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Tema Hima: Time, Work and Life in Tohoku, North East Japan

I am actually pretty excited to catch this film at A Design Film Festival (#DFF2013), given that I missed the exhibition when I was in Tokyo last year. 

It was an interesting exhibition that featured the livelihood of the people in Tohoku: the craft, the food and the living spaces. Click HERE for more information about the actual exhibition held at 21_21 Design Sight.

This year’s A Design Film Festival’s line up is pretty awesome, and you can view the full listing either on their website, or via a listing I’ve written for PoachedMag

It’s been crazy lately and I decided to take some time out to catch-up on many things that I used to enjoy doing like reading, editing all my photos and perhaps, reviving this space here with interesting ideas and beautiful sights. 

It time to sit back, look and listen…and maybe do a little recalibration. 

In typical FUN. style, this has to be the best product placement ever. 

A shorter version of this would make a fantastic Converse ad. 

Adam Smith claimed that the idea of fashion applies to situations in which taste is a central concept. That applies to clothing, furniture, music, poetry, architecture, and the field of fashion can, thus, be situated between design and culture. Roland Barthes explained how “clothes are the material basis of fashion, whereas fashion itself is a cultural system of meanings
Davisi Boontharm’s essay on “Small bottom-up interventions: fashion and creative spaces” in Small Tokyo (edited by Darko Radovic and Davisi Boontham) 

Bo-Kaap district with the Lion’s head peak in the background

#capetown #southafrica #travel #scenic #touchdown

Between the Folds: It is amazing what Origami can do. 

If you are a huge fan of Issey Miyake’s Pleats Please, here’s the science behind it. 

Sitting in bed, clearing travel photos and playing with the new font I bought. Need to clear Tokyo and Seoul before I head off to Capetown.

TRON-INSPIRED DANCE

Not a new video, but since I’ve been listening to Daft Punk all day, this is a pretty cleverly-excuted dance. 

From a dancer’s perspective, it would have been better if it was a lot more synchronised, but the blocking on stage itself must have been a nightmare so kudos to that!  

A patient old lady waiting to cross at Shibuya Crossing — Tokyo; Japan