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Photorealistic Wire Sculptures K o r e an ar tist Seung M o Par k m a kes r emar ka bly detailed sc ulptur es out of a sur prisingly v e r s a t ile medium—metal wir e
FEATURES: Seung Mo Park's Wire Sculptures
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REDBULL FLYING ILLUSIONS
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SEUNG MO PARK'S WIRE SCULPTURES
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SOYU'S ZODIAC ART BOOK FOR CHINESE NEW YEAR DAL FROM CHINA
A SWEET ART - SUGAR PAINTING GRAFFITI CAFE IN SHIZOUKA, JAPAN
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FAKE STARBUCKS COFFEE YOU CAN GET IN ASIA
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LATTE ART IN TAIWAN LOBSTER TRANSFORMERS
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SEUNG MO PARK Using a process that could be the new definition of meticulous, Korean sculptor Seung Mo Park creates giant ephemeral portraits by cutting layer after layer of wire mesh.
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rooklyn-based Korean sculptor Seung Mo Park never ceases to amaze us with his skilled craftsmanship in working with wire. In addition to sculpting threedimensional figures with the malleable, metallic rods, he manages to carefully clip layered sheets of stainless steel wire mesh into photorealistic portraits of people, places, and things. The artist's ongoing work, entitled Maya, utilizes Park's keen eye for shapes and shadows to form his monochromatic works. His multilayered lattice structures use their network of crossing wires to create deeper shades in areas of concentration and, alternatively, a sense of light in areas where Park clips the wires down. Ultimately, the time-consuming works are the result of multiple sheets of steel mesh working together to generate one cohesive image from a vantage point. If viewed from a side angle, many of the sculptural portraits just look like webbed panels of steel that have been aligned.
Each work begins with a photograph which is superimposed over layers of wire with a projector, then using a subtractive technique Park slowly snips away areas of mesh. Each piece is several inches thick as each plane that forms the final image is spaced a few finger widths apart, giving the portraits a certain depth and dimensionality that’s hard to convey in a photograph
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Using a process that could be the new definition of meticulous, Korean sculptor Seung Mo Park creates giant ephemeral portraits by cutting layer after layer of wire mesh. Each work begins with a photograph which is superimposed over layers of wire with a projector, then using a subtractive technique Park slowly snips away areas of mesh. Each piece is several inches thick as each plane that forms the final image is spaced a few finger widths apart, giving the portraits a certain depth and dimensionality that’s hard to convey in a photograph, but this video on YouTube shows it pretty well. Park just exhibited this month at Blank Space Gallery in New York as part of his latest series Maya (meaning “illusion” in Sanskrit). You can see much more at West Collects. (art news, west collects, lavinia tribiani) Korean sculptor, Park Seung Mo, who received his degree in Fine Arts at Dong A University in Korea in 1998, creates giant ephemeral portraits by cutting layer after layer of wire mesh. Each work begins with a photograph which is superimposed over layers of wire with a projector, then using a subtractive technique Park slowly snips away areas of mesh. Each piece is several inches thick as each plane that forms the final image is spaced a few finger widths apart, giving the portraits a certain depth and dimensionality. I must admit, I'm often flabbergasted as to how sculptures actually pull off their art pieces, but sometimes someone comes along that makes me believe in wizardry. Magic is clearly the only explanation for what Park SeungMo does with wire. Either that, or he's got a frozen body under those figures. Speculation aside, his Human series is a stunning example of fine craftsmanship, dedication and talent. Based in Brookyln, Park Seung-Mo is a Korean artist who uses aluminum wire to create the rippling lines of these sculptures.
Though he initially started with inanimate objects, like a piano, he eventually moved on to the human body. He achieves the shape by creating a fiberglass casting, which he slowly wraps wire around, row-by-row, to create the finished product. From the folds in a dress to the lines of a mouth, the attention to detail is remarkable. In many of the close-up photos, you can see that he not only wraps the wire, he tightly layers and weaves them. Some figures feature a unified wrapping top to bottom,
while other figures reflect a patchwork-style layering of wires. The glittering wired skin somehow gives the figures a cyborg appearance, paused until awoken. We have no idea how long this process takes him, but I could tell you for sure that I would give up after an hour.
A stunning series of portraits by South Korean artist Seung Mo Park made with layers of wire mesh. To proceed, the artist starts with a photograph which is superimposed over the mesh and lit up by a projector, and continues by meticulously cutting the wires one by one to allow the depth to reveal the details the portrait. See more in the video below. Enjoy! From afar, South Korean artist Seung Mo Park’s portraits look like charcoal drawings, but in reality, they are wired stainless steel scrims. The artist composes and structures the steel as if they we’re paint. Correct me if I’m wrong, but I believe this is the first time I’ve
As part of this third phase of Park's work, he has chosen to work with images of illusion rather than materiality and the results are refreshing. He is faithful to this idea of maya and the truth of people's lives, in his way examining whether our lives are a dream or reality. Further, by naming these works all MAYA followed by a number creates an almost anonymous identity to these women who represent the woman from the artist's dream, therefore giving another example of maya in these works.
"Magic is clearly the only explanation for what Park Seung-Mo does with wire." —Jenny Ly
got to experience portraits with this type of execution, and further more, they are technically sculptures. Brilliant and innovative. Korean artist Seung Mo Park makes remarkably detailed sculptures out of a surprisingly versatile medium—metal wire. His works include wrapped object sculptures and astonishing figure sculptures that, but for their metallic hue, are incredibly lifelike.
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Red Bull Flying illusion moves exactly this magic back into the center. With a show that is actually
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ed Bull Flying Illusion is the In small groups they fly, without new show of the internation- magic, across the stage, perform ally successful Breakdance so-called "power moves" and other Company Flying Steps from Berlin. crazy maneuvers. Eleven dancEleven of the world's best dancers - ers chose Vartan Bassil. Each selected from all areas of the Urban individual is an exceptional talDance - meet in a magical Battle of ent in his field: Popping, Locking, the warring powers. Flying Heroes House, B-Boying. "Our ensemble more frequently on the head around against Dark Illusions, good versus brings together the best dancers its own axis, than any other man. evil, the light of love against the in the world. Each of them can There are Demon and Marcio which eternal darkness. already alone bring an audience are strong as bulls and actually can They blur the boundaries between to marvel - and we have them all almost fly. There is Kalli, the Greek breathtaking break dance and in a heap. " Since Lil Amok, which queen of the "Newstyle Popping". the unique power of illusion blur. makes his name while dancing all Since the veteran's (and co-choreSupernatural dance skills mingle honor. There's Minzy who could ographer of the show) Lil skirt that unnoticed with specific visual illulay down a career as a gymnast. 20 years ago moved on the boards sions. SudThere's Junior, who can that mean the world, and still more denly a head run better on his arms, style than a whole army of models. spin and the as other people on their There's Ukay, formerly the videos of dream of flyfeet. There is Rubberthe Flying Steps devoured and now ing become Legz who can tie his joins them with his erstwhile heone. This is legs, like a headphone roes. And there is Robozee, which what makes cable in your pocket. can move like a, well, robots. It is a Red Bull FlyThere is Benny, who has real all-star team. ing illusion so a few years back set a fascinating. world record for HeadWhat is real spins, so it can rotate and what is an illusion? And plays a role at all? With Red Bull Flying -Benny Kimoto This all-star team has there has been breakdancing. For illusion that now even exploring the this, we do it all. " connect Flylimits of the possible. The ing Steps two worlds that do not hard training shows physical belong together at first glance. So effect; hardly any of the dancthey know their business:. Around ers appear without injuries to the world, they dance to the music the training. "As hard as we here of "The Well-Tempered Clavier" by have never worked," groans Johann Sebastian Bach Red Bull Benny. "But it will be worth it." Flying Bach is called the show, at He is one of the most experithe street culture meets high culture enced members of the crew, was and the past three years, the clasalready in Red Bull Flying Bach sical world to the head presents. on stage and is at Red Bull Flying Over 200,000 enthusiastic spectaillusion also one of the choreogtors, it has already attracted. 2010 raphers. "This is the most excitRed Bull Flying Bach was also ing and spectacular production, awarded the Special Prize of the 17 ECHO Klassik.
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2014TourDates Frankfurt: April 25–27 Oberhausen: May 9–11 Hamburg: May 30–31 and June 1 Stuttgart: June 2 7–29 Leipzig: September 19–21 Munich: November 28–30
BehindtheMusic
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Originally, the Flying Steps and director Christoph Hagel were looking for people who could combine the worlds of classical music and hip-hop. I studied classical and my brother Ketan is a hip-hop producer and we’ve always played music together that mixed together high culture and sub culture. After the success of working on Red Bull Flying Bach, Vartan asked us back to work on Red Bull Flying Illusion. We were thinking how can we create a world of its own and what tools do we need to create that world. We had two crews playing good and evil fighting against each other and we thought that if we brought in a 34-piece orchestra and added hip hop and electronic beats it would create something otherworldly. Together with these elements we’ve created a new sound that has never been heard before – a real fantastical sound.
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After a hectic week, traipsing from venue to venue, being part of panel talks, exhibiting my paintings during “Art Dubai” week along with interviewing artists and chatting with galleries, I find myself at the last leg of the “Art Dubai” events. This is by far the grandest and most coveted event to date, the one that truly caters for the serious art collector and lover. Held at the Madinat Jumeirah, the venue that epitomizes the ‘oasis in the desert’, a luxurious beachside resort, where a wealthy and elite clientele flock to dine and ‘be seen’. This venue plays host to one of the highly renowned global and innovative art fairs in the region, an essential gathering of museum directors, curators, art collectors, artistes and art professionals.
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Art Dubai, in its 8th year, has continued to develop, this year offering visitors access to three gallery programs: Contemporary, Marker and new in 2014, Modern. This new section to Art Dubai included 11 galleries, led by well-known curators and historians Savita Apte, Catherine David, Kristine Khouri and Nada Shabout. The event, showcasing the work of over 500 artistes spanning from more than 80 plus galleries from over 35 countries, partnered with the Abraaj Group and sponsored by Cartier, was open to public from 19th to 22nd March 2014.
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Dubai’s Madinat Jumeirah will host the eighth edition of Art Dubai on March 19-22, with a total of 85 galleries from 34 countries set to showcase pieces by more than 500 artists from around the world. Art Dubai 2014 will feature, for the first time, three distinct gallery halls: Contemporary, Modern and Marker. Art Dubai Contemporary: This area remains the largest section of the fair, with more than 70 galleries exhibiting works for sale. Re-
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turning galleries include Athr (Jeddah), Galerie Chantal Crousel (Paris), Galerist (Istanbul), Alexander Gray Associates (New York), Victoria Miro (London) and Experimenter (Kolkata) among others. UAE-based galleries participating in Art Dubai include Ayyam Gallery, Carbon 12, Gallery Etemad, Gallery Isabelle van den Eynde, Green Art Gallery, Grey Noise, Elmarsa, Tashkeel and The Third Line.
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Art Dubai Modern: In 2014, Art Dubai launches a new gallery programme devoted to Middle Eastern and South Asian modern art from the twentieth century. Most of the artists showcased worked from the 1950s-1980s and were only known in their home countries rather than internationally. Each gallery booth presents a solo or two-person show by highly influential artists, including Rasheed Araeen (Grosvenor Gallery, London), Nasser Al Yousif and Rashid Al Khalifa (Albareh Art Gallery, Manama), Michel Basbous (Agial Art Gallery, Beirut), Hamed Abdalla and Adam Henein (Karim Francis, Cairo), among others. Marker: Each year a section is dedicated to a particular theme or geography and Art Dubai 2014 turns its focus to Central Asia and the Caucasus. Curated by the artists Slavs and Tatars, selected art spaces and artist-led organisations taking part include: ArtEast (Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan), Asia Art (Almaty, Kazakhstan); North Caucasus Branch of the National Centre for Contemporary Art, NCCA (Vladikavkaz,
Republic of North Ossetia-Alania, Russia), and YARAT Contmporary Art Space (Baku, Azerbaijian). “So far we have had over 200,000 visitors coming to the fair over the past eight years. We’re aiming to top last year’s 25,000 visitors into the fair with our huge programme this year,” said Antonia Carver, Art Dubai’s Fair Director. Alongside the three gallery programmes, the fair will also feature an extensive not-for-profit programme, including commissioned site-specific works for “Art Dubai Projects”, an exhibition by winners of “The Abraaj Group Art Prize”, the five-day conference Global Art Forum; a live radio station; film and video screenings, and “Sheikha Manal Little Artists Program”. “We now have the largest not-for-profit programme of any fair globally. We are very proud and very committed to working to build up the local art scene and to provide artists opportunities year round, both locally and internationally,” Carver added.
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Most unusual runway looks of 2012 Here’s our slideshow featuring some of the most unusual looks from the past 12 months. After the sad death of Alexander McQueen and the public self-immolation of John Galliano, some of fashion’s greatest risk takers are no longer on the scene, but 2012 proved that there was still plenty of room for experimentation.
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Sorry for keep updating the blog with news from Europe, the fact is, I’m currently here, so it would be a waste too if I don’t share what I have seen, right? The Berlin Fashion Week started on Tuesday and will be last till Sunday. What make it special is that the fashion week is not only located in one venue but massively located in different parts of the city. Shows including Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week Berlin, Bread & Butter Berlin (BBB), Premium, Show & Order, Seek, Showfloor Berlin, Panorama Berlin, The Gallery Berlin, Bright, (Capsule), Greenshowroom, Ethical Fashion Show, Herzblut Messe Berlin, Curvy Is Sexy, Projektgalerie and
Showroom Days were opened for a few days. As you can see, it’s not like just one fashion show but more than 10 in a short period plus many more launch parties of different fashion brands were held during the fashion week. Well, it is impossible to visit every single show due to my work, therefore, together with my friends Bobby and Isun, we picked a few and checked. First we went to Seek. Seek is a contemporary fashion trade show, that seeks perfection and brings together the most outstanding international contemporary brands in order to provide a completely new buying experience in Berlin.
The next day we went check out Bright, which is a must see tradeshow if you like street wear and skateboard. Large quantity of free cool stickers from different brands is not the only one attraction, but the show could bring you new ideas and inspirations. For example, a girl came to me and passed me some free Ecko stickers together with a small pack of unknown gift. On the package it is written “I’m not your father” with an image of Darth Vader from Star Wars, can you guess what is it?
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Close to the entry, started with the Billionaire Boys Club founded by Pharrell Williams partnered with Japan’s fashion icon, former A Bathing Ape (bought by I.T two years ago) head, NIGO, who now owns the brand Human Made. Coincidentally, Nigo was checking his brands with several friends for short.
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SOYU's Zodiac art book for Chinese new year 2013 is the Chinese year of the snake. SOYU celebrates with 12 artists producing 12 interpretations of the Chinese Zodiac for their brand new art book.
The book consists of a set of 12 prints, by 12 selected artists inspired by the 12 animals of the Chinese Zodiac. Each artist was chosen for their unique style, skill and craft they put in to their pieces. Limited to just 10 prints per piece it is also a response to the mass produced ‘Upload and
Order’ printed products that are appearing online. Each A2 piece is digitally printed on 315gsm cotton uncoated hahnemuhle rag, resulting in some of the finest quality wall art you’re likely to see around. You can purchase the book on the SOYU site.
Ra t - Sh o r t
Ra m - Ra ch e l Ca ld w e ll
S n a ke - M i ke N g
Pi g - Tra v i s Pr i ce
H o rs e - Ra id 71
Ra b bi t - B uild
Ti g e r - Ro bin B oyd e n
D ra g o n - Al ex Fow ke s
They collaborate with artists from across Europe to produce sweatshirt and tee designs, as well as books, prints and their annual Creative Zodiac art book, which celebrates the Chinese New Year. 2013 is the Chinese Year of the Snake, and from the wise words of the snake, the SOYU Creative Zodiac is back again.
Ro o s t e r - Ch r i s M a l b o n
O x - J e s s i ca Fo r t n e r
M o nkey - D a n M a t u t in a
D o g - J o h n C Th u r bin
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Dal from China By doing Invasian and organizing Wall Lords at the beginning when Invasian started, I got to know Dal, a Chinese graffiti writer who has amazing style and extremely good skills. Few years later, I am happy to know Dal has been making really far since he started. How far? Not only his style but also the distance, check out his murals, they are spread over to USA, South Africa and Europe. By the way, Dal and Faith47 are a married couple. Congrats to Dal, hope his awesome works will spread across everywhere in the world.
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Out Focus Asia: Party Arty Vol.43
Last Saturday I went to party called Party Arty in Prince Charles in Berlin. It was Vol.43 and Yaneq the organizer told me that they usually do 3 to 4 parties a year. So can you imagine how long they have been doing this party? I gotta give lots of respects. The night was special, it was a party with only female artists, but of course, guys were welcome to go. The doors opened at eleven, I was quite early to be there. Well I am never a party guy so I don’t know when is the right time to go. When they say elev-
en, I should think that means 2 hours later so the party would start. But it was good, there were lots of arty art to see. I walked around and there were many skateboarding photos pasted on wall. The below one really caught my eyes. Actually the venue itself is also arty fancy. If you pay attention, you could see that the bar is in fact in the middle of a swimming pool. The squareshaped club was, in effect, once enclosed an indoor pool, located in the basement of the Aufbau Haus complex nowadays. If you take the subway
line U8, get off at Moritzplatz and you will get there. The location was pretty chic or you would say too chic for an underground party, but later on, the place got a bit dirty by more and more tags appearing. Alright let’s get back to the art. Chula and Khar did the following Installation together who are the female graffiti writers from 1UP crew. The letters says “Die Kunst ist weiblich” which is German and it means “The art is female” or “The art of female”, explained by Yaneq.
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Clockenflap 2013, Hong Kong Clockenflap, Hong Kong’s music and art festival, has come to its sixth year and brought over 100 artists to you! This year, there will be more than seven music stages in 3 days. International artists like Franz Ferdinand, Chic (featuring Nile Rodgers), Gold Panda, Modeselektor and local artists like G.e.m., Ketchup, The Boogie Playboys, and many more are ready to rock clockenflap. Don’t miss the biggest festival of the year!
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Melt! Festival 2013, Ferropolis Melt! Festival 2013 is a 3-day music festival from 19-21 July plus another opening party night on 18 July, located in Ferropolis, Germany. Ferropolis is also known as “the city of iron”, an open museum of old huge industrial machines in Gräfenhainichen, a city near Dessau where the Bauhaus School is. Leading the line-up this time is The Knife, whose 2013-slated album “Shaking The Habitual” comes a whole seven years after the game-changing “Silent Shout”. There were nearly 150 artists / band performing in last few days, spreading over 7 areas inlcuding Mainstage, Gemini Stage, Big Wheel Stage by Resident Advisor, Intro Zelt, Desperados Melt!Selektor Stage, Sleepless Floor curated by Groove and Philips #YNTHT Stage.
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Jogia Hip Hop Foundation I remember when Invasian #5 is closed to deadline (my own deadline), I have no picture of Jogia Hip Hop Foundation although the article about them was ready and written by Aaron, however, I can’t print it without any photo! My email couldn’t reach them and I couldn’t wait further, I didn’t want to just take the photos from their website so I called to Indonesia, surprisingly, I reach Dita, the manager of JHF. She told me they were back from their Center Stage US Tour not long ago that was why they were slow in replying emails. I was very grateful to Dita as she reacted really quickly, next day she sent me enough photos for the article.
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Humlan, The World’s First Machine Washable Headphones By Urbanears “Humlan”, A brand new concept in headphones with utilitarian motifs in mind presented by Urbanears. Designed for sharing and enhancing your listening experience, the Humlan comes with functional features like the Zound plug which opens gateways for easy accessing instant music, while a microphone and remote gives users the options to pick up calls and talk hand free. The Humlan is available in 10 different colours. The clean design features very few parts, the magnetic grip allow you to disassemble the headphone for great mobility. The neat freaks out there, the crayola-colored headphones feature removable headband and ear cushion that can be thrown in the wash, perfect accessory to take with you in any environment. The products are available in Hong Kong and Macau.
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A Sweet Art - Sugar Painting In and around China’s southwestern Sichuan Province, it is usual to see some folk artists producing sugar paintings with liquid sugar along the streets, in the parks, and around the schools The artists normally sit before a wooden stand where there is a polished slab of marble in the middle. On the side of the stand is a revolvable bamboo arrow and a wooden plate painted with various patterns in a circle such as a loong (Chinese dragon), bird, dog, flower basket and so forth. After paying about 5 jiao, or 1 to 2 yuan, the customer, normally kids, turn the arrow and wait till it stops. The pattern the still arrow points at is the one the artist is supposed to make with sugar.
Some rich kids or adults who do not want to gamble could order any pattern the artist could do by paying a higher price. The painter uses the brown sugar or white sugar as the raw material, the bronze spoon and a shovel as the tool, and the slab of marble as the “paper”. To acquire liquid sugar, he/she has to cook the solid sugar in a pot before painting. The liquid sugar falls down as a thin thread onto the “paper” from the slanting spoon. After a short while, a plane animal is created, or even a solid bike and a flower basket. Then the painter separates the painting from the marble with a shovel, puts a wooden prod on the painting or wraps it with a transparent plastic bag, and gives it to the kid. In the sunshine, holding the shining sugar painting when walking along the street, the child is proud and happy.
Graffiti Cafe In Shizuoka, Japan “Graffiti Cafe” is an American cafe and diner which opened in Yaizu City, Shizuoka, Japan. Graffiti artist Shiro and her crew boys Loot and Fred did interior and exterior art together for the cafe. The theme of the cafe is ” Power of art & culture”, and it is full of colorful art inside and outside of the cafe. The place is very welcome to people who are gotten into their own culture like art, music, sports, motorcycle, food, that they can can come to the cafe, to cross their culture and energy together. Recommended by Shiro, the avocado cheese burger there is very delicious. Pay a visit if you are around. Thanks Shiro for sharing.
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Fake Starbucks Coffee You Can Get In Asia When you travel in Asia and miss a cup of coffee, lots of surprises are waiting for you if you wanna look for a coffee shop like Starbucks. Most of these surprises are usually found in China. Sometimes I wonder how could it be possible that they just open a fake Starbucks coffee shop without being in trouble. Well, if Apple could lose a trademark dispute over the iPad name in China, everything is possible. Shall we start with Sffcccks Coffee?
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Virtual Grocery Stores In South Korea Subways Online marketing campaign to increase sales has been always a difficult task to many company, South Korean-based store chain “Home Plus”, formerly known as “Tesco”, has done a great job this time. Home Plus recently launched its online-based supermarkets in metro stations in South Korea. But there are actually no tangible goods sold there, instead, electronic panels with products’ photos and their bar codes. While waiting for the train, customers can use their smartphones to scan the bar code of their favourite goods, and next, the products you want will be added automatically to your online cart. After the purchase is done, the products are then delivered right after the customers get home.
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Latte Art In Taiwan Faces printed on cake, nothing new to you, right? But what about on coffee? “Let’s Cafe” stores in Taiwan offer to print customers’ faces directly onto their coffee with the cafe’s innovative coffee machines.
Lobster Transformers Talented Taiwanese chef and food artist Huang Mingbo turns lobster shells into motorcycle sculptures.
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Responsive site blends advanced technology and artisan craft To show off its smart new stylus Fifty Three created a bold, slick site that pulls out all the stops. Anyone familiar with the best iPad apps for designers will know about Paper, and from the team behind that comes Pencil, a new stylus designed specifically for use with Paper. The product is described as a blend of advanced technology and artisan craft, which is just like its website. Built by Fifty Three using the trusty old web stack of HTML, CSS and JavaScript, the responsive Pencil site brings the product to life with bold imagery, slick animations and perfectly-crafted copy. HTML5 elements are used throughout as is CSS3 animation and properties, plus web fonts. As you scroll, the stylus opens to reveal its inner workings, from the Bluetooth chip, to the battery and 14kt gold-plated sensors in its tip giving the user the feeling that they're purchasing something special. Further down, you receive a full 360-degree view of the product that moves with you as you scroll. Lastly, the site is a great example of responsive web design, and although some of the interactive elements aren't seen on mobile, it doesn't detract from the experience or the desire to purchase.
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3d printing in japan Japanese technology is known and their technology definitely bring their lifestyle to another level. Instead of printing regular photos, innovative photo booth Omote 3D that prints miniature 3D figurines opened their pop-up studio for business in Tokyo, Japan last year in November. Customers will have to stand still for 15 minutes and their entire body will be scanned and then realistic figurine will be printed. If you are bored of having a standard photo frame with flat photo print for your home decoration, why not trying the 3D version?
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Microsoft’s Xbox One to go on sale in China Console had been banned due to what China said were concerns about the cultural impact of violent games Microsoft’s Xbox One is set to become the first foreign games console to go on sale in China, after a 14-year ban on the devices was lifted in January. Microsoft said yesterday in China that its Xbox One would be available from September, through a partnership with local technology company BesTV New Media, part of Shanghai Media Group. No pricing was disclosed. The move was made possible by the creation of a new free trade zone in Shanghai last year, the first of its kind in China, which allows local companies with foreign partners to ship products into the country.
China, which had banned the devices due to what it said were concerns about the cultural impact of violent games, retains significant restrictions on the kinds of software that Microsoft, and potentially its rivals Nintendo and Sony, will be allowed sell. All foreign-created games will be subject to review by the authorities before they can be released. The first step in unlocking a new multibillion-dollar market for international technology companies, Microsoft’s push into China could help it catch up with Sony’s PlayStation 4 in the latest bout of the console wars. Sales The Xbox One has sold more than five million units, lagging behind Sony’s more than seven million. Yusuf Mehdi, corporate vice president for marketing and strategy in Microsoft’s devices and studios unit, hailed the China launch as a “monumental day”. “The culture of games and entertainment is rapidly growing in China, with nearly half a billion people playing games . . . more than the entire population of North America.” China banned console gaming in 2000, citing fears for the mental health of Chinese youth. However, consoles manufactured in China for sale elsewhere, continue to be sold openly in Chinese electronics shops for high markups, with many having been modified to accept pirated software. – (The Financial Times Ltd)
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