September 2008
17 posts
Tokyo Topographies →
When Hajime Ichikawa isn’t working as a landscape architect in Akasaka, he follows his passion for Tokyo’s topography. Sometimes you’ll find him developing concepts for a future city in an…
Haruo Suekichi: The Steampunk Watchmaker →
For close to thirteen years, Haruo Suekichi has been investing hours upon hours every day to develop watches with a Steampunk flair. Reminiscent of Jules Verne and influenced by manga, his…
Cleverly Convenient Packaging Design →
Since you, beloved reader, seemed to enjoy our recent How-to Reduce Packaging Journal quite a lot, we decided to do a little variation with some more nifty ideas: packaging design concepts…
Kyototo: Elaborate Embroidery from Kyoto and Tokyo →
How to modernise the beauty of Japanese dyeing and embroidery tradition with sophisticated design and typography? Ask Kyototo about their wordplay in scarlet letters! This embroidery brand is…
rooms No.17: Fashion And More →
Just as we recovered from the many catwalks at Japan Fashion Week the next exhibition was already fair in sight: rooms No.17 is a tradeshow that tries to combine fresh fashion ideas with all…
Moritz Waldemeyer: The LED Crafter →
London-based inventor, engineer and designer Moritz Waldemeyer is a true craftsman, fusing design and technology — with lots of LED. Born in Germany, the work of this trained engineer…
Trend Watch Harajuku: Deco-den All Over! →
Lately we’ve been seeing a lot of super glammed out ketai a.k.a. mobile phones on the streets and trains of Tokyo — mobiles decorated with coloured crystals that make up faces, pets, wild…
8mm Basics →
After the sticky summer heat, thankfully autumn seems to be just around the corner. Maybe that’s the perfect timing to start something artistic? What about the rediscovery of the brilliant…
Tokyo Odyssey: Pachinko Parlour Glitz →
You might already know about Pachinko, this very Japanese ball game. And after sticking our noses inside these crammed and utterly noisy and sometimes run down spaces, we see how an…
Capsule Toy Machines Around The World →
A while back, we brought you the magnificent capsule toys made by Yujin. Katsuhiko Ono was one of the toy designers we had a chat with, and it turned out that he has an ardent passion — scouting…
Metamorphose 08: Techno And Art →
Oh, it’s been an amazing August with the Metamorphose 08 festival, the famous outdoor rave party at a gigantic bicycle amusement park in Izu, Shizuoka. And we do remember Richie Hawtin from last…
Katrin Olina: Inspirational Breeze From Up North →
Being in Reykjavik during summer time brings the magic of days, which seem to last forever — switching between evening and morning dawn without ever becoming dark. In this weird light we…
3 Years Of PingMag: Welcome To The Shop! →
Beloved readership! PingMag just had its three-year anniversary. Already?! We still feel so fresh and bubbly! Over here in our Harajuku headquarters we were preparing to uncork the bottles and…
Architecture in Tokyo: A Ginza Walk →
After our relaxed stroll along the architectural chic of Omotesando Street, it’s time to turn our attention to that other great center of unashamed consumption: Ginza! There was a time when this…
Tom Hingston: Visualising Music →
If you ask graphic designers how they got into graphics in the first place, a lot of them will tell you about their favourite album covers or something else visually related to music. Enter…
Japanese Kites: In Pursuit of Nagasaki Blue →
A cheerful Hello to our first Tuesday of the month that is reserved for PingMag MAKE! Today, you’ll learn something about the Japanese kite culture: Compared to other Japanese cities, Nagasaki…
August 2008
17 posts
Space Invader: The World Shall Be My Mosaic Tile →
French artist Space Invader, or simply Invader, loves vintage video games so much that he uses their famous characters as motifs — for the mosaic tiles he puts up in the streets. Tiles? …an…