Nobumichi Tosa's bright peace world

Nobumichi Tosa's quirky and inspired, youthful perspective is made manifest in his limitless innovations – his "nonsense machines".

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Nobumichi Tosa is a Japanese artist and founder of Maywa Denki, a design firm meets performance art collective.
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An interview with Nobumichi Tosa at Design Indaba 2009 considers Tosa's quirky and inspired, youthful perspective, made manifest in his limitless innovations. Tosa's inventions, which he refers to as "nonsense machines", foster his own playful mindset – a vision of what he calls a "bright peace" world.

I want to change the world, says Tosa.

His company name, Maywa Denki, literally translates as "bright peace".

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Nobumichi Tosa on making nonsense machines at Design Indaba 2009
Nobumichi Tosa on making nonsense machines
Talks • Duration: 00:49:52 • 2 May 13
Nobumichi Tosa’s interactive work is difficult to classify. Speaking at Design Indaba 2009 he says, “We make many many nonsense machines.” >