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Color Latte Art – 33 color cappuccino by Nowtoo Sugi

ufunk — Tue, 21 May 2013 09:54:17 +0000

After the “Latte Art“, the Japanese Nowtoo Sugi goes further by inventing the “Color Latte Art“! This cappuccino illustrator uses some food coloring to create color Latte Art with illustrations from manga or Disney cartoons, from Sailor Moon to Naruto through Peter Pan, Aladdin, Hello Kitty, Mario, Dragon Ball or even Fist of the Northstar…

Images © Nowtoo Sugi (Instagram)

Shifting Portraits – Between movements and still images

ufunk — Wed, 15 May 2013 13:21:56 +0000

“Misunderstanding Focus“, a project of the Japanese collective Nerhol, composed of artists and photographers Yoshihisa Tanaka and Ryuta Iiada. Strange portraits composed of still images, assembled layer by layer, revealing the slight movement of the models, who were asked to remain fixed in front of the camera for 3 minutes. One way to catch the almost imperceptible movement of faces, which models who thought to remain fixed have not been aware, but also to give a feeling of relief and a temporal dimension to these portraits, still and in two dimensions.

Images © Nerhol / via

Neko-Sushi – The Sushi Cats from Japan…

ufunk — Fri, 03 May 2013 09:31:09 +0000

The “Neko-Sushi“, literally “Sushi Cat” in Japanese, is a new delirium of japanese company Tange & Nakimushi Peanuts, which offers a series of posters or postcards of cats dressed as sushi. Destined to become both new icons of kawaii and WTF, the “Neko-Sushi“, or cats resting on rice balls with accessories, even get created for them a “History of sushi cats”, but also a music video that pushes the limits of Japanese WTF! Haters gonna hate!

via Neko-Sushi

15 WTF japanese gadgets to muscle your face

ufunk — Thu, 02 May 2013 13:59:19 +0000

I already told you about the Face Slimmer, this Japanese gadget designed to muscle your mouth and face with daily exercises. But this gadget is far from being the only one of its kind, and Japan is no shortage of smile and face trainer proposing to strengthen your mouth, tone your forehead or tighten your neck… Here is a small selection of these WTF Japanese gadgets in images!

Images via Japan Trend Shop

Tokyo City Symphony – Awesome Mapping 3D installation

ufunk — Thu, 25 Apr 2013 12:33:32 +0000

To celebrate the 10 years of Roppongi Hills and Mori Tower in Tokyo, Mori complex conducted an interactive 3D mapping installation called “Tokyo City Symphony“, based on a beautiful very detailed model of the city of Tokyo at a 1:1000 scale! Watching this incredible miniature city comes to life with 3D mapping projections is already amazing, but “Tokyo City Symphony” goes further by offering website visitors to create their own symphony playing with the keys of their keyboard with three styles: “Futuristic City “, “Rock City “and “Beauty of Nature”. Try it on the TokyoCitySymphony website

Kokeshi – The ultra-cute japanese matches!

ufunk — Thu, 25 Apr 2013 12:07:42 +0000

The Japanese brand Kokeshi offers some ultra-cute matchboxes created by artist Kumi Hirasaka, where the end of each match is decorated with a small face, head of chick or dog, panda, rabbit and so on… The problem with this kawaii Japanese gadget is to find the courage to scratch one! I love it…

Available at Amazon Japon

via Kokeshi / Available at Amazon Japon

Giant God Warrior Appears in Tokyo – A live action short film from Studio Ghibli and the creator of Evangelion!

ufunk — Thu, 25 Apr 2013 08:53:08 +0000

You’re not dreaming, here’s a live-action short film produced by Studio Ghibli and the creator of the cult Evangelion series! The short film “Giant God Warrior Appears in Tokyo” (KyoKyoshinhei Tokyo ni Arawaru) has indeed some incredible parents, since it was commissioned by Anno Hideaki, director of Evangelion, to be directed by Higuchi Shinji, another key artist of Evangelion. And the icing on the cake, the creature of this live-action short film was designed by Hayao Miyazaki himself, while his Studio Ghibli is responsible for the production!

Strong reminiscent of the “angels” of the Evangelion series, “Giant God Warrior Appears in Tokyo” plunges us into a Tokyo assaulted by a strange giant creature… An amazing tribute to the kaiju eiga (monster movies)! But where’s Godzilla when you need him?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hy0M1MxShAI

Walker NT – A Japanese Giant Robot for Kids!

ufunk — Mon, 22 Apr 2013 10:06:01 +0000

You probably remember “Kuratas“, the Japanese giant robot controlled by iPhone designed by the company Suidobashi Heavy Industry. Apparently the mecha market is booming in Japan since Sakakibara, another manufacturer of giant robots, has introduced its “Walker NT“, a mecha model for kids! This monumental toy has two movable arms, a drill, foam ball cannons and clamp. No price or availability dates yet, but expect to spend several thousand euros for this robot…

via Sakakibara

McDonald’s Japan released a “French-Fries-Holder”

ufunk — Thu, 18 Apr 2013 13:31:12 +0000

Apparently, McDonald’s Japan goes into gadgets offering a “French-Fries-Holder” which fits in all cup holders, allowing you to enjoy your fries in the car, on the train, on your bike… A WTF Japanese gadget that will be offered for free to McDonald’s customers in Japan from April 24, 2013… This “French-Fries-Holder” uses the french fries packaging design of the brand. A pretty amazing and strange idea!

via

YOY Canvas – Between designer chairs and canvas

ufunk — Thu, 18 Apr 2013 12:57:51 +0000

“Canvas“, a series created by Japanese designers from YOY Studio, which break the boundary between art and design through innovative design objects between chairs and canvas. Once unhooked from the wall, the canvas turn into functional furnitures and offer sofas, armchairs and chairs for you to sit, thanks to a structure of wood and aluminum and a printed elastic fabric-screen. A brilliant concept.