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News

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don't want to miss This is

your basic protein.

Designers’

Circle

From A to B, from B to C;

it is the world of designers;

it’s designers’ circle.

The Moment

There are a lot of moments in one's life We treasure each precious moment.

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1/2 Recipe

Cooking is Art There are no rules 1/2 recipe shows you the smartest way to cook.

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New Plusminuszero CollectionPlusminuszero, the design brand set up by Naoto Fukasawa, has launched a new collection The new series has tried some new colors for the products The colors are stronger and deeper It includes a coffee and tea maker,

a toaster, a mug, a sliced bread dish, container, 2 sizes calculators, a humidifier, and a heater It is interesting to see the variation of the design

www.plusminuszero.jp/special/07new.html

of Celine, met Mika Ninagawa, the famous female photographer, in Japan, their friendship has stimulated the collaboration In March

2007, Ivana invited Mika to join the fashion show of Celine in Paris Fashion Week, Mika has photographed the scenes of backstage and published a book named "Mika for Ivana." And now, Ivana uses Mika's photographs of flowers

as a pattern for her new designs for Celine The series is called "Ivana for Mika." It is the story of the friendship, between 2 talented women, from

2 different countries

www.celine.com/mika ninamika.com

© Mika Ninagawa8

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CONRAN restaurants @ TokyoTokyo is a city that varies from minute to minute, full of surprises Early this year, D&D London (formerly Conran Restaurants) has developed their first 3 restaurants in Tokyo in partnership with Japanese restaurant group, Hiramatsu The Botanic and Noodle Workshop located within the brand new Tokyo Midtown building while Iconic

is situated on the 9th floor of a building at the busy Ginza district Botanic offers a contemporary European menu;

Noodle Workshop serves a variety of noodles in a stylish, bright surroundings Iconic was just opened on April 19th Situated on the top floor, guests will be able to enjoy the elegant restaurant where a distinctive banquette designed by Sir Terence Conran himself, lies in the center of the dining room

www.conran-restaurants.jp/top_e.php

© CONRAN LIMITED 2006

orld of des igners;

it’s design ers’ circle.

OK! For thie issue, we have invited “Mr Contours” - Jon Burgerman! We have seen people doodling everywhere, but we’ve never seen works as complex

as his! Let’s find out more about this distinctive illustrator, designer through the interview!

www.jonburgerman.com

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Hi Jon! Please introduce yourself to our friends!

Hello! My name is Jon Burgerman and I live in the

UK and for a living make doodles and characters and colourful pictures

Your style is very unique & amazing! It looks like all the characters are connected and piled up!

How did this style develop?

I have a love of characters / character design and a love for flowing, swooping, curling, continuous lines and contours

It was never intentional but somewhere in my brain these two loves must of got muddled up together

Over the years I've worked more and more in this way The more I've worked like this the more it's developed

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We found you have collaborated with TADO at Dadawan+MadTurnip The art works are brilliant!

How did you guys originate this idea?

We're both fans of collaborating with other artists so when MadTurnip offered us a show we thought rather than showing our separate artworks we should make everything together - so that the whole show would

be a true collaboration

It was really great fun The thing about working with other people is that you're never 100% sure what they're going to do next, so the process of making the work feels new and exciting Mike and Katie were brilliant to work with, we were really pleased

with how the artworks, drawings, plushes and made toys came out

hand-What inspires you the most?

Other people, other artists, movies, music, food, packaging, books, stories, teas, flowers, trees, gardens, nice smells, funny sounds loads of different things!

We LOVE your project "On the wall" so much! It's awesome! Do you always plan before the show like this? Or it is just improvisation?

Sometimes planning is necessary but for a project like On The Wall, it would only stunt it The whole premise and challenge for me is to draw and keep drawing without anything in my mind, with nothing pre-planned and then to see where I'm taken by the drawing I react to things as I draw, think about what I'll draw next, access how the whole room is working and just keep going In the end, pieces like this show you a thought process, an improvised experiment in drawing and non-thought It can be scary working in this way, what if there's a mistake etc but then the rewards and excitement of doing it are much higher

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It seems you love food very much! Do you cook?

After a hard working day, what do you want to eat the most?

I try and cook, I still find it an exciting novelty to make something myself (even though I've been cooking for over ten years) When I finish from a hard working day I'm happy to eat most things, especially

if it's been made by someone else (I'm lazy) I do get excited when I'm eating something really nice or something with lots of vegetables and salad, there's something really cool about those things, they taste good, look good and are really well designed A quick meal I enjoy making when I'm tired is pasta with pesto, broccoli and peas, I like to call it Pasta Vert

It is very interesting to see that you sometimes invite people to help out painting! Why?

I've only just started to get people to help me as sometimes there's just not enough time to finish a piece on my own They help me paint in areas of my drawing and in turn help me achieve larger projects I think as I continue to do installation pieces, and more and more projects in general, I will continue to need people to help me, then I can become like Warhol and have a whole factory setup!

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Tell us a little bit of your life : ) Where do you live?

Where is your favorite restaurant in the city? Why?

I live in Nottingham, it's in the East Midlands of the

UK It's not the biggest city in England, maybe the 5th or 6th I ended up living here after being a student

at Nottingham Trent University I have a studio space near the train station for making big messy works, though when I'm really busy I find that I don't get to

go there as often as I like I like going to Wagamama for noodles and to Shebab Nan-Kebab for wonderful curries and naan breads

What do you do in your leisure time?

I like going to the cinema and watching whatever is

on The last thing I saw was Zodiac which was good but too long I like snoozing, computer games, milling about aimlessly, drinking tea with friends, watching football, vacuuming, buying vegetables, reading books, checking out art galleries general stuff I guess The funny thing is my main hobby is doodling,

so I never really escape from doing that

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What is your dream project?

I'd love to design the mascot for the London Olympics! (D&L: Yeah, you should!)

All sorts, from loud to quiet, from happy to sad

Recently I've been listening to Deerhoof, the Fall, Modest Mouse, Hot Chip, Grizzly Bear, Gruff Rhys and lots of Battles

Based on your style, we think it might be interested if you design figures that can connect each other somehow, like LEGO!

What do you think? :D

Oh yes please, that would be great - does anyone want to assist me on designing some?!

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What does Design & Life mean to you??

Both sound like nice ideas; good design, good life

What is the difference between design and art?

Design has a function and if it's good you probably

wont even notice it Art wants to make you notice it

Any words for your friend Mark? He introduced

you to us! :D

yes, Spurs will finish above Liverpool next season!

Thanks for the interview! This chapter is

designers' circle, and we hope you can introduce

one of your friends(designers, photographers,

architects ), and will be interviewed in the next

issue! Who will be your choice? :D

That's a tough one, there's so many great people I

could introduce you to Hmmm

Maybe you should say hello to the talented and funny

Bren B, http://www.brenb.net/

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The Moment

There are a lot of moments in one's life We treasure each precious moment.

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antipodes - still water

a New Zealand born & bred water

pure and simple

www.antipodes.co.nz

moreno cedroni - kiwi jam

From one of the most renown young chefs

in Italy Great for pairing with cheeses

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The first Urban Outfitters was opened in 1970 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, carrying fashion clothing and funky household product The target customer is well-educated, fashion-minded, young adult of the age between 18 and 30 Product range is widely, including men’s wear, women’s wear, accessory, foot ware, house wares, as well

as gifts and novelties

When you shop at Urban, you feel like you are visiting your friends’ apartment You are free to sneak their wardrobe and try

on clothing with indie-rock music Also, you are always surprised

by their odd products, such as arcade games and retro-chic toys and records Those funny stuffs make you want to shop as often

as you can All you can try, all you can buy

atmosphere

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Urban outfitters became controversial in 2004 when they printed

“Voting is for old people” Later on, their shirts shows “Everyone Love Jewish Girl” surrounded by money sign and “Jesus is My Homeboy” They cause popular attention and widely popular so that they have attained culture icon status among teenagers

controversial

Nowadays, Urban operates over 110 shops in the United States, Canada, and Europe Total sales for 1Q 2007 increases 16% to 314.5 million, which is a new record Actually, non of significant big sales is from three of Urban brand, which is Urban Outfitters, Athropologie, and Free People The big sales came from a 30% increase

in internet sale This result shows that Urban understands who their customer are and know how their customer shop Urban just announced they are going to open the forth brand in 2008 The store idea is inspired by

“greenhouse”, which merchandise will include lifestyle home, garden product combined with antique, and live plants and flowers We are looking forward to seeing its open

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I love to cook and collect recipes, but I never exactly follow the steps For me, cooking should be playful

I always put my imagination to someone’s recipe and bring it to my vision

My cooking rules are easy and healthy Modern people are always busy, and I believe, with 1/2 effort, 1/2 steps, 1/2 fat, 1/2 time of cooking, will also bring you to a lovely cooking experience and healthier dish

That’s why I called this chapter “1/2 Recipe” Cooking is art Let’s play

1/2 Recipe

Cooking is Art There are no rules 1/2 recip e shows you the smartest w ay to cook.

A fruit-yogurt

tea time40

In Asia, from May to July is about raining season This is a good timing for dessert when it is a rainy day

Any fruit on hand is recommended Cut them into bite size, and stir with non-fat yogurt Take out your stock crackers, or bread Turn on Jazz and lie on sofa Maybe reading book or magazine, life is as easy as pie

STEPS 1 slice fruit into bite siz e

Mix fruit w ith yogurt

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