Showing posts with label japan. Show all posts
Showing posts with label japan. Show all posts
June 20, 2007
March 7, 2007
Music: Takeshi Terauchi and the Bunnys
Twilightzone! presents Takeshi "Terry" Terauchi and the Bunnys' record "Seichô Takeuchi-Bushi" from 1967. Think Ventures-style Japanese folksongs. How about that?
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February 21, 2007
Poster Art: Japanese Labor and Social Movement
Images of Japanese Labor and Social Movement in the Post-1945 Japan.
"Ohara Institute for Social Research owns about 1400 posters of labor and social movements in the post-1945 period."Via Designerblog.it
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Illustration: The Last & Greatest Acrobatics
Dissection Beauties, Ball Girls and Bottled Girl
The Last & Greatest Acrobatics is just one of Japanese Mizna Wada's illustration series' that you can find on her web site - Mizna Lens. At first I didn't think that her style was anything I'd like but I surrendered to her personal mix of disturbed cuteness and morbid humour. She tops it all of by executing her works with an impressive accuracy.
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February 17, 2007
January 18, 2007
Illustration: Toru Fukuda
Those who know the blog knows that mod*mom has a great eye for cool, mod and nice designs and illustrations. Through "mom" I discovered the Japanese illustrator Toru Fukuda. His style makes me think of great commercial illustrations and childrens book's of my childhood's 1970s. Clear, kind of simple, colourful and fun. Visit his web site and his Flickr!
May 21, 2006
Design: Vintage Japanese Matchbox Labels
No, this is not my own collection. Well, that is I have collected them, from the internet. I found them in October last year and I published them here and in Musselsoppans Vänner at the time. I just think they are extraordinarily beautiful and I was sad to see that the original link to them were dead. There were many more there but I'm glad I saved this many. Enjoy.
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April 6, 2006
March 13, 2006
February 15, 2006
Architecture: Threatened modern
The Nakagin Capsule Tower by Kisho Kurokawa, built in 1970-72 as a capsule hotel, risks demolition.
Kisho Kurokawa's homepage.
Thanks to Mr Feckenbrenner!
February 12, 2006
November 18, 2005
Ethnology: As a native of Finland he is extremely durable to cold weather
Do the Japanese and the Finns have anything in common? Well, to a non-Finn and non-Japanese their respective languages might sound sort of similar or at least equally strange and difficult. What more? Both nationalities have a reputation of being reserved* and shy. There are also similarities in some of the design styles of these countries. With Nokia developing into a giant of a company both countries now rely heavily on hi-tech industry. You can probably find more things they have in common (pls comment!).
Read about Marutei Tsurunen, an ex-Finn who was born Martti Turunen. 38 years ago he went to Japan as a Lutheran missionary and now he is still there but with an other mission...
* Swedes also has that reputation but the Finns and the Japanese take it to another level.
Thanks to Mr Feckenbrenner
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October 25, 2005
Design: Japanese matchboxes
Japanese matchboxes (original link is obsolete - but click here for more images from that site)
Even more, but only with elephant motives.
There's a connection with the last post. What is it?
Via Jaf Project
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July 13, 2005
Japanska lunchlådor
Jag tror företeelsen heter Bento om jag förstått herr Seraphim Matt, vid HQ Tokyo, rätt.
Sushi Pictures
En annan liknande sida
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May 11, 2005
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