💻 IBM Japan in 15 Seconds 📚
Here’s your crash course on IBM Japan. In 1925, a tableware manufacturer installed the first IBM tabulating machine. In 1973, Leo Esaki won the Nobel Prize in Physics for electron tunneling. In 1982, the Tokyo Research Lab opened. In 1992, the ThinkPad700C was released. And now in 2015, IBM’s teaming up with Apple in Japan to create an elderly-friendly iPad. We’re out of time but rest assure, the goods are still being churned out. Class dismissed.
Nest We Grow - College of Environmental Design UC Berkeley / Kengo Kuma & Associates
Built in Hokkaido, Japan, as part of an international design competition in 2014 (the 4th annual LIXIL design-build competition), Nest We Grow was conceived with a shared vision of bringing the Californian style of growing to new Japan. With a focus on renewable materials, the design is the first public-access space built for the competition; designed to allow people to grow, store, prepare and share local foods.
The heavy timber frame was also inspired by more western building approaches, with a plastic corrugated sheets allowing natural light to flood in, whilst also protecting crops from the winds during colder months. Sliding panels can also be opened during warmer months to better ventilate the interior space. Snow and rainwater are also harvested; reused in the production of food within.
The whole space functions in a constant cycle. Food is grown, harvested, prepared, cooked, and finally composted; restarting the process anew. In this sense, the nest is intended to function the whole year round.
See more at: ArchDaily
The oldest hot spring in Japan（道後温泉本館 / Dougo onsen Matsuyama city）
Dōgo Onsen is a hot spring in the city of Matsuyama, Ehime Prefecture on the island of Shikoku, Japan.
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We visited photographer Julie Watai in Tokyo to discuss the manga inspiration behind her work, sexy android models, otaku culture’s growth, and preserving her youth through photography. See more here.
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The Japan Series
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Pigment inkjet print on fine art paper, framed. Edition of 8 plus 2 AP.
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