Archive for the ‘design in Tokyo’ Category
Tiny cute Be@rbricks cos-plays as Bee and Honey! XD Not only cuteness, they have a mission, save honeybees.
When we get them, we can send 100yen for Honeybees Science Research Center.
Kiss the Earth Charity campaign - Isetan (Japanese)
Honeybee Science Research Center Tamagawa University
BODY WILD is the brand of Gunze.
Recently they opened a specialty shop of undies.
The cool building was designed by Tadao Ando.
You can choose from pantone colors, designers & artists designed,or order your own “customized pants” by Mac.
BODY WILD (Japanese)
The report of the shop - Nikkei Trendy Net (Japanese)
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The gallery near Roppongi Mid-town, Gallery Tokyo Banboo held Paper Doll Exhibition.
24 Japanese most popular drawing artists made original paper dolls. There are lots of paper dolls, Michael Jackson, Yoko Ono & etc.. You can buy each of them at 1,260JPY.
Licca-chan doll was released in 1967 (like Babie doll). Now some schools start to sell Licca-chan doll wearing their school uniform for the graduates.
I hope to make it with my highschool uniform.
“Yuru chara” means weaker characterized characters. Japanese illustration artist, Jun Miura named that concept “Yuru chara” firstly. Yuru Chara does not like Disney’s charactor and Japanese animation. Most of them are designed with amateurism.
Japanese loves characters. but sometimes they feel business mind inside of characters. So they prefer to amateurism. Jun miura gathered lots of Yuru chara at his exhibition.
His idea is very unique.
Jun miura (japanese)
Yuru chara (Wikipedia Japan)
These are crafted figurines of two birds for Christmas from HARMONIER.
Every time I look at them, they make me happy and reminds me Christmas is coming soon.
HARMONIER (japanese)
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Cat shaped paper clips from Muji.
Not lazy as real cats, they work well. A cat can fasten 10 copy papers!
Steel gem clip neko (cat) - Muji net store (ships Japan Only)
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