Japan

Fishing Village Textures

03 Jun 2013

In: Design Inspiration, Ojika
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How to See Around Corners

03 Jun 2013

In: Cultural Norms, Ojika
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Mirror position, size norms: normally mounted on poles. For every thing that supplies status information a digital equivalent. In this instance it allows humans to see …
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Yaku Textures

03 Jun 2013

In: Design Inspiration, Yakushima
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No 8

03 Jun 2013

In: Design Inspiration, Shibuya, back of
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One of the best cups of joe in the city.
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Urban Geometry

03 Jun 2013

In: Cultural Norms, Ebisu, back of
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The Off Ramp

02 Jun 2013

In: Design Inspiration, Ikejiri Ohashi
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The 246 off-ramp at Ikejiri Ohashi has been rebuilt turning it from an eyesore into a strong community asset that now includes library, sky-park and …
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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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