It is the lives we encounter that make life worth living.
Guy de Maupassant
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Category: Design
iPhone & iPod Touch (w/o calendar) 640x960pxDream Paper Concept – 4D Paper Printing Technology
When you have something you want to make with paper, you cut/fold paper to make the shape.
I wish however, there were paper and ink that do the ‘folding’ and ‘cutting’ automatically. You send the data of the shape you want to make from your computer/mobile to the printer. The paper you printed out automatically starts to cut and fold itself!
If that really happens, you’d be able to make various complicated paper models with no efforts. It’d be even cool if you could download 3D data from a gallery like Google 3D Warehouse, print it out and you get it in your hand. You download a physical thing!
But wait! If you could even control not only where and how far to fold but also when to fold via bluetooth or wifi, it means you could move paper as you like without touching it. (It’s like embedding Javascript in paper!)
And the shape-shifting concepts like the below one wouldn’t need any complicated mechanisms if such paper technology were available.
Calendar Desktop Wallpaper: January 2012
When a man has put a limit on what he will do, he has put a limit on what he can do.
Charles M. Schwab
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iPhone & iPod Touch (w/o calendar) 640x960pxThank you, 2011
(Top post for 2011, Polaroid iPhone Dock Concept)
The one concept I was preparing for as the last 2011 post couldn’t be in time. Sorry.
This is the second year since I started freelancing. Here are what I’m doing now and it could be an excuse for the fewer posts for this blog than last year.
Software
- NCDC: working closely with this Japanese company for iPhone/iPad/Android apps
- 1 Android related software everyone can use (and love?) and more in 2012 also on iPhone
- A few other GUIs for some interesting futuristic platforms
- A fashion website to go live soon
Hardware
- A few thrilling smartphone concepts + tablet devices
- Graphic designs for smartphone cases for 2 companies
- Smart city architecture concepts
Others
- Writing for Jonny Holland
- Collaboration with MONO-LAB Japan to develop some products
I can tell 2012 will be one of the most exciting years in my life. Strongly believe many people around the globe will have chances to see what I make (not just concepts). Just can’t wait to introduce all the above products/services as soon as I can!
Thank you all for reading this blog. I’ve restarted blogging in Japanese on Blogger. I use Facebook for casual talks and Twitter for inspirations.
I wish you all the best in 2012!
Works for Tokyo Motor Show 2011
As I tweeted, I worked on a lot of concept designs for the movies of AGC (Asahi Glass Company) and TOYOTA for Tokyo Motor Show 2011.
Movie by AGC: Glass Can Change The World
[vimeo http://vimeo.com/33200196]
Concept Car
Dashboard UI
Smart House
UI for Glass Fridge / Energy Management Pane
Roll-up Newspaper / Newspaper Graphic
Robot
Car Dashboard Mockup Panel Screens
It was my first time ever to design a car and a robot, but I had lots of fun making them.
Asahi Glass now introduces their great technologies in a booth for “Smart Mobility City 2011” in Tokyo Motor Show.
http://www.agc-smc2011.com/en/
TOYOTA Smart Mobility City 2011 Concept Movie
(I’ll post the movie when it’s officially uploaded on YouTube. This is the old version.)
One of my mobile phone concepts “Glassy Glass” was again picked up and used in the movie.
Calendar Desktop Wallpaper: December 2011
“God is in the details.”
Ludwig Mies van der Rohe
This wonderful model is done by Mr.Shoji Tsuchiya. Please visit his blog, too.
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iPhone & iPod Touch (w/o calendar) 640x960pxDial to Unlock (Concept)
Please email me if there’s anybody who wants to develop this app.
I have other more practical ideas waiting to be developed!
Dial to unlock by Mac Funamizu is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs 3.0 Unported License.
Based on a work at petitinvention.wordpress.com.
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See also the similar previous post.
Calendar Desktop Wallpaper: November 2011
There is no reason not to follow your heart.
Steve Jobs
There won’t be a road on the way because a road is where you walked along.
No existing road that you can see is yours.
But as long as you have a heart, you’ve gotta follow it.
I am following my heart.
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iPhone & iPod Touch (w/o calendar) 640x960pxCalendar Desktop Wallpaper: October 2011
To have a great idea, have a lot of them.
Thomas A. Edison
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I’ve got a few concept designs waiting to be published, but I haven’t had time to prepare the posts. Maybe one post in a few days I hope.
Koriko – iPhone Dock Concept
I want an iPhone dock that can change its forms reflecting various kinds of notifications needing attention as well as some simple controls for applications. The feelings you can get with that kind of tangible output & input are what touchscreen lacks.
Koriko is a simple iPhone stand with speakers and a flexible long arm (tail?).
Notifications are represented with the tail forming simple shapes.
When a song is played, it works as music control buttons you can push directly.
It not only changes forms, but also makes certain movements for some time. It waves good-bye when you turn it off.
There are so many possible other applications that would work with Koriko. It would be really fun to see it working.
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