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Paradise Lost

According to the BBC, the Maldives might completely disappear because of global warming!
Maldives is a beautiful place with 360,000 inhabitants. A whole country could disappear!!Read the rest of this article

Greatest ever design

The Honda Cub is not just the greatest bike. I think it’s the greatest design ever. People in many countries around the world could transport for the first time. It’s the most made vehicle ever – 60 million, and the design is same for 50 years. You can’t break it. Even you push it off a building.Read the rest of this article

Nagasaki Ceramics

New style ceramics design by traditional ceramic firm: Hasami, in Nagasaki. They are trying top produce new shapes but without forgetting the craftsmanship spirit.

波佐見焼き。伝統を受け継ぎながらも新しい形をデザインしている。色、形、どれをとってもともキレイ。（PingMag）Read the rest of this article

Yale Lock

You never have problems with the Yale pin-tumbler cylinder lock.

Unlike the electronic locks that tend to not work or the numerous attempts in redesigning keys, the traditional Yale key still stands as the best, unless you go mislaying it somewhere.
(viza za zamani ni nzuri kuliko viza za sukuizi) Kifuli na kifunguo cha zamani ni bora kuliko cha sukuizi. kizuri kina jiuza na kibaya…Read the rest of this article

The Canon A-1 Camera

A cool article about Canon A-1. My all time favourite camera
One of those classical designs where you find yourself saying “I’ve had this for fifteen years and its never let me down.”

１５年以上たっても、一度も壊れたことがない。そういうデザインがクラシックのデザインのひとつ。
ni hiyo rasimu ya zamani ile una sema kwa munyewe ” nime kuwa…Read the rest of this article

Swiss Army Knife

An article on a design truly worth having, the swiss army knife.

does it get better than this? truly the most finest satisfying everyday design you can come across. Its got as many tools like scissors, bottle openers, knifes and even toothpicks. Its not just a lifesaver but a lot of fun to…Read the rest of this article

World Islands

yes, they are in fact creating world as islands in Dubai!

The project that sets to build artificial islands. When seen from the sky it is a complete replica of the entire world at a small scale.
kwa dubai wana tengeza visiwa. Uki angalia kutoka kweupe ina ka mama dunia yetuRead the rest of this article

A cool toy

Pennsylvania has an official state toy!? This one walks down stairs. Can you guess what it is?Read the rest of this article

Kitsch or Kool

The bright side of neon colors the night.Read the rest of this article

Melting ice is a hot topic

An art new exhibition about climate change. Can art save planet? I’m not sure!

急激な気候変化にデザインで解決できるかという記事です。英語で書かれています。Read the rest of this article

IKEA’s Philosophy

Speaking of “IKEA”, what does that you remind of? This is the general image that is a huge North European home furnishing store that sells reasonable and sophisticated designed furniture, and the image that many people hold would be that logo and large building colored only blue and yellow. The company has been using the colors to get publicity for their identity because the…Read the rest of this article

HONDA SPIRITS

History

HONDA was started in 1946 in Shizuoka, Japan. The founder was Souichiro Honda. Company name is origin by the founder name. HONDA is known as a car and motorbike company but they make airplanes, farmer’s goods and ships. HONDA spreads out to sells parts to abroad form early time. HONDA started to spread to the world in early time. They are unfolding to 53 countries…Read the rest of this article

Unique Corporate Identity

TELUS Corporation is a one of the leading telecommunication companies in Canada, which provides a full range of communications products and services including telephone, television and Internet service provider. Telus Communication, origin of TELUS, was established in 1990 in Alberta. The name TELUS is created from combining “telecommunications” and “university”. It was fully founded in…Read the rest of this article

Pizza Hut

The shop story began in 1958; it is located in Kansas at the Wichita State University Campus. The shop was founded by Frank and Dan Carney, 2 brothers who studied at the university. They borrowed $600 from their mother and opened the small pizza shop. The shop is still functional in Wichita, Kansas. The first pizza shop roof was red and symmetrical. The small shop has a small signboard, so they…Read the rest of this article

Attractive Signage

My image of Manhattan was a big busy, crowded city. Many neon signs in Times Square might have brought me that idea of crowdedness. In fact, the street was full of people, and they were shouting and cars were honking all night. On the other hand, very early in the morning there was a short time of silence. I felt kind of awkward going to bed with lots of noise and waking up to almost no sounds…Read the rest of this article

Parsons The New School for Design

“Parsons The New School for Design” people know the name, but others don’t know it. Before, I was the latter. On the second day of our trip in NY, we visited the school. The people welcomed us warmly, and showed us around the school. Of course, the school buildings were larger than our school, and they were fully equipped, but the contents of study and form of class work was the same as…Read the rest of this article

Lovely Design

We visited Lucie at MyORB office and looked at her works that she had actually designed for clients. Her office’s atmosphere was so comfortable because of the open space, well-organized ledge and the warm sunlight through a large window. The office had wooden shelves and desks and floor, so the mood was soothing. That helped the designers to communicate easily with each other. On the other…Read the rest of this article

New Museum is Hell... Yes?

New Museum is literally a new museum located in Bowery, which is supposed to be one of the new cool hip neighborhoods in New York city. I imagined New Museum to be sub-cultural, much more modern than the MoMA. I was expecting this trip to New Museum would be something exciting and inspiring. However, it turned out rather gloomy and distant, besides the fact that it was unlike a museum, but a…Read the rest of this article

Jiyu-Gakuen

Frank Lloyd Wright is a world famous American architect in 20th century who designed more than 1,000 works. His most famous works are Fallingwater and the Guggenheim museum in New York. He is called one of the three great master of modern construction only with Le Corbusier and Mies van der Rohe. His works are in USA, Canada and Japan only in the world. In Japan, the most famous of his works is…Read the rest of this article

Joy of Coffee

Coffee is the most loved drink in world history. In fact, trade of coffee is ranked first economically among all the farm products. The heaviest coffee drinkers in the world are Finnish who drink more than 9 liter per year. By seeing so many coffee shops on every city corner we can know that it’s not only the Finnish that really love coffee. One of the reasons why coffee is loved so much…Read the rest of this article

Super Heroes' Classification

All super heroes can be categorized into three groups; those without powers, who practice skills such as martial arts and use high levels of intellect and technology to defeat their enemies; those with limited powers, who either use moderate-level technology, intelligence, or skills to enhance their powers to defeat their enemies; and the over-powered, who have so many powers, that they don’t…Read the rest of this article

Super Heroes' Classification

Corn for Livestock

It is said the main ideal feed for livestock is based on corn, and historically, 60% of the U.S. corn crop is consumed by the livestock industry. [1] Today, the circumstances have changed. Some researchers found corn has potential as an alternative energy source and biodegradable plastic. People have set their mind out reconsidering the value of corn, it could be no longer feed to livestock…Read the rest of this article

Historic Village of Shirakawa-go and Gokayama

Japan has some famous wooden buildings, in particular, the temples in Kyoto attract visitors from all over the world, but has also some famous wooden home. Historic Village of Shirakawa-go and Gokayama is a world heritage site. The site is located in Toyama prefecture, and a village, was built in the Edo era. People in this village grew a silkworm at that time, and the houses were designed…Read the rest of this article

Sealing as Worthwhile

Black lovely eyes and a white furry body. Seals on the land of ice look so pure and innocent and bring out people’s motherly instinct. Who wants them to be covered with blood? Such a sentimental argument has been hiding the truth. First, people around Newfoundland or the Magdalen Islands in Canada mainly hunted the newborn babies of Harp Seals because they had beautiful yellowish-white…Read the rest of this article

Between Change and Unchange

In some countries in the northern hemisphere, people had a special festival called, “bear festival”. Some festivals were quit as time passed but some are still held among several people. The Ainu people in Japan have been holding the bear festival in a traditional way with a real bear for over 2000 years. Elsewhere, in Whittlesey in Britain, people have a festival called the Straw Bear…Read the rest of this article

Charanke

There are millions of festivals in the world. Most of them are based on their own culture. Charanke festival is also based on cultural elements like foods, clothes and dances. It was created by two men, Masashi Hiro and Yoshiharu Kinjyo in 1994 at Nakanoku, Tokyo. But there is a big difference between Charanke and other festivals is charanke is based on two different cultures which are from North…Read the rest of this article

Change the World

Sometimes we need fellows to confront hardship, but it can be a special opportunity to meet people who have a same determination. They make the group stronger and give us the chance to overcome hardship even those which are impossible for one person to solve. The power of company makes a person strong and makes impossible things to possible, even changing the world. Magnum Photos is the most…Read the rest of this article

MAJOLICA MAJORCA

MAJOLICA MAJORCA is one of the brands in Shisendo that is a big cosmetic company in Japan. Shiseido has some different cosmetic brands; maquillage and MK2 so on. This company’s target is mainly over 20 year olds so the price is a little expensive for teenagers. According to the research, they want to get good and cute things which they can proud of them without money. It used to make “ff”…Read the rest of this article

Package of POM Wonderful!

BlendsLogosDesign AnalysisThe POM juice container is made of plastic, and the POM Tea package is made of glass. Both are very distinctive by shape, material, and also function. The shape of the plastic bottle is in 2 round bubbles, which imitate and represent the pomegranate. It differentiates the 5 kinds of taste according to lid’s color. The glass package is a long cylinder with lid. It looks…Read the rest of this article

Bihada-Ichizoku

Bihada-Ichizoku is a cosmetic line becoming popular among young females. The name of the product ‘Bihada-Ichizoku’ means family with beautiful skin in Japanese. As we see from the images, the graphic on the package is very animated. Indeed, they created characters and each character on a package represents the characteristic of each product. The main product they sell is a facial mask…Read the rest of this article

New Wave vs. New Rave

A movement is always happening. Today, it is called a “New Rave” movement. The term New Rave is heavily inspired by the old 80’s movement known as New Wave, so the two movements are often compared. The New Wave movement occurred in England, the United States, Germany, and also in Japan, and it affected many other countries. Both of the movement s– New Wave and New Rave – first described…Read the rest of this article

A Design Style of Zak Kyes

History / Background Born in California, living in London, Zak Kyes is a Swiss-American graphic designer. A graduate from Business & Art History of Skidmore College in NY, he went on to Hochschule fur Gestaltung and Kunst in Switzerland. Moreover he started studying graphic design at CalArts in LA (The picture on the top is one of his works for the school.) and became the first recipient of…Read the rest of this article

Survive under extraordinary situation

Can you imagine living in the freezer for 22 months? Sir Ernest Shackleton, English Irish explorer, and his companions survived under worse condition! In 1914, they tried to cross the Antarctic Continent, but unfortunately, they failed… They were stuck by the sea ice near the landing point of Antarctic, and the pressure of ice gradually suffered their ship. Finally, Endurance, the name of the…Read the rest of this article

Corporate Identity; Muji

Ryohin Keikaku Co., Ltd, also known as Muji is a popular Japanese retail company. Muji is short for Mujirushi Ryohin and the meaning is “no brand with good quality” in Japanese. The company is distinguished by not having a printed label on their products. The philosophy can be found in simple packaging, use of organic colors and functionality of their products. The first slogan of the…Read the rest of this article

Starbucks Corporate Identity

Starbucks is a Coffee house chain. It was founded in 1971 in Seattle, United States. The name of the company is from the combination of the name of mountain that is in Seattle and the name of a mate in “Moby-Dick” written by Herman Melville. The philosophy is to make a comfortable place for employees and consumers and provide first-class service and coffee. They have not changed so much…Read the rest of this article

The Brand Identity of UNIQLO

Uniqlo was born in 1984 in Hiroshima. It was an unisex casual wear store, and the name was “Uniqle Clothing Warehouse” at that moment. Uniqlo is a combination of the words Unique and Clothing. The brand belongs to a company named First Retailing Co. A decade after opening the first shop, there were over 100 Uniqlo stores throughout Japan. The key of their popularization was the products were…Read the rest of this article

Tsunami

Without informa…Every year, a lot of people are killed from natural disasters, such as earthquakes, flood, and volcano of these, one of the must devastating is the tsunami. A tsunami is a series of huge waves in ocean. It has various causes, but the most common one is an earthquake. It has a large volume of water and it moves very fast, and the wave can swallow everything in its path. When…Read the rest of this article

Jacques-Henri-Lartigue

Jacques-Henri was a French photographer who is known as a genius in photograph in France. He was born in 1894 and was brought up in a wealthy family. When he was eight years old, his father gave him a camera. He was fascinated with it that was valuable at that time. He began to keep a photo diary and created photo albums. He continued to do it for his entire life. He liked taking pictures…Read the rest of this article

Photographer - Yoshikazu Shirakawa

Yoshikazu Shirakawa was born in Ehime in 1935. He is known to the world as a photographer who challenges nature such as the Alps and Himalayas. Especially, taking a picture of the waterfall is important for him because he feels “water” is the source of all lives. He graduated The Photography Section of Department of Art at Japan University. He worked as Art and Literature producer…Read the rest of this article

The Man Behind and In Front; Introducing Terry Richardson

Terry Richardson is a famous American fashion photographer. He was born in Southern California in 1965 and now lives in New York. He is influenced by his fashion photographer father, Bob Richardson, and combined a passion for fashion with a sense of 70’s cinematic realism. He captures real people. People are his fashion as he believes “photographs are more about people than…Read the rest of this article

Michael Kenna

Michael Kenna, The landscape photographer, was born in England in 1953. Michael created dream-like scenes by combining innovative and traditional photographic techniques. He traveles around the world to countrues such as Brazil, Mexico, China, India, and Japan to take that beautiful and attractive photos.

Kenna’s works are characterized by their attractive composition and beautiful…Read the rest of this article

Man Ray

Man Ray was an American Dada and Surrealist artist. He born Emmanuel Radnizky in 1890 Philadelphia. When he was seven years old, he moved to New York, and there he was influenced by important modern art movement in “291” gallery Stieglitz. He learned drawing in high school, and then he worked as a merchant artist but he continued painting pictures. In 1915, he inaugurated the New York Dada…Read the rest of this article

August Sander

August Sander was a Germany photographer famous for his mastery of document photography. Born in 1876, his career started as an assistant of commercial photographer, later he founded his studio. He got many prizes for his picturesque farmer’s pictures. However, in 1918, he met many modern artists of Marxism. Later that he thought of big project “People of 20 century” under the influence…Read the rest of this article

Flood

Every year, many people are affected by floods. They lose their homes and infrastructure is destroyed and in a large flood many people can die. Victims of flood are increasing with about 50 million people affected each year. More than 25,000 of these people die, and millions more are affected by injury and disease. Flood also kill domestic animals and farmland. The human and economic cost is…Read the rest of this article

Earthquake!

The 1755 Lisbon…Historically, earthquakes have caused huge amounts of devastation. The 1755 Lisbon earthquake happened in Portugal. The scale was magnitude 8.5 About 60.000 people were killed by the tsunami. In 2004 a huge earthquake happened in the west coast of Sumatra Indonesia. The scale was Magnitude 9.3 and 226,566 people die. Many people are still missing. Even today, the desire modern…Read the rest of this article

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