Wonderful Pudding Packaging from Japan

Tuesday, May 6th, 2008

Found these accidently today ^__^ Japanese seems like to sexualize almost everything around them. Photos: popgive.com

Japanese Lead Chewing Gum Culture

Friday, March 21st, 2008

Other than a lot of different or special trends and culture of the country itself. Japanese might also lead the world in chewing gum culture. Several chewing gums on the market display an impressive degree of niche marketing. For example, “Otoko Kaoru” (“man flavor”) gum from Kracie that ...

Eco-friendly bra - shopping bag

Wednesday, February 13th, 2008

Lingerie manufacturer Triumph International Japan has unveiled a new type of brassiere that can be converted into a shopping bag. Called the “No! Shopping Bag Bra” (NO! reji-bukuro bra), the environmentally-friendly lingerie is designed to promote the reduction of plastic bag consumption, a key objective of the revised ...

Valentine’s Day Special - Chocolate again…

Wednesday, February 13th, 2008

Tokyo Super Sweets is offering 200 limited sets of “Ariga-choco” (a clever blending of the words for “thank you” (arigatou) and “chocolate”). The “thank you” comes from the receiver, who after scanning the QR code on the package with his mobile phone, can choose from over a hundred ...

Valentine’s Day Special Chocolate

Tuesday, February 12th, 2008

Valentine’s Day is upon us, again. Now in Japan, the custom of women giving chocolate to men on this day has been quite strongly established: Thanks to clever marketing campaigns, the girls have to buy a lot at special items at department stores across the country. There, you find all ...

Japanese Decorative Paper

Friday, January 4th, 2008

The Paper Studio is a teaching studio and paper arts shop created and run by Cindy and Gary who are mixed media and book and paper artists. I think their papers are very nice. Paper can be a different thing if you want it to be, it can be inspiration of ...

Nifty PET bottles! from PingMag

Wednesday, December 19th, 2007

Floral Notes   A Jasmine tea makeover Suntory’s Jasmine Tea got more colorful (and its consumers…). On the left, the design from spring 2006; on the right, a more recent one.     Exquisite Crystal Who would have thought of ...

Handmade paper packaging from Japan

Friday, December 14th, 2007

Simple and nice handmade paper for wrapping or packaging. Idea from Japan, for more detail, you can go to aurinko (a Japanese site)