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D&L News
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Designers Circle D&L Lifestyle
From A to B, from B to C; We are surrounding
it is the world of designers; by brands.D&L tells
it’s designers’ circle. you the stories behind
your lifestyle.

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

The Moment
There are a lot of moments
in one's life. We treasure
each precious moment.
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“I” is the most
NEW D&L See! popular alphabet
that been used
What's happening in the world?
so far in the 21st
We will show you around.
Century.
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D&L News
We provide the news that you don't want to miss.
This is your basic protein.

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Vitra Edition
Vitra Edition is a project held by Vitra, a design furniture company founded in 1950. This project is orientated
as a laboratory that gives designers or artists the freedom to create experimental furniture objects and interior
installations, and to explore the possibilities and new ways of seeing design. A lot of designers have contributed
objects to Vitra Edition 2007: Ron Arad, Jurgen Bey, Naoto Fukasawa, Frank Gehry, Konstantin Grcic, Zaha Hadid,
Jasper Morrison, Jerszy Seymour, Tokujin Yoshioka and so on. The prototypes were shown for the first time at
the Vitra Campus, Weil am Rhein, from June 13th to July 22nd, 2007. The Vitra Edition may be seen as part of the
public architectural tours offered daily by the Vitra Design Museum at 12.00 and 14.00.

vitra.com

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Go get your 3,000,000 Yen!
Uniqlo's annual t-shirt design competition quot;UT Grand
Prixquot; will be launched on August 15. The deadline is
September 20. As usual, the grand prize winner will
receive a 3 million yen award and also, you might
have a chance to meet Sato Kashiwa, Tadao Ando or
Yayoi Kusama as the judges if you win! Don't miss
this chance this year!

ut.uniqlo.com/utgps

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MUJI @ NY
Japanese top brand of life style retailer, Mujirushi
Ryōhin, as known as MUJI, is about to open up its
first and second stores in New York. The first one will
be in New York Times Building at 8th Ave between
40th and 41st streets. It will be its flagship store
with a 5,000 square foot space. The other one will
be at Broadway, between Grand and Howard. While
Uniqlo is also setting up its flagship in NY, it will be
interesting to see how these quot;Fuji applesquot; melt into
the Big Apple!

www.muji.com

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Scribbled Tiger

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A new design from Onitsuka Tiger for the fall/winter collection is announced. Tiger has done a quot;rakugakiquot; treat-
ment to a selection of their classic footwear. Rakugaki is a Japanese term which roughly translates to quot;scribblequot;
or quot;doodlequot; and that's exactly this selection looks like. The Mexico ‘66 and the Samatore features high quality
leather uppers with a graph paper like print.
Also, take a look on their website. You can design and make your own custom origami tiger. Onitsuka has
collaborated with the most famous paper artist Shin Tanaka to create a unique origami design.

www.onitsukatiger.co.uk

Designers' Circle | Design Life minizine

Designers Circle
From A to B, from B to C;
it is the world of designers;
it’s designers’ circle.

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BrenB is our guest this month! Besides his funky style
of illustrators and comics, we found out he is also
a humorous man, good cooker, and...Want to know
more? Let's welcome BrenB from Ireland!

www.brenb.net


Hi Bren! Please introduce yourself!

BRENB was born in 1974 at a house called quot;Mum
Dad'squot; in Dublin, Ireland. As a boy he watched too
much TV. But, as a girl he did write little plays which
to be fair to him was pretty creative. Then again he
did act out these plays by himself in the nearby park.
Which at the very least has probably led to him to
talking about himself in the third person.
He continues to work in solitude as an illustrator and
cartoonist.

I am very enjoyed your funky style illustration with
hand written typography. Is your style inspired or
influenced by anyone, anything?

Glad you enjoyed them. Yeah I love hand-drawn type.
As a cartoonist I’ve always been fascinated by the
combination of words and pictures. Artists like Dave
McKean, Henry Darger Basquiat are never far from
my mind. I’m a huge fan of Nate Williams as well. I
like making it look like the computer never came near
it even though it always does.

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What is the most interesting project you've done?

Being involved in the recent VADER PROJECT was
Are you one of the founders of Illustrators Guild of such a thrill. 25 European artists were asked to cus-
Ireland (IGI)? Tell us a little bit about IGI. tomize a replica Darth Vader helmet that would then
be exhibited in London at the 30th anniversary STAR
No, I’m not one of the founders although I am a WARS exhibiton. Ummm, I recently completed a large
director at the moment. It’s a small voluntary organi- scale series of illustrations to accompany Ireland’s
sation that started out to promote Illustration in Ire- entry for the Venice Biennale for Architecture. Doing
land. At present we have 50 full time members, run the cover for the birthday issue of CANDY magazine
exhibitions, small book projects and host artists talks. was pretty sweet too but Vader rocks!

Where do you live? Any suggested place in the city
if we are visiting?

I live in the center of Dublin. I’d recommend a visit to
the Chester Beatty Library, amazing collection of rare
books and a really nice cafe for lunch, my treat!


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Do you cook? What is your comfort food?

Yes I love to cook. My house is full of cookery books.
If I’m feeling like a treat I’ll cook my sweet chilli
peppers stuffed with mushrooms and sausage meat.
I’m getting hungry now…

What do you do in your leisure time?

Well when I’m not working, which is all the time, I’m
a bit of a movie buff. I used to watch 4-5 movies
every day now I’m lucky if it’s 4 a week. I watch a lot
of football on TV, I like to shower, laughing is good,
read magazines, drinking alcohol, started going to
the gym a lot recently probably because of the
previous replies.

Could you choose one interesting object from your
everyday life and tell us why you like it?

I’m afraid it’s going to have to be my IPOD. I find it
hard to sleep at night so I listen to podcasts on my
IPOD and eventually I get my 2 hours sleep. But we
also bought this crazy vegetable slicing machine

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recently that is totally addictive. I’m spending a lot of
time using that.

What is your dream project?

I have a few...I’d love to work on a book with Mark

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Murphy Design. I’d love to do a line of Vinyl Toys. I’d
love illustrate a Harvey Pekar comic strip. I’d love to
be commissioned to do a New Yorker cover. I’d love
to be commissioned to do a series of book covers for
Penguin. But basically I’m happy working with clients
who are excited about their job and are enthusiastic
about the possibilities.


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Do you think if there is any unique design style in
Ireland?

I think Ireland has developed a very eclectic style.
It’s a European twist on America with a big shake of
the UK. Up until recently we have been a poor country
that exported it’s talent, now we are rich (kinda) so
everyone is staying and we are much richer design
wise because of it.


If you have 1 month vacation, where are you going
to spend?

Well I’ve just come back from a month In New York,
so if I couldn’t go back there it would have to be
Florence, Italy.

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What kind of music do you like?
Any favorite band?

I like good music, almost exclusively, although my
girlfriend would probably disagree with that. Favorites
at the moment include Anthony The Johnsons,
Bettye Lavette, Bonde De Role, CSS, Battles, Hot
Chip, Interpol, Modest Mouse, Postal Service, THE
KNIFE, etc etc


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Many designers would love to have their own
coffee shop. If you are going to have a shop,
what would it be?? Any words for your friend Jon Burgerman?

I like to own a shop that sold screen printed posters MONKEY PIRATES!
and small press books, maybe a little gallery space
and a couple of tables for coffee. It would have to be
in Florence though, can you make that happen? Is Thanks for the interview! This chapter is

that my fee for the interview? designers' circle, and we hope you can introduce
one of your friends, and will be interviewed in the
next issue! Who will be the victim? :D

What does Design Life mean to you?
World champion book illustrator and all round hot
stud…Oliver Jeffers!
Striking the right balance! Hopefully someday I’ll
achieve it.

The Moment | Design Life minizine

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

Day dreaming

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Hot, hot, a summer day
Run, run, to my dreamy land
My dearest, my sweetness
White dresses, white skirt marvelously happiness
A Ve n t i c u p o f h o t c h o c o

alva noto + ryuichi sakamoto / vrioon, insen, revep
Window seat, one alone
with rainbow through the wall Nice experimental records from alva noto and ryuichi sakamoto
C30 + M50
www.raster-noton.de / www.sitesakamoto.com
without ticket and my suitcase K50
M25 +
I a m f l y i n g t o Ve n i c e
Y100

The Moment | Design Life minizine

mop - modern organic products - basil mint shampoo
Organic shampoo with fresh smell
www.mopproducts.com

Matsuyama grapefruit+lemon handsoap
Organic handsoap
www.matsuyama.co.jp

DL Lifestyle | Design Life minizine

DL Lifestyle
We are surrounding
by brands.DL tells
you the stories behind
your lifestyle.

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the art of home appliance

Amadana is a Japanese home appliance brand, founded in 2003. “Amadana” was originally an area in Japan
during Edo Period (1603~1867), where gathering lots of lacquer workers and wholesalers. The lacquer craft
combining the technology of Japan and its beauty can be as the basic design symbol and philosophy of Amadana.

The director of Amadana is Shuwa Tei, who was born in 1968. In 1996, he established Intentionallies with Jiro
Endo and Shin Ohori. Later, he cooperated with Toshiba to start up this home appliances brand, Amadana. (He
also worked with the Wallpaper founder, Tayler Brule, building a stationery brand called Craft Design Technology.)
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Coffee maker
Home appliance is used to be made for function with cold material, such as steel, iron, and plastic. However, the
products of Amadana are more like furniture than just functional machine. Amadana uses natural elements, such White oak is used for the handle of the bottle. There is no heater to keep your coffee warm so that the taste
as white oak and bamboo, to balance and soften the feel of its products. This is a wisely idea to create a modern of coffee is fresh. With stainless filler, it’s economical and no more paper smell in your coffee. Please read the
interior without hiding your microwave in the kitchen corner. With modern design and Japanese traditional lacquer instruction manual of it web page. The description is funny and interesting. (The instruction paper of their product
techniques, Amadana is definitely one of the most innovative lifestyle brands in 21st Century. is also one of their great ideas to catch your eyes.)


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Stick type cleaner
This is the most elegant home appliances
I have ever seen. The shape is designed

without occupying too much space, and
it’s only need a space wide that enough
for two pairs of shoes. Furthermore, it’s
like a piece of art and you can display it
everywhere in your house.
Electronic Calculator
This calculator has 10 unique conversion unit functions that usual ones don’t have, such as centimeter to inch, We belive that AMADANA has shown us
yard to meter, and pound to kilogram, etc. It feels great when you hold it. The key top has slight dents to fit their sense of design, influenced our daily
your finger, and the touch of it gives you satisfaction, and the color combinations of these calculators are well life and improved our living environment.
designed and fashionable.

1/2 Recipe | Design Life minizine

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

1
t ast
for two

d on gosalad
Tuna Sala eg

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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 | Design Life minizine

Hint !

This is a much healthier salad recipe without cheese, and you can taste the sweetness of corn and a little bit
acridness of onion. If you can find Kewpie Mayonnaise in grocery, please buy it and try it once. Egg salad is
another simple but delicious side dish. You can also use it as sandwich filling. Try to make it without any ham,
cheese, and vegetable. Believe it or not, you will make it as often as you can.

STEPS

TUNA SALAD 1. Mix all ingredients up.

2.
1 can of solid white tuna in water (80g) Place tuna mixing on the toast.
1 t fresh lemon juice
3. Toast in the preheat 350 deg
1 1/2 T mayonnaise ree oven for 5
minutes.
3 T corn
1 T finely chopped onion
1 t salt
1 t pepper

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STEPS
EGG SALAD
eggs.
Use fork to mash hard boiled
1.
2 boiled eggs

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1 T mayonnaise
2. Mixing up with mayonnaise.
Salt and pepper

3. Season with salt and pepper

DL See! | Design Life minizine

DL See!
What's happening in the world?
We will show you around.

Like some luxury brands, Uniqlo has gone beyond fashion and embraced new product categories with their Hotels
Homes line of home and personal accessories. The modern packages are designed by Kazunari Hattori. They also
have a growing collection of goods for everyday life, from a full line of body and hair-care accessories to linens
for the bedroom. We expect to see more from this new concept of Uniqlo.

hotelshomes.uniqlo.com

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