Japanese Traditional Logo "Kamon"

hello every one, long time no see!
after a few weeks hard work (i didnt really sleep last week),
i am online again.

so this time i would like to show "Kamon" japanese traditional logos.

"Ka" means family, "mon" means logo or symbol.
in the past (hundred years ago), every japanes nobility family has its logo to represent the honor and traditional.
these logos are still very "well designed", or even "modern".

here r some of them:

Top Industry Design Firm on the World

http://www.businessweek.com/magazine/content/05_27/b3941405.htm

It is actually an old old news from last year.
But it shows which companys are on the top of this Area, for exaple:

IDEO

the most successful company in last 2 decades. or

Ziba

where i finished my 6 month Internship. It was really a great experience, especially the people u meet and work with there. I think through the hard work of last year, they will win more awards this year.

cheers

hang

ps: some works of ziba

Interesting Videos about Colors

here is a website about "Colors"
they took colors as the title of the viedeo.
All the videos are in different styles.
for example black is very dark and frustrated.

http://www.r255g255b255.net/

Interaction Design at Royal College of Art

Royal College of Art

a well known and one of the best deisgn school on the world.
many star designer have studied there, such like

Konstantin Grcic

especially their transportation design department is one of the best 3 or 4 on the world. (the other will be: Art Center of design, Pforzheim, College for Creative Studies )

here is my photo collection for their transportation design.

not only cars but also their interaction design is also impressive.
their ideas are not really funtional resolved but all have solid, intuitive and funny
concepts.

http://www.rca.ac.uk/pages/study/ma_interaction_design_171.html

their sommer show

some students

one idea i like much is "sketch the move"

enjoy

Alumni''s Ball

weeks ago we had our first alumni ball.
i wore my only one suit again :-)

photos!








weeks ago we had our first alumni ball.
i wore my only one suit again :-)

World Cup FIFA!!!

ok, guys!
it's the world cup agai...yeahhhhhhhh!
which team do u support? which team do u like?
certainly, i hope, germany can win the world cup (because i live here.)
my second favor would be japan...i like japanese mangas :-)
(one of my classmate supports "togo" to beat brazil in the final...ok, let's pray;-P)

have fun