The wonderful and attractive Tatami Flight Chair and Tatami bench sofa is just another wonderful product resulting from the creative mind of designer Chris Gurney. The combination of the traditional Japanese materials and the Western style of sitting, methods and craftsmanship made the Tatami product unique with the other. Aside from the unique combination, the Tatami Flight chair has a an aesthetic look that will for sure give its users not only the comfort of sitting but also the feeling of being fashionable for having it. The Tatami bench on the other hand has the simple yet very elegant look that is perfect for any contemporary house with people living that loves Japanese style of furniture. - via
The cultural anthropologist Gordon Huse said that there are two customs characterized in our lives – sitting on a chair, or sitting on the ground. For centuries, the Japanese have sat on the ground (the ‘za-seat’). The mixture of the meditated style of yoga from India and the religious training from China influenced this custom. After Dogen brought Soto Zen to Japan, the tatami mat became associated with the traditional tea ceremony, and has always been used throughout Japan for this custom. If you like, think of tatami as a philosophy of sitting.
And the Tatami Flight Chair and Bench Sofa are a modern interpretation of this philosophy. The frame – available in both light or dark bamboo – has tatami as the seating base and kimono fabric as its backing. The tatami base concentrates one’s attention on thought, and allows for peace of mind in meditation. And no extended periods of sitting on the ground are required!
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Japan has been known of its electronic devices, and will soon be known on bathroom fixtures. Japanese designer Ryu Kosaka can be the instrument of Japan’s way to being famous for bathroom fixtures because of her wooden bathtub called the Furo project. The furo bathtub or basin will allow a person to soak himself or herself in hot bath water through sitting in an upright position. Since people are now becoming eco-friendly and started to live green, there will be a tendency for this wooden bathtub or basin to become known not just in Japan but in the whole world. The furo can be pronounced as foo-row in case you are not yet aware of it. - via
Japan always fascinating us with its innovation, this time they create water saving hybrid toilet. Called Neorest AH, this is the latest technology of Toto which can help us saving water. Toto’s “Hybrid Ecology System and Washlet” draws on both inboard and outside water sources to the tune of 5.5 litres per flush vs 13 wasteful litres for the old style tank-type thrones that have chilled our buns for decades.
Toto Neorest AH features the ability of cleaning its own by using directed spiral water stream, very neat. Toto’s Neorest AH type environmentally friendly tankless toilet will be put through its paces at the upcoming Japanese Design 2008 Innovation in Milan, Italy from April 16 through 20.
This mp3 player is water proof, designed specifically for bathing using. JVC XA-AW33 is a completely water-proof with 4 AAA batteries, you’ll get up to 15 hours of playback time with 256MB space for your MP3, WMA, and WMA-DRM files. This is limited edition product from JVC Japan, a unique gadget to accompany your bathing ritual.
