Inagaki goro as CCB Goro in the middle of Tokyo Shinjuku.
Hahaha.

I set up blog for Asian Contemporary Art Week for next year.

Performance of SMAP and Takarazuka group
Works pretty well.
Good editing.
Interesting culture.

Good interview

: R.Gervais stand-up on biblical creation.

One of the best moments from “Extras”!

by (David Bowie / Ricky Dene Gervais / Stephen Merchant)

The little fat man who sold his soul
Little fat man who sold his dream

Pathetic little fat man
No one’s bloody laughing
The clown that no one laughs at
They all just wish he’d die

He’s so depressed at being hated
Fatso takes his own life
He blows his stupid brains out
But the twat would probably miss

He sold his soul for a shot at fame
Catchphrase and wig and the jokes are lame
He’s got no style, he’s got no grace
He’s banal and facile, he’s a fat waste of space

See his pug-nosed face (Pug, pug, pug, pug)
See his pug-nosed face yeah (Pug, pug, pug, pug)
See his pug-nosed face (Pug, pug, pug, pug)

The little fat man with the pug-nosed face (Pug, pug, pug, pug)
Little fat man, pug-nosed face hey (Pug, pug, pug, pug)
He’s a little fat pug-nosed face (Pug, pug, pug, pug)

David Bowie, performing this song @Madison Square Garden: guest appearance of Ricky Gervais!!

Has great Kimchi.

::::: Kori website

What if Google had to design
their user interface for Google?

Ingo Maurer exhibition:

“For more than forty years, Ingo Maurer has been one of the most celebrated and imitated designers in the world. Part designer, part artist, part entrepreneur and magician, whose work defies easy categorization, Maurer has spent four decades taking risks as a technical innovator, shrewd manufacturer, and inspired
dreamer.”

Provoking Magic: Lighting of Ingo Maurer
ingo-maurer.com



I wonder the secrets of invisible wiring of the table LED.

Among IDEO selects,
found this beautiful [Valentine portable typewriter and cover]

Inspiration
Looking to such personal items as a jacket or a pen, Sottsass designed the Valentine portable typewriter to have a casual ease and appeal. Scaled smaller than traditional typewriters and lighter in weight than most portables, the Valentine proved to be as pragmatic as it was visually striking.

Intuition
Intended by designer and architect Ettore Sottsass to be the “anti-machine machine,” the Valentine made a vivid statement in a market dominated by somber appliances. The colorful plastic casing brought a sense of emotion to the typewriter, serving to differentiate it in store windows and newly inspire the literary crowd

Empathy
According to Sottsass, the Valentine “was invented for use any place except in an office…to keep amateur poets company on quiet Sundays in the country or to provide a highly colored object on a table in [an] apartment…Built around the commonest mass-produced mechanism, the works inside a typewriter, it may also seem to be an unpretentious toy.”

Cleverly concepted camouflage project by Aya Tsukioka!
Lying in the same line with Kenki Kawakami.

NYtimes: Fearing Crime, Japanese Wear the Hiding Place
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The devices’ creators admit that some of their ideas may seem far-fetched, especially to crime-hardened Americans. And even some Japanese find some of them a tad naïve, possibly reflecting the nation’s relative lack of experience with actual street crime. Despite media attention on a few sensational cases, the rate of violent crime remains just one-seventh of America’s.

But the devices’ creators also argue that Japan’s ideas about crime prevention are a product of deeper cultural differences. While Americans want to protect themselves from criminals, or even strike back, the creators say many Japanese favor camouflage and deception, reflecting a culture that abhors self-assertion, even in self-defense.

“It is just easier for Japanese to hide,” Ms. Tsukioka said. “Making a scene would be too embarrassing.” She said her vending machine disguise was inspired by a trick used by the ancient ninja, who cloaked themselves in black blankets at night.

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