Pacific Rim 3

Lighting @ the 100% Design show in Tokyo (modular felt lighting and textiles by Takehiro Ando; Pool florescent tripod light by InDesign; and a flexible glowing snake made from rubber off-cuts.

Sustainable mesages @ 100% Design: When you pull out a chopstick from the glowing tree, a leaf shudders and then falls to the ground; amazing shoes made out of dried leaves (by Kanako Igaue - Environmental Design Student work from Kyoto University - World Trade Zero project).

Lecture by Shunmyo Masuno -- Tama Environemental Design Professor and Buddhist priest -- on Japanese culture, examining its background, philosophy, and aesthetic, and considering how these elements are reflected in the Japanese garden.
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A short walk from Tama University, we visited a traditional farmhouse (Minka) constructed in 1878, and formerly used as for silkworm cultivation as well as a residence -- tour lead by Prof. Akira Kishimoto.
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Lecture by James Dyson on his company's history, design philosophy, and new products.

Ilona asking James Dyson a question about lateral vs. linear thinking in his design process.
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http://www.dyson.co.jp/
http://www.dyson.com/

Field trip to Kamakura, the ancient capital of Japan -- lead by Yoshihide Seita, President of Tamabi.
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Pacific Rim students had an amazing question and answer session with renowned product designer Naota Fukasawa over tea and cake, after his lecture at Tamabi.

Fukasawa's representative works include MUJI'S CD player (part of the permanent collection, MoMA New York), the mobile phones "Infobar" and "neon" and the ±0 brand of household electrical appliances and sundries. In recent years, he has released a host of new works with Italian companies B&B Italia, Driade, Magis, Artemide, Danese and Boffi.

http://www.plusminuszero.jp/

Fukasawa's publications include:
Naoto Fukasawa monograph (Phaidon 2007)
Super Normal: Sensations of the Ordinary (with Jasper Morrison)

Presentation and hands-on demonstration of Mongoose Studio's interactive light art, emotional lit furniture, and innovative technology

For more images of lecture - click here
http://mongoose.proto-type.jp/

Mongoose - RGBy Desk: not demonstrated at lecture, an amazing table