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Hitachi Seaside Park Turns Red in Autumn

Every autumn thousands of Kochia bushes turn crimson on Miharashi Hill inside the Hitachi Seaside Park in Japan. We simply cannot help but marvel at this remarkable autumn view. It  is absolutely wondrous to behold,…

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Toshihiko Mitsuya Creates Sculptures Made Of Aluminum Foil

Berlin-based artist Toshihiko Mitsuya creates incredible sculptures using aluminum foil.  This thin material gets very hard when pressed and forms intricate details that cannot be done with clay or stone. His work tests…

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Sweet Sugar Landscape by Pip & Pop

Under the name of Pip & Pop, Australian artist duo Nicole Andrijevic and Tanya Schultz realize spectacular installations from colored sugar and sand. Inspired by Tibetan Buddhist sand mandala and the kawaii (cute)…

Installation Made of Japanese Lanterns by Nøne Futbol Club

Installation Made of Japanese Paper Lanterns

'Impression, soleil levant', an Installation by Paris-based design studio Nøne Futbol Club created for the exhibition "Beyond the cliches" (March 23 – May 24, 2012) at the Japanese House.  Using red colored and white colored…

Levitating Self-Portraits by Natsumi Hayashi

Levitating Self-Portraits by Natsumi Hayashi

We at Inspired! would like to give a quick shout out to Japanese photographer Natsumi Hayashi for making these inspiring levitating self-portraits.  Keep flying, yowayowa camera woman!   The confines of gravity are the…

Hope and Dream by Makoto Tojiki

Hope and Dream by Makoto Tojiki

'Hope and Dream', an exquisite light sculpture by Japanese artist Makoto Tojiki is made for Clé de Peau Beauté's L'ART DE LA RADIANCE exhibition at Artis Tree, Hong Kong.  Tojiki is well-known for using…

Romantic Petal Gate by Yuko Takada

Romantic Petal Gate by Yuko Takada Keller

Japanese artist Yuko Takada Keller was commission by BVLGARI to create two large scale installations, 'Romantic Petal Gate' and 'Romantic Petal Veil', for the BVLGARI bridal fair. Each petal was made with two…

Slow Shutter Fireflies by Tsuneaki Hiramatsu

Magical Slow Shutter Fireflies by Tsuneaki Hiramatsu

These amazing photos were taken in various places around Maniwa and Okayama Prefecture in Japan by photographer Tsuneaki Hiramatsu.  The fireflies mate after thunderstorms during the rainy season from June to July.  via the…

queuger Makes Your life Easier

queuger Makes Your life Easier

Made of soft, pleasant-to-the-touch elastomer resin on the outside, and moderately stiff aluminum on the inside, queuger can be easily and freely bent into a myriad of shapes without difficulty, making it ideal…

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Delicious Sushi Rings by SouZou Creations

Sofia Molnar is a Canadian woman who lives in Japan with her wonderful Japanese husband.  After living there for nearly 13 years, she has discovered another side of Japanese food : apparently you can…

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Shibuya Shop Installation by CocoBongo

Spanish brand Berksha opened its first store in Japan.  This store is located in Tokyo's Shibuya district, and features some of the most cutting-edge interactive technologies and a glass facade outlined in pop…

Bang by Ryuji Nakamura

Bang by Ryuji Nakamura

Japanese artist Ryuji Nakamura has created a site-specific installation for Costume National: 25 Years exhibition.  This installation is on view 1st September – 25th October 2011 at CoSTUME NATIONAL Aoyama Complex in Tokyo….

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Mobile Concert Hall by Anish Kapoor

Anish Kapoor  is a British sculptor of Indian birth.  As a tribuite to the tragic earthquake that struck Japan on 11 March 2011, Kapoor proposes building Ark Nova a mobile concert hall that…

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Stunning Paper Sculpture by Jeff Nishinaka

American artist Jeff Nishinaka works wonders with paper.  He felt a kinship with this particular medium during his days in the prestigious Art Center College of Design.  From then on, he began experimenting…

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Glass Teahouse by Tokujin Yoshioka

Tokujin Yoshioka is presenting a model of his new architecture project "KOU-AN-Glass Teahouse" and an optical glass bench "Water block" at Glasstress 2011, held during the 54th La Biennale di Venezzia, scheduled from June 4th to November…

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Snow Installation by Tokujin Yoshioka

"Sensing Nature" exhibition was held at the Mori Art Museum from July 24 to November 7, 2010.  At the exhibition, artist Tokujin Yoshioka presented a 15-meter-wide dynamic installation, "Snow". The scenery of the…

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Post-It Structures by You Shimada

Japanese architect You Shimada of tato architects collaborates with students of Kyoto University of Art and Design to create an installation project called "post-it structures".  The installation is consisted of 30 thousand cells…

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Bokusho by Shun Kawakami

ISETAN | the stage | “bokusho” new year 2011 Designer Shun Kawakami collaborated with calligraphy artist Gen Miyamura to incorporate the style of Bokusho (墨象), also known as zenei shodo (前衛書道), into this installation piece….

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