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Tokyo Design Week 2008: 100% Design Tokyo - ChairsThere was a strong showing of chairs and lighting at this year's edition of 100% Design Tokyo. Among the many examples of innovative chair design were the Ouch! by Yutaka Yanagisawa, Bambi chairs by Books, and Moya Moya Hiroshi Yoneya. The Balloon by Ken Yokogawa is a very inviting piece of sea... |
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2009 Nissan 370Z: Design Dissected [Nissan 370z]This year, as the 2009 Nissan 370Z is set to be unveiled next week at the LA Auto Show, marks nearly 40 years since the first Z car's simple origins as the 1969 Datsun 240Z. Since then we've seen the Z go all over the place, from tech-heavy with the 1991 300ZXTT and just plain heavy with the ou... |
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Asian markets plunge after huge Wall Street lossesTOKYO — A massive sell-off on Wall Street and an escalating global equity crisis sent Asian stocks plunging Friday, with Japan's benchmark Nikkei 225 index tumbling more than 10 percent. "Selling is unstoppable in New York and Tokyo," said Yutaka Miura, senior strategist at Shink... |
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Igarashi's single-person vehiclesTo design a compelling, gestural form out of individually harsh-looking mechanical parts is not easy, but Yutaka Igarashi has done it again with his motorcycle concept, above. The partially colorblind Igarashi apparently designs vehicles as a hobby--his day job is in a saw mill--and he doesn'... |
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U.S. Stocks Notch Record Gains on Investor Hopes for a New Bailout PlanU.S. stocks soared yesterday (Tuesday) - with the Dow Jones Industrial Average gaining 485 points in posting its third-biggest point gain ever - as investors surged back into stocks just one day after the surprise rejection of a $700 billion bailout plan touched off a record sell-off. On Monda... |
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Shiina Ringo and UniqloShiina Ringo is collaborating with graphic designer Yutaka Kimura for the “Shiro to Kuro” collection of three shirts at Uniqlo. Penguin, Zebra, and Dalmation will go on sale November 17, and sell for 2,000 yen. Honestly, I can’t say I’m particularly excited by these, but ... |

