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Very quick walk through Tokyo Designers Week 2009
Posted by pbaron on November 18, 2009
http://blog.aka.me/very-quick-walk-through-tokyo-designers-week-2009/
Japanese spouse make foreign designers better
What a silly title… Almost sounds Engrish. (it’s also a silly post! Yes!) But I am trying to build a list of foreign designers/artists (notable ones…) married to Japanese nationals.. please help me! Here are the ones I know: Jonathan Barnbrook (Male – British nationality – living in the UK) Alexander Gelman (M – US [...]
Posted by pbaron on March 1, 2007
http://blog.aka.me/japanese-spouse-make-foreign-designers-better/
“Tokyo without the Ginza”
The New York Times: Streets Are Paved With Neon’s Glare, and City Calls a Halt (By Larry Rohter – Published: December 12, 2006) SAO PAULO, Brazil – Imagine a modern metropolis with no outdoor advertising: no billboards, no flashing neon signs, no electronic panels with messages crawling along the bottom. Come the new year, this [...]
Posted by pbaron on December 12, 2006
http://blog.aka.me/tokyo-without-the-ginza/
Nendo’s new mobile phone design for DoCoMo’s N702iS
Another playful project by Nendo. Sounds like he had carte blanche and he made full use of it to push the metaphore of the glass until he drowned in it! This mobile phone handset was a collaboration with NTT DoCoMo and NEC. We wanted a product that felt accessible and close to home, so we [...]
Posted by admin on October 2, 2006
http://blog.aka.me/nendos-new-mobile-phone-design-for-docomos-n702is/
Beautiful Evidence
Edward Tufte new book – Beautiful Evidence, is now at the printer and should be available in May 2006. On his site, you can order only that book, or all 4 of them in one convenient pack… Guess what I just got meself…
Posted by admin on March 2, 2006
http://blog.aka.me/beautiful-evidence/
New Portfolio
To allow me to keep on taking care of TAB and work on my next super secret project, I have decided to go back to freelancing. I have therefore updated and relaunched the portfolio area of the site (Am I the only one on the planet using Flickr to show my portfolio?) So if you [...]
Posted by admin on January 7, 2006
http://blog.aka.me/new-portfolio/
Honda x eBoy icon museum
I have no idea when and why this was done, but it looks really sweet. 27 different cars!!
Posted by pbaron on March 4, 2005
http://blog.aka.me/honda-x-eboy-icon-museum/
Designing Under The Influence
[Design Observer] And as we sit squarely in a culture intoxicated by sampling and appropriation, can we expect no less from graphic design? Yucks… No wonder I don’t like being referred to as a graphic designer… No wonder I didn’t go to the RCA. Here’s one controversial article and here’s one hell of a ride [...]
Posted by pbaron on March 1, 2005
http://blog.aka.me/designing-under-the-influence/
A radio without buttons
[Mouseradio] The mouseradio is a fully functioning radio without buttons. The idea was to use the mouse navigation and to implement it in a radio. Moving the radio vertically changes the volume, moving the radio on the horizontal axis changes the frequency. The radio is on, when the black speaker points up in the air. [...]
Posted by admin on January 17, 2005
http://blog.aka.me/a-radio-without-buttons/