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Going Global: Tom Vincent’s Views on the Future of Greenz Global

http://greenzglobal.jp/tom_vincent-4781.html

Ever come across things in Japan that seemed interesting, but had no idea what they were because they were all in Japanese? Well, take a look at “PingMag” and you’ll figure it all out! 

“PingMag” is a web magazine that presents design and works from Japan in both Japanese and English. But the articles don’t scream “JAPAN” into your face – it actually barely mentions that they are from Japan, but instead presents them simply as interesting ideas. 

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Design Ah!: Giving kids a designer’s mind

NHK started broadcasting its children’s TV program ‘Design Ah!’ two years ago, and it’s immensely popular not just with kids but adults too.

Color. Shape. Word. Number. These simple elements that small children play with are also the same fundamental tools of a designer. However, precisely because they are so simple, it’s no easy task to properly communicate to kids what “design” is.

東京をベースにするオンライン・ デザイン・マガジン、PingMagに掲載していただきました。

English

http://pingmag.jp/2013/06/10/shibuya-underground-streams/

Japanese

I've picked up these photos (and their little captions) from the PingMag article, Vending Machine Extravaganza, which gives a bit of inside story into the history of vending machines and such, if you're willing to give it a read!

Photos by CScout Japan:

(Welcome to the wonderful convenience of having a vending machine just around EVERY corner in Japan! Especially the ones with certain displays such as cans forming a rainbow...)

(A special edition of “maid tea.”)

(Oh my! Little fellas on flying carpets included!)

(Atmospheric diorama as display.)

(From the Vendex fair: The ‘next generation vending machine’ has a nice touch screen terminal…)

(Let's see how old you are: Fujitaka's face recognition scanner to prevent underage consumers from buying tobacco.)

(Have a drink and find your way to the nearest Izakaya! Fujitaka’s “Monitan” displays, now in Shibuya and Akihabara.)

(Authentic Italian coffee - from a M-one café vending machine!)

(By now, we’re all getting used to getting canned coffee simply by holding the SUICA train card at the vending machine’s sensor. Practical!)