from JAPAN
MID-TOKYO MAPS "Inpaku" is the nickname for an Internet Fair 2001 Japan that have been held untill December 31, 2001. It is a net exposition where anybody, including central governments, local governments, private corporations, NPOs, and individuals can establish and run what is called a web site pavilion to introduce interesting events. Now 477 specific websites are organized for this event. Much of them are not so interesting, but some are worth checking. "Mid-Tokyo Maps", that is the Mori Building Co., Ltd.'s "Inpaku" pavilion is one of the most popular website in this event. This website presents a variety of unique internet-based maps that explore mid-town Tokyo, including the Live webcams. It compares Tokyo and the other world cities form many points of view, such as "How big?" or "How tall?" or "Which city is the best for International Conventions?". All maps with statistical trends of each cities, are interactive and easy to understand. http://www.mid-tokyo.com/index.html.en --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Sampling Furniture In Tokyo, there are many recycle shops sells used products of Sony or Muji. It's difficult to dig your favorite products up from enormous amount of stock. But at D&DEPARTMENT, it's easy. In this "Design Recycle Shop", buyers search around recycle shops in Tokyo and select good-looking products, then sell them at their webshop. New goods are added every saturday, some products are sold out in a minute. They have succeeded and now, set up a big space in Okuzawa, Tokyo. "Sampling Furniture" is their new project. They are not satisfied with just selecting the second-hand products and want to make something new from the goods they found. They call this work "sampling" not "design". One of their sampling products is a stool, that is made from Honeda-motorcycle seat. http://www.d-a-m.co.jp/depart/ (Japanese Only) back to the newsstand
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