jeggo helps its users overcome the downsides of travelling with therapeutic music and light.
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Mateusz Urbanowicz’s Tokyo Storefront series
These delightful illustrations document the changing face of the Japanese capital.
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The surreal self-portraits of Izumi Miyazaki
The young Japanese photographer’s work makes the mundane curious.
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Michael Wolf photographs the world’s most uncomfortable commute
‘Tokyo Compression’ offers a new perspective of the Japanese city.
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Shoko Tamura
Speculative Designer
Shoko Tamura is a member of Daijiro Mizuno research laboratory at Keio University, Tokyo Japan, where she looks at speculative design and the human mind.
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Nomad Life: A kit for the modern wanderer
Mexican designer Geraldo Osio tapped into Japanese craft to create a kit for the millennial who can’t be tied down.
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Smart glasses to help people living with dyslexia
University student designs a pair of smart glasses for people who have difficulty reading
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Cleaning up outer space with Kounotori’s electrified tether
Scientists are testing ways to clear up the new problem of space pollution.
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Teepee-like complex serves as a haven for Japan's elderly
Issei Suma's whimsical structures provide a calming environment for the retired.
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Tackle wet weather with these creative methods of escaping the rain
From ‘non-wet’ umbrellas to onesies made for biking during a rainstorm, avoiding a downpour has never been this inspired.
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Turning the violent side of nature into an energy source
Japanese engineers turn their attention to the power of typhoons.
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‘Girl, girl, girl’ by Aki Inomata
These insect-built homes are a colourful commentary on a pervasive gender dynamic.
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The ‘dirty’ way Toyota is creating cleaner fuel
Would you drive a car powered by poo?
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The Setsuna: Toyota’s wooden concept car
The Japanese car manufacturer has created a functional concept car inspired by the emotional connections we have with family vehicles.
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The Forest Where the Wind Returns: Hayao Miyazaki’s real-life woodland landscape
The former spearhead of Studio Ghibli plans to give children an immersive experience of the natural world in Kumé Island, Okinawa.
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Tracing the origins of Pokémon Go
Pokémon Go, the product of American software developers Niantic and The Pokémon Company of Japan, is the love child of GPS tech and insect hunting.
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