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Category: Technology

  • Mobile Culture in Japan

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    The Creative Review blog has a video report on mobile culture in Japan.

  • Louis Vuitton + Murakami QR Code

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    How’s this for a QR barcode! Produced by Tokyo-based creative agency SET, it was put together to promote the ongoing collaborations between LV and Takashi Murakami. I’m pretty sure it’s the first time I see a stylized code like this, and I’m quite surprised that it actually works.

  • A.i.R. Project

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    The A.i.R. Project — it stands for “Art in the Room” — is a new device from Bandai that acts as a sort of high-tech sculpture, with a combination of lights and blown air creating a soothing yet dynamic effect. It was designed by artist Taro Suzuki, and you can see it in action in…

  • AU + Yayoi Kusama

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    Am I the only person in the blogosphere who doesn’t care for Yayoi Kusama‘s new collaboration mobile phone for AU? Do you really want a phone that looks like it has a disease? I do dig the AC Adapter Midori that comes with it though (below). Via Spoon & Tamago.

  • Second Life and the Future of the Music Industry

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    Next week catch an exhibition organized by JJ Aucouturier and the cybermedia class at Temple University entitled “Second Life and the Future of the Music Industry,” at the Design Festa Gallery in Harajuku (April 10-12). Aucouturier explains: The music industry is in crisis — you’ve heard the news. But in the virtual world of Second…

  • 12Pixels

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    I may be obsessed with my iPhone, but there is still some cool stuff happening with “regular”‘ phones, and Ivan Poupyrev and Karl D.D. Willis‘ 12Pixels projects — created at Sony CSL — actually makes me wish I had one. The app lets you draw and share pixel-based images, all done through your phone’s touch…

  • Katana for iPhone

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    Remember that Katana app for iPhone from Appliya I mentioned a while back? It’s now out on the iTunes App Store.

  • Appliya Update

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    Not too long ago I posted about a new Tokyo-based iPhone app developer called Appliya. They’ve released quite a few apps since then — including an interactive photo book and a Ghost Camera — but more interesting is that they have announced tie-ups with anime and manga properties to yield future apps. This press release…