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Beautiful Japanese Barcodes

Posted on October 28, 2008 by Nils

There is a Japanese company called D-Barcode which took on a mundane, boring, and unimaginative part of our consumer life and gave it a makeover: Barcodes. This is one of those ideas they are so simple, that it took a … Continue reading →

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Japanese Jewelry Cake Extravaganza

Posted on September 26, 2007 by Nils

If you’re a spoiled Japanese brat your parents probably bought you the Gundam platinum figurine. But what might a cake at such a birthday party look like? Thanks to chef Nobue Ikara we now know: This cake is decorated with … Continue reading →

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Gundam figurine in platinum

Posted on August 2, 2007 by Nils

The idea behind today’s wacky Japanese item isn’t really all that weird. No weirder than, say, a diamond encrusted iPod, anyway. In March 2007, Bandai – the toy company – announced that they are going to make a model of … Continue reading →

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