2013 archives

Life. Saver.

01 Jun 2013
In: Design Inspiration, Ojika
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On an unattended beach in off-season. Designed to throw.
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Overgrown

01 Jun 2013
In: Cultural Norms, Yakushima
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Places where nature advances at a higher pace than elsewhere.
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If You Only Have One Knife

01 Jun 2013
In: Cultural Norms, Ojika
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One of the peculiarities of this particular self-catering minka was that the only knife in the entire place for was cutting fish – makes sense …
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Minka Textures

01 Jun 2013
In: Ojika, Today's Office
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Spent the last week dotting off the tip of Japan on Ojika and Yakushima both pretty magical places in very different ways. Ojika has a …
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The Day After the Comma

24 May 2013
In: Cultural Norms, Osaka
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For the past six weeks I’ve been gently nudging up my time-zone count to reach UCT+9, Tokyo Standard Time. Yesterday was a comma in six …
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Urban Geometry: The Mental Curb

24 May 2013
In: Cultural Norms, Tokyo
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Main. Stream.

24 May 2013
In: GRF, Parco
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Road Line

24 May 2013
In: Cultural Norms, Tokyo
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246 from Loftwork. It takes a few years to come to terms with a motorway running through the heart of the city, omnipresent lay lines …
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Holding a Mirror up to the Outsider

24 May 2013
In: Cultural Norms, Tokyo
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Kinda sweet when the Shibuya skatepark bans the dinky skateboards that are for sale by all-and-sundry shops in Harajuku these days. What elements of (now …
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Passive Aggressive Offerings

24 May 2013
In: Design Inspiration, Shibuya, back of
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Not entirely sure this is intentional or not: Tokyo cafe offers free wifi to it’s customers, but then makes the login and password so …
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