Spectrum by Tokujin Yoshioka

Can’t catch Tokujin Yoshioka’s installation at the Museum Beyond Museum in Seoul? Relief comes in the form of this video.

Design-proposal

Architect and product designer Masayuki Kurokawa has launched “design-proposal,” a website that aims to bring manufacturers and designers together in developing new creative ideas.

New Products from Iida

Spoon & Tamago’s Johnny Strategy is in town for a few weeks, and while here he attended Iida’s launch party for its planned 2010 releases.

Tangle Table

Presented as part of the “6/1” exhibition at the Taka Ishii Gallery in Kyoto, architect Akihisa Hirata reveals his Tangle Table.

The Long and Short Life of It

Spoon & Tamago’s Johnny Strategy recently picked up on an interesting series of tweet exchanges between a few Japanese product designers in regards to the life of their products after they are sold.

AZITO

Online gallery of
Japanese Contemporary Art
www.azito-art.com

Cupmen 2

Akira Mabuchi has produced a sequel to his fun Cupmen product — silicone figures that rest on your cup noodle, changing color to let you know when 3 minutes is up — with the more relaxed Cupmen 2.

Mirikeshi

New from stationery producer Kokuyo is the Mirikeshi, an eraser that includes five edges of various sizes (the numbers represent millimeters), to make it that much more precise when erasing.

Design to Change the World

A new exhibition at Tokyo Midtown’s Design Hub and Axis Gallery in Roppongi called “Design to Change the World” covers design concepts that seek to offer solutions to third world problems.

Concrete Bicycle Rack

Female design duo Luft produces the Concrete Bicycle Rack for the Tenkei Project.

Denden

Masahiro Minami designs a snail-like wooden hook called Denden.

Nao Tamura Wins Salone Satellite Award

Nao Tamura’s Seasons serving plates wins the Salone Satellite Award at this past week’s Milano Salone.