Tokyo

Contaminates

Tokyo: contaminates
The key fob for the Llove Hotel includes a USB drive. In a world of viruses and other contaminants, and in the context of a …



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22 Nov 2010

In: Daikanyama, Design Inspiration
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Sen.To

It’s that moment before the interview when you’re arrived at the meeting spot 10 minutes early, duck into a cafe for caffeinated sustenance and sync …
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Llove Interface

Our Tokyo ground crew spent a week futoning it in a local apartment so the Llove Hotel served as our one-night-away break-out space – an …
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McObama

Sick. Bag.

17 Nov 2010



Sick bag sponsored by the Kirin beer company in this Tokyo taxi. With the small mounds of last nights vomit greeting many a commuter, there’s not …
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Future Pin-Ups

17 Nov 2010

In: Daikanyama, Future Perfect
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The male changing rooms of this Daikanyama sento – includes a pin-up of a late 90’s gravia (underwear model). How future users/actors/constituents/participants/.. of the space …
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Mapping the Journey

17 Nov 2010

In: Cultural Norms, Shinagawa
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The journey from Shinagawa to Kansai Airport includes Shinkansen and local trains- with the serving staff laying out the tickets to explain each leg of …
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The Bends

Quick retail visit with 10 minutes to spare before a fascinating expert interview in a Meguro kissaten, and spotted this wonderful artifact that mixes the …
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The Point of Sale

If there’s one advantage to a couple of spare hours in Tokyo – it’s pulling up a seat in the under-the-arches back-of-Daikanyama Dexee Diner, and …
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Holistic

14 Nov 2010

In: Cultural Norms, Daikanyama
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When served fresh – the blueberry imagawayaki from Bombay Bazaar, Daikanyama is one of those holistic food experiences that delivers from anticipation, to first sight …
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