Opening Ceremony’s first store in Japan — located in Tokyo’s Shibuya district — was designed by Jamo Associates, and they’ve now shared photos of the shop.
House in Fukuyama is a residence by Suppose Design Office located in the city of Hiroshima.
Ian Lynam has taken his “Poster Initiative” — 2-color posters that are printed out and free to grab around Tokyo — and made them available as wallpapers for iPhone and iPad.
Model kit maker Tamiya has come up with a rather innovative business card, one that can actually be taken apart to build a tiny model.
The first volume of Minari no Seishu, a gag manga series by Keiichi Tanaka, is now available for purchase in English on the Android Market.
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Cover to the April, 1959 issue of Architectural Design (28) by Theo Crosby.
The Tokyo Interactive Center (TinC) is a newly launched community that intends to bring creators together in an effort to exchange ideas and experience on interactivity.
Volume 3 of Papersky’s Journey’s on the Musical Saucer series with Haruomi Hosono which featured writings on Hosono’s returns to places once encountered during his rich musical career and travels.
Ryuji Nakamura Architects is behind a series of vinyl hammocks now installed on the 7th floor of the Seibu department store in Ikebukuro.
iMixad is a new service developed by Mobile Art Lab that connects mobile devices (for example an iPhone with an iPad) for realtime interactions.