Japan

Extraordinay illustrations and paintings from Kahori Maki, Japan. Always dark, always poetic - always worth to spend hours in her portfolio.

"Nam" is a graphic design studio from Japan making nice visual solutions by following the tagline "A fantasy in life"

Wieden+Kenedy Tokyo Lab that has shocked us with their previous experiment Nike music shoes released another breathtaking project ABUKU for Nike Air. In two words that a shoe that keep life going and to prove it creative heads from the Lab make it alive. Just watch on the video.

Креативные естествоиспытатели из лаборатории агентства W+K Tokyo совсем буквально подошли к процессу создания рекламного образа из слогана. Коротко, превратив кроссовок в аквариум, они решили несколько задач, в первую очередь основную то, что не все что иммитировано в рекламе способно тронуть зрителя. Своим проектом ABUKU они не только впечатлили маркетинговый отдел W+K, но и донесли до конечного потребителя основную цель рекламы. Создание рекламного шедевра смотрите в ролике.

Nike music shoes from Japan.
By Daito Manabe, Tomoaki Yanagisawa
Technical details on Create Digital Music

via Core77

Pity we're a bit out of architecture coverage this days, but look who gained Pritzker Prize this year.

Pritzker Prize 2010: The Japanese duo of Kazuyo Sejima and Ryue Nishizawa

Please read full article on Archinect

Tokyo Plastic has released the first of a series of short films based around what goes on in the dreams of a cute little kitty. Website series to come at Kitteh Kitteh

via Heavy Backpack

Amazing acrylic and gouache artworks from Tokio based artist Kazuki Takamatsu with good exhibition background. Images and panoramic video under the cut.

Оригинальные работы токийского художника Кацуки Такамацу потрясают тем, что нарисованы они гуашью и акриловыми красками по ткани. Автор мастерски передает забытый жанр 3D-картинок, над которыми мы в детстве ломали глаза.

Yuta Onoda, originally from Japan, has recently graduated from Bachelor of Applied Arts Illustration at Sheridan College, Canada. He has been shaping his art aesthetic through various forms of media, hoping to find new avenues to express himself.

Japanese illustrator and graphic designer Okimi creates brain killing artworks every day. Just take a look at his Flickr account and website and your brain will be slaved with his LovelyMan

Japanese design agency, Commune has some really nice work in their collective portfolio. Commune consists of Ryo Ueda and Minami Mabuchi.
via Changethethought