The last three weeks of August went by very quickly. Anime scripwriter Dai Sato was in town along with Ryan Morris, his interpreter, for a couple of weeks to teach Anime Production/Scriptwriting to 25 high school students. Here are some summary videos of the classes he taught during those two weeks. Learn about 起承転結 (Ki-Sho-Ten-Ketsu) [...]
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Yugo Nakamura – A Wizard, a True Star
Posted in creativity, design, internet, tagged daniel rosenblum, design, GOOD Magazine, IDEO, Japan Society, sustainability, tha ltd, U.S.-Japan Innovators Network, web desighner, Yugo Nakamura on February 6, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Yugo Nakamura – A Wizard, a True Star
It’s the first day of our exploration of design and sustainability in Tokyo with Max Schorr and Casey Caplowe of GOOD Magazine and Valerie Casey of IDEO.
Wending our way through Shibuya, we arrive at tha ltd, the studio of maverick web designer Yugo Nakamura. You enter through [...]
GOOD: I want my money in this envelope.
Posted in design, tagged design, GOOD Magazine, IDEO, Japan, the Designers Accord, Yasuhiro Asano on February 2, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
In Japan, we have a tendency to wrap everything. We are very much into packaging. Beautiful packaging. When people get married or die, we have the custom of wrapping money in an envelope and wrap the envelope with strands of cords which are made of rice paper. We call these paper cords mizuhiki. The [...]
Japan’s Four Cs
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged daniel rosenblum, design, Felissimo, Japan, Japan C, New York on August 26, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Yesterday I checked out Japan C at Felissimo Design House. Some days earlier, my colleague, Japan Society Director of Education Rob Fish, was interviewed on NY1 about the culture of cute while visiting Japan C. Japan C, Felissimo says, represents “all that Japan is today: Cool, Cute, Clever and Creative”. And it’s true. In the [...]
Architecture for Humanity to Partner with UNICEF
Posted in Cameron Sinclair, Civil Society, Education, alternative energy, architecture, architecture for humanity, collaboration, communities, creativity, cyclone, design, sustainablity, tagged Africa, architecture, architecture for humanity, burma, Cameron Sinclair, cyclone, design, donation, Education, Innovation, myanmar, nargis, UNICEF on June 3, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Architecture for Humanity and UNICEF are working together to innovate schools and classrooms for children all over the world, scaling architectural innovation to a profound level. As of right now UNICEF and Architecture for Humanity are seeking design and engineering professional to help develop and build a number of educational facilities in West Africa. Their [...]
Jazz Is Life Community Dialogue: Innovation & the Art of Future Building
Posted in Improvisation, Innovation, Japan Society, Jazz, U.S.-Japan, collaboration, communities, creativity, design, network, tagged collaboration, community dialogue, community recovery, Contemporary Arts Center in New Orleans, design, future building, homelessness, Innovation, Japan Society, Jay Weigel, Jazz, Kohei Nishiyama, Marty Ashby, MCG Jazz, recovery, Rosanne Haggerty, U.S.-Japan Innovators Network on April 29, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
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Innovation, improvisation and collaboration are critical ingredients for recovery. New approaches to problem-solving in Japan and the United States are helping people envision a better future, whether it’s a community coping with natural disaster or an [...]
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