Conjoined Chopsticks: 2 Redesigns to Keep Utensils Paired
Like socks, or any other paired object of everyday use, it seems the eternal curse of chopsticks to become separated and mismatched over time, at least until now. Japanese design firm ...
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Topographic Interiors: Pair of Stacked Plywood Storefronts
This set of two spaces in Osaka, an information hub and public cafe, each employs layers of horizontal wooden sheets that stack up vertically to form seating, shelves, standing desks and work ...
Stealth Style: Navigate Subways with a Map-Backed Necktie
Putting loose ends to good use, this clever piece of street-smart apparel takes advantage of the usually-hidden flip side of your standard-shaped men's tie. Savvy travelers know that there ...
Live Crabs, Gold Bars & iPods: 18 Weird Vending Machines
Forget crackers and candy bars - you could be buying live lobsters, bike parts, whole heads of lettuce and even freshly baked baguettes with the push of a button from vending machines across the ...
Haunting Haikyo: 7 Abandoned Wonders of Modern Japan
Haikyo is the Japanese term for 'ruins' and intimates infiltration and exploration of the country's abandoned places, of which there are many. The economic highs and lows of the past century have ...
Focus on Blur: Bokeh Cityscapes Celebrate Color & Light
Stretching and reversing conventions for balancing foreground and background, one urban photographer in Tokyo is taking the Japanese concept of Bokeh to dazzling extremes. Bokeh (which ...
The Art of Tranquility: 14 Modern Tea House Designs
In Asia, tea houses are typically striking examples of traditional architecture, reflecting the culture and history of the nations in which they're built. But many architects are re-imagining ...
Blow-Up Building: Inflatable Concert Hall Tours Japan
A giant purple bubble will rise from a pile of plastic to bring music, workshops and performance to Japan's northeastern coast, which was devastated by an earthquake and subsequent tsunami in ...
Bubble of Fear: Surreal Photo Series Highlights Fukushima
A gas mask hangs in a red box mounted to a tree in an otherwise peaceful forest, a jarring reminder that all is not well in Fukushima. French photographers Carlos Ayesta and Guillame Bression ...
Royal Blush: Japan’s Abandoned Queen Chateau Soapland
Fleeting moments of pleasure, a lifetime of neglect: that pretty much sums up the Queen Chateau soapland, a now-abandoned “brothel with baths” in Mito, Japan. ...
