best bowl of beef.

Any Hong Kong native will be familiar (and 100% in love) with

YOSHINOYA 吉野家

 Yoshinoya Restaurant in Tsuen Wan, Hong Kong

They have probably been sporting the same look and branding

since I could remember, I don't think its too horrendous or ugly

by ANNNNYYYYYYYY means

(compared to most of the crap we have in Canada)

but of course being Asian and a thirst for freshness 

Yoshinoya has been re-branded by HongKong rebranding gurus,

AS Design Service Ltd.

  Yoshinoya Restaurant in Tsuen Wan, Hong Kong

Having currently already rebranded three locations,

Tsuen Wan, Tuen Mun & Mong Kok

the space bases it self on the idea of "home/家" taking the

child like representation of one and making it into 

a full fledged branding project.

  Yoshinoya Restaurant in Tuen Mun, Hong Kong

“In this design project, we had the opportunity to inject 

a sense of young, interesting, exaggerated, 

avant-garde, and experimental elements,” the architects explained. 

“We want customers to understand at the first glance, 

being simple and direct would make more sense."

 Lau and Sum used the clients concept of “Home” 

as the core design element to build a “Modern Home”, 

to inject a sense energy, to a corporate brand with a long history.

Yoshinoya Restaurant in Tuen Mun, Hong Kong

Yoshinoya Restaurant in Tuen Mun, Hong Kong

 Yoshinoya Restaurant in Mong kok, Hong Kong

 Yoshinoya Restaurant in Mong kok, Hong Kong

 Yoshinoya Restaurant in Mong kok, Hong Kong

 Yoshinoya Restaurant in Mong kok, Hong Kong

Now its an awesome bowl of beef rice in a sassy new interior.

'Yoshinoya' Re-branding

by: AS Design Services Limited
(more on these home makers)

clear drop of coffee.

For those of us that ingest this energy shocker on the regular, 

we all grow to appreciate the finer coffees with time. 

This vessel is not only good to look at, but engineered to

provide the perfect quality cup of joe. 

 

The double walled glass not only allows for

visibility of the intricate process but also for heat retention. 

'MANUAL'

MANUAL was launched with 'Chicagoland', a curated exhibition for ICFF 2013. The prototypes will be further tested and refined for a Kickstarter launch in late Summer 2013.

spectacled bear.

The Spectacled / Andean bear is the ONLY 

bear species in South America.

With its populations in the 3000s (if they're lucky)

these bears are on the verge of extinction.

Just like most other endangered animals, 

humans are the ones to blame for the death

of these insanely cute bears. Not only 

taking over and destroying their habitat, but also

 killing them for their skin, meat and sometimes 

simply because they're a "pest".

 'Eggpicnic' created this toy paper bear

as a way of raising awareness for these silenced teddies.

'Jukumari'
by: Eggpicnic

forget Starbucks.

When the regular "leaf" and "heart" 

on your latte just doesn't do it anymore...

Stiff foam.

And of course the artist....she's Japanese 

(as all cute things originate from apparently)

by: Kazuki Yamamoto

burning calories.

The title says it all:
this photo essay is LITERALLY
just setting food on fire.

'Burning Calories'
by: Henry Hargreaves (...)

Robocup.

 

When the days of studio were still looming over my head, 

I don't think I could count the number of Nissin noodles I consumed.  

There were days where you were impatient and basically as dried noodle sticks 

but there were also days where you were so caught up in that failing CAD file

that you forgot the noodles were even there 

and it ended up being a cup of mashed potato like blob in soup.

As a staple chapter in every Asian person's childhood / university life,

I'm sure we could appreciate this nifty noodle timer.

Celebrating 40 years of saving student's lives

Nissin got Vstone to create a robot timer as a prize giveaway.

3 minutes is all you need to make that Al Dente cup of noodles.

Now you won't miss it with this timer.

It spits out proverbs, trivias and fortunes for the 3 minutes your waiting,

how thoughtful : )

'Robocup'

by: Vstone

yup, you just smiled at a chair.

How can you not smile?

These things are adoooooooooooooorable.

 

Comes as Cow, Sheep & Bambi.

 

'Kamina & C' Stools

by: Takeshi Sawada

(oh the Japanese, you get me everytime- seriously)

dazzle the pervert, monochromatically.

This place will probably give me one heck of a headache.

But existing in this chaos is definitely worth every bang.

 

This bar opened just a few weeks ago @ the Hotel Americano, New York.

As a temporary space the designer treated the space as something 

practically packed into a suitcase as it has the proportions of the original

Bar Oppenheimer in Frankfurt.

Same furniture.

Same lights.

Same radiators. 

Same details.

but instead of DROWNING in original Red Illumination

this time your engulfed in STRIPES.

Implementing the technique of 

"dazzle camouflage", 

one used in World War I to make it difficult for 

soldiers to pinpoint  a target is now

helping ladies dodge drunken perverts.

'New York Bar Oppenheimer'

by: Tobias Rehberger

 Original 'Bar Oppenheimer'