Tag: japan

Continuing his fascination with the most rudimentary of building materials – the Kapla-like wooden block – Kengo Kuma has completed what is probably the world’s most idiosyncratic Starbucks Coffee Shop in Fukuoka. The Starbucks is situated on the street that...

Japanese design firm Nendo has recently released their Orime Computer Mouse for Elecom. The wireless laser mouse is built entirely from flat surfaces, rather than the traditional curves. Formed as though by folding a piece of paper, the orime (which...

17 Countries, 343 Days, 6,237 Photographs: A Five Minute Trip Around the World Last year artist and photographer Kien Lam quit his job and bought a one-way plane ticket to London. Camera in hand he embarked on an epic backpacking journey around...

Taken in various locations around Maniwa and Okayama Prefecture in Japan between 2008-2011 this brilliant series of photographs captures the wild frenzy of gold fireflies as they mate after thunderstorms during the June to July rainy season. Shot using a slow shutter...

It’s hard to believe that it’s been over nine months since Japan’s massive earthquake that not only triggered a devastating tsunami but also severely damaged the Fukushima power plant, which resulted in the world’s worst nuclear accident in 25 years....

Tokyo-based studio Sou Fujimoto Architects has completed the House NA project, a three story family home located in a residential district of Tokyo, Japan. Japanese Publisher Shinkenchiku has created an exclusive video of contemporary house, that obviously doesn’t offer a...

Do you remember the amazing water sculptures project  “Wabi – Sabi“?? Today we would like to propose you, another wonderfull work by the japanese artist Shinichi Maruyama,: GARDENS. About the project: [via]  

  Here’s an extremely pointy apartment block by Japanese architects EASTERN Design Office. The four-storey block with a blue facade, named On The Corner, is located in the Shiga Prefecture, Japan, and occupies a triangular slice of land. Squares of stone,...

TOKYO  – Last Sunday was the six-month anniversary of the day the massive earthquake and tsunami devastated Japan’s northeast coast. Some 20,000 people are dead or missing. More than 800,000 homes were completely or partially destroyed. The disaster crippled businesses, roads...

The “Three -Dimension Photo form (3DPF)” technique that REAL-f invented makes it possible to duplicate pores, eye’s blood vessels and iris exactly the same as the originals. REAL-f pursues reality which is a feature of The REALFACE with making full...