Archive for the ‘JAPAN | THE BEST + WORST OF JAPAN’ Category

• 2010/11/10 CULTURE | The Best (and Worst) of Japan :: YouTube ::: »Crazy Japanese Street Dance« posted in ART + ARTISTS, CITIES | OSAKA-KYŌTŌ-UJI, CORPORATE IDENTITY, FASHION, JAPAN | THE BEST + WORST OF JAPAN, LOGOLANDIA, MUSIC + MUSICIANS, PUBLIC ART, RETAIL DESIGN, VIDEO tagged "Japanese Economic Miracle", Daimaru Shinsaibashi Kitakan, Decline of Consumerism, Extroversion, JAPAN, Japanese Recession, Japanese Youth Culture, Osaka, Performance Art, Shinsaibashi, Street Dancers, videos, Wikimedia Commons, YouTube
• 2010/09/10 VIDEOS | Japanese Recipes :: Recommend This! ::: »Cooking with Dog« on YouTube posted in designKULTUR✭ STARS, FOOD + DRINK, JAPAN | THE BEST + WORST OF JAPAN, JAPAN | THE JAPANESE AESTHETIC, VIDEO tagged "Cooking with Dog", cute poodles!, food shows, Francis, Hamburg Steak, Japanese cooking, Japanese food, Japanese recipes, Japanese TV shows, Maru (cat), YouTube
• 2010/09/05 CITIES | TOKYO :: The City as It Appeared ca. 1960 posted in ARCHITECTS + ARCHITECTURE, CITIES | TŌKYŌ, JAPAN | JAPANESE ARCHITECTS + ARCHITECTURE, JAPAN | JAPANESE DESIGN, JAPAN | THE BEST + WORST OF JAPAN, TRANSPORTATION | PRIVATE, TRANSPORTATION | PUBLIC, VIDEO tagged Tokyo 1960, Tokyo architecture
• 2010/08/01 SUMMER IN VANCOUVER | THE POWELL STREET FESTIVAL 2010 :: YEAR 34 ::: THE RETURN TO OPPENHEIMER PARK, DTES posted in ART + ARTISTS, CITIES | VANCOUVER, JAPAN | JAPANESE DESIGN, JAPAN | THE BEST + WORST OF JAPAN, JAPAN | THE JAPANESE AESTHETIC, LOGOLANDIA tagged "The Bulletin", Canadian Nikkei, cultural festivals, DTES, Japanese Canadian Timeline, Japanese Canadians, Nikkei, Nikkei Place, Oppenheimer Park, Powell Street Festival 2010, SPAM sushi, street festivals, Vancouver
• 2010/05/15 FOOD | «SUSHI POPPER» :: SPACE STATION GOOD? posted in ADVERTISING, CORPORATE IDENTITY, INDUSTRIAL DESIGN, JAPAN | THE BEST + WORST OF JAPAN, SPACE RACE tagged 2001: A Space Odyssey, Apollo Program, Bill Mitchell, Gemini Program, instant food, John Glen, NASA food, Outer Space Tang, space age food, Star Trek TOS food slot, sushi, Sushi Popper, Tang
• 2010/05/15 FOOD + DESIGN | VANCOUVER :: SUSHI MART ON ROBSON STREET posted in ADVERTISING, CANADIAN DESIGN, CITIES | VANCOUVER, CORPORATE IDENTITY, GRAPHIC ARTS, JAPAN | JAPANESE DESIGN, JAPAN | THE BEST + WORST OF JAPAN, JAPAN | THE JAPANESE AESTHETIC, LOGOLANDIA, RETAIL DESIGN, TYPOGRAPHY tagged Japanese food, Robson Street Vancouver, sushi, Sushi Mart, Sushi Poppers
• 2010/02/19 VANCOUVER 2010 WINTER OLYMPICS | THE CULTURAL OLYMPIAD :: VANCOUVER BIENNALE ::: «WE, 2008» by JAUME PLENSA posted in ART + ARTISTS, CITIES | VANCOUVER, EXHIBITIONS, INDUSTRIAL DESIGN, JAPAN | THE BEST + WORST OF JAPAN, JAPAN | THE JAPANESE AESTHETIC, PHOTOGRAPHY, PUBLIC ART, THE VANCOUVER 2010 WINTER OLYMPICS SUITE tagged "We 2008", 2010 Vancouver Winter Olympic Cultural Olympiad, Great Buddha (大仏 daibutsu), Jaume Plensa, Kamakura Buddha, Kōtoku-in, Vancouver Biennale
• 2010/02/14 HAPPY NEW YEAR! | 快樂新年! | 2010.02.14! posted in ART + ARTISTS, JAPAN | JAPANESE DESIGN, JAPAN | THE BEST + WORST OF JAPAN, STAMPS + MONEY, TYPOGRAPHY tagged Canada Post, Canadian designers, Chinese New Year, Eizan, Japanese art, STAMPS + MONEY, Year of the Tiger 2010, 快樂新年
• 2010/01/13 SEEN | @ A TEMPLE FLEA MARKET IN OSAKA posted in CITIES | OSAKA-KYŌTŌ-UJI, JAPAN | THE BEST + WORST OF JAPAN, SEEN IN …, TRAVEL tagged antique Japanese keys, JAPAN, Japanese chestnuts, Japanese dolls, kewpie dolls, kimonos, Osaka, pagodas, temple flea markets
• 2010/01/13 FOUND | A PROTO-PICTOGRAM @ A BUDDHIST TEMPLE FLEA MARKET posted in ART + ARTISTS, CITIES | TŌKYŌ, CORPORATE IDENTITY, GRAPHIC ARTS, JAPAN | JAPANESE DESIGN, JAPAN | THE BEST + WORST OF JAPAN, LOGOLANDIA, OLYMPIC GAMES, TYPOGRAPHY tagged 1964 TOKYO SUMMER OLYMPICS, 2012 LONDON SUMMER OLYMPICS, BC Ferries, Kizu Upper Secondary School, logo, Masaru Katzumie, Olympic Games, Pictogram, pictograms, Portable Network Graphics, Prefectures, Tokyo, Tokyo Olympics, Yoshiro Yamashita
• 2010/01/01 HAPPY NEW YEAR, 2010! posted in ART + ARTISTS, JAPAN, JAPAN | JAPANESE DESIGN, JAPAN | THE BEST + WORST OF JAPAN, JAPAN | THE JAPANESE AESTHETIC tagged 2010, 543, Japanese New Year, Meiji jiingu, Meiji Shrine, nengajō, New Year, The Loft
• 2009/11/28 ISAMU NOGUCHI, KENZO TANGE, AND THE BIRTH OF MODERNISM IN JAPAN posted in ARCHITECTS + ARCHITECTURE, ART + ARTISTS, CITIES, JAPAN, JAPAN | JAPANESE ARCHITECTS + ARCHITECTURE, JAPAN | JAPANESE DESIGN, JAPAN | THE BEST + WORST OF JAPAN, JAPAN | THE JAPANESE AESTHETIC, PUBLIC ART, URBAN PLANNING tagged CITIES | HIROSHIMA, Isamu Noguchi, JAPAN, Kenzo Tange, modernism
• 2009/11/28 ARCHITECTS | 丹下健三 Kenzo Tange :: The Japanese Maestro + The Tokyo Olympics posted in ARCHITECTS + ARCHITECTURE, CITIES | OSAKA-KYŌTŌ-UJI, CITIES | TŌKYŌ, EXPO 70 | PROGRESS AND HARMONY FOR MANKIND, JAPAN | JAPANESE ARCHITECTS + ARCHITECTURE, JAPAN | JAPANESE DESIGN, JAPAN | THE BEST + WORST OF JAPAN, JAPAN | THE JAPANESE AESTHETIC, URBAN PLANNING tagged 1964 Summer Olympics, JAPAN, Kenzo Tange, Meiji Shrine, Olympic, Olympic Games, Tokyo
• 2009/11/28 ARCHITECTS | THE VIEW FROM KENZO TANGE’S AKASAKA PRINCE HOTEL (1982) posted in ARCHITECTS + ARCHITECTURE, CITIES | TŌKYŌ, JAPAN | JAPANESE ARCHITECTS + ARCHITECTURE, JAPAN | JAPANESE DESIGN, JAPAN | THE BEST + WORST OF JAPAN, JAPAN | THE JAPANESE AESTHETIC tagged 1962, Asakasa Prince Hotel, Kenzo Tange, Tange Kenzo
• 2009/11/03 THE BEST OF JAPAN | MY NETSUKE posted in JAPAN, JAPAN | JAPANESE DESIGN, JAPAN | THE BEST + WORST OF JAPAN, JAPAN | THE JAPANESE AESTHETIC tagged netsuke
• 2009/10/27 SEEN | BUNRAKU 文楽 WIGS IN OSAKA posted in CITIES | OSAKA-KYŌTŌ-UJI, JAPAN | JAPANESE DESIGN, JAPAN | THE BEST + WORST OF JAPAN, JAPAN | THE JAPANESE AESTHETIC, SEEN IN … tagged bunraku, japanese puppets, wigs
• 2009/10/27 LOGOS | YAMATO TRANSPORT CO., LTD. (ヤマト運輸株式会社) posted in ART + ARTISTS, CITIES | OSAKA-KYŌTŌ-UJI, CORPORATE IDENTITY, GRAPHIC ARTS, JAPAN, JAPAN | JAPANESE DESIGN, JAPAN | THE BEST + WORST OF JAPAN, JAPAN | THE JAPANESE AESTHETIC, LOGOLANDIA, TYPOGRAPHY tagged ヤマト運輸株式会社, YAMATO TRANSPORT CO.
• 2009/10/21 ARCHITECTURE | Capsule Hotels :: Tiny, Tiny Houses of the Future posted in ARCHITECTS + ARCHITECTURE, CITIES | TŌKYŌ, INDUSTRIAL DESIGN, JAPAN | JAPANESE DESIGN, JAPAN | THE BEST + WORST OF JAPAN, MAPS, TRANSPORTATION | PUBLIC tagged architecture, capsule hotels, design, Documentation and Conservation of Modern Architectural Movement, Ginza, JAPAN, Japanese aesthetics, Kisho Kurokawa, prefabricated housing, sustainable architecture, Tokyo, transit, visions of the future
• 2009/09/28 ARTISTS | 9 AKARI BY ISAMU NOGUCHI posted in ART + ARTISTS, INDUSTRIAL DESIGN, JAPAN, JAPAN | JAPANESE DESIGN, JAPAN | THE BEST + WORST OF JAPAN, JAPAN | THE JAPANESE AESTHETIC tagged Akari, Isamu Noguchi
• 2009/09/20 ARTISTS | ISAMU NOGUCHI :: MOERENUMA PARK, SAPPORO posted in ART + ARTISTS, INDUSTRIAL DESIGN, JAPAN | JAPANESE ARCHITECTS + ARCHITECTURE, JAPAN | JAPANESE DESIGN, JAPAN | THE BEST + WORST OF JAPAN, URBAN PLANNING tagged Isamu Noguchi, Moerenuma Park Sapporo