robot girl

from project aiko:
A Young Boy’s Dream…

In the past year, I have been repeatedly asked why I wanted to build Aiko. It actually starts back in the 70s during my childhood where I spent a lot of time watching Japanese anime which often featured robot themes. I remember saying to myself as a child, “I will build one of those when I grow up.” Throughout my life, I have built many prototypes and smaller robots. However, the greatest motivation came after watching “Chobits.” That was when I decided I had to build a life size gynoid (robot designed to look like a human female). It was August 15, 2007. And I knew that all I needed to build it was a little inspiration and passion.

you can even design clothes for her and she'll wear them. but not blue jeans.
she can't wear blue jeans because it will turn her blue.
by far the best quote on the website:
Many people have been asking questions over the months, and since it is impossible for me to answer everyone individually, I will answer the most popular questions here.
Yes, Aiko’s entire outer body is made of silicone. Sensors and motors are constructed underneath the silicone outer shell. Yes, Aiko has sensors in her body including her private parts (breasts, and yes, even down there). AND NO, I do not sleep with her.

check out more at project aiko

louis vuitton madness

louis vuitton pig!!!
by wim delvoye. an artist out of belgium who likes tattooing pigs. he does it at a place called the art farm in china. cuz the animal rights laws aren't quite as strict there... sneaky.
while we're on the louis vuitton kick.. we can add some li'l kim.. who got the LV treatment from dave lachapelle.

then we got the latest in louis vuitton disposable luxury:


and then.. we'll save the wildest for last....

An ad campaign for LOUIS VUITTON by Mamoru Hosoda (of Digimon fame). an updated alice in wonderland, in which a girl, searching for her lost cell phone, floats in a dizzying world of the company’s logos. While waiting to meet her friends outside of a Louis Vuitton store, Aya’s cell phone is eaten by the LV Panda, who then promptly swallows Aya - but the inside of his stomach is gateway to a psychadelic wonderland. Based on characters created by famed superflat artist Takashi Murakami.

aya takano

Aya Takano's drawings and paintings reminds us the delicious souvenirs of game and innocence with a disarming sincerity and without ever sink into nostalgia. Although her universe is filled with mythic and cultural references, specifically japanese, she attains to make this universe strangely familiar and intimate. The immediate, the sensuality of her drawings address a message to the living and to the imaginative part of each of us, whatever his age or his origin. Once discovered, her work provokea a profound, and almost affectionate, attachment for the characters she brings to life. The use of diluted paint ( gouache, acrylic) as principal medium reinforces the sensual simplicity of her images which combines the febrility of a child's drawing and the virtuosity of the remarkable drawer she has become.
that umm.. was translated from japanese.
link to gallery

japanese vinyl toys!!!

so this dude has been collecting bandai ultra kaiju toys since 1981 and he's taken picture of them all.
they look totally rad. i want japanese monsters....

check out his flickr set here.

horse masks, thongs, mushrooms. japan

so there's this japanese dude... who only wears different thongs.. and a horse mask.
and umm, he dances around and picks, cooks, and eats wild mushrooms.
this is blowing me away right now.

skate or die

tony hawk. japanese tv. the fucking 80's

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