T-Boy: Japan C Paper Art

In collaboration with New York – Tokyo, Street Attack recently commissioned a Shin Tanaka original design for a new initiative for Felissimo. The paper toy, known as a T-Boy, will be on display at Felissimo’s NY Design house starting in September. The template can be downloaded from the Japan C website, so those brave enough to try to make their own version can give it a shot.
Check out Shin’s work here.

Cell Phone Straps

Ignited by a cross marketing campaign by Converse and Pepsi celebrating Converse’s 100th anniversary, cell phone straps may be sneaking into American mainstream culture.

Cell phone straps have been a staple in Japan since the introduction of cell phones to the mass public. Straps and charms have a long history in Japan, becoming popular in the 1600s as tobacco and pill case accessories.

Most teenagers have at least three charms dangling from their cell phones. It will be interesting to see if this trend takes off in the US.

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FYI Designers

Calling all designers: Uniqlo, Japan’s answer to the GAP, is accepting entries to their annual T-shirt contest. Why not design a T-shirt, have it displayed and sold all over the world, and win some money on top of that?

Check out details at: http://ut.uniqlo.com/us/utgp






Yurie Okada Lorange