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Friday 6 November 2009
Long Live the Ginza Line
Okay, so I guess that's it, apologies for the briefness in the end, but jet lag and fatigue have taken their toll on the blog and I just want to sleep...the installation has been great fun despite alot of hard work....many thanks to Ben and Taichi for working off their behinds and making the many tough pilgrimages to Tokyu Hands...
You can check out the final press images of the installation as well as upcoming projects on our website.
Ben is currently working on an iphone travel guide application, so check it out as I believe it will be due to launch very soon.
Taichi is spending most of his time in Electric Town, honing his Street Fighter IV skills after the multiple whoopings I gave him...don't listen to him if he disputes it, he's a bad loser...
...and although we didn't end up buying jumpsuits or dancing infront of a fish-eye lens, the last photo I took of Tokyo seems to take us nicely full circle, back to the beastie boys and the vast underground labyrinths of the Tokyo 'Met-e-ro'....God bless the Ginza Line everybody, hip-hip hooray! hip hip hooray! x
Please Do It At Home 3
Although not part of the 'Please do it at home' series, this is a sign that i'd like to see them try
Tuesday/Wednesday - Tokyo Drifting
Besides taking down the installation, which was a horrific experience, we did have some time to race high powered nitro injected automobiles around Tokyo Highways, I was Vin Diesel and Taichi the pretty japanese girl....
Pecha Kucha Presentation
The Pecha Kucha Presentation I did at Super Deluxe is now online, so check it out here
I also suggest you listen to the presentation titled KevRock which was truly awesome...
Monday 2 November 2009
Sunday - Container Ground Award Ceremony
Despite not winning the award for best container in the international category, we still have some lovely photos of us enjoying our project presentation...video of the presentations will be available to view online shortly...
Taichi's translation skills were exemplary, especially considering how often I forgot stop and give him a chance to speak...
Sunday 1 November 2009
Saturday - A selection of TDW 09
Quick selection of some friends and interesting projects from the last few days at TDW09
isaac chen's lovely evaporating drawing table
Our next door neighbours - cocococo
Andrew and Jordi's recyclable newspaper growing chair monster
Onur Ozkaya another container ground exhibitor
Le afterparty at the Claska Hotel.....
Hidden dog babies in expensive hand bags
Friday - The Incident
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Late friday night I had an incident not to dissimilar to the image above, except minus the fire, indoors and during an awards ceremony. Fortunately no exhibits were damaged. Lesson learned, don't ever play with fire extinguishers - its just never going to be as cool as when we used to do it on the lower level of the Woolwich Ferry back in the nineties..
Friday - Pleased to Welcome!
This retrospective posting is quite difficult but we will try to be precise with what went on....the following are the final images of the installation taken on the opening day of the design fair....there are many and we are still sorting through them all so please check back for updates....
"Pleased to welcome!" - Ben, truly the hostess with the mostest...
Ben demonstrates the 6 key "life nodal" stages in the production of biofuel from the growth of Algae.
My approach to hosting relied on surprise tactics by jumping out of the installation and giving out of free Nori, which Taichi likened to a Japanese person giving out a handful of Baked Beans on Oxford St....
Taichi's tactics involved a more gentle ushering approach....stroking the packets of Nori before seducing his guests by prying the Nori into their mouths...
Our friend Daisuke, a product designer from Japan, is the first customer in our 'Bring your own food Promotion'. Check out his work here
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