Video games in the stapler

Researching into the possibilities of applying video games interfaces to the office environment, by Oscar Diaz


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Interactive Toy Vending Machine

Capsule toy vending machine, commonly called "gacha-gacha" in Japan, was introduced to Japan in 1960's and became very popular. Nowadays many kinds of capsuled toys are sold not only to children but also to young or elderly people.

Existing capsule vending machines just give capsuled toys. The authors of this work propose a new platform that enables customers in front of a vending machine to play with toys and the machine. The machine presents a worldview and stories of toys, and invite for interacting with them.

This project is a cooperative research project between Kentaro Fukuchi (The University of Electro-Communications), Kaori Enomoto, Yu Izawa, Fusako Kusunoki and Hideki Kaji (Tama Art University).



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Nozoki-Hana

Nozoki-Hana, designed by Yuichiro Katsumoto, is an installation made to discover and imagine scents. A life-size red box is positioned to let the visitor see memories behind its wall, through scent and sound.

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A relaxing moment for passerby

Wandering trailer wood, plaster and plastic / 360cm x 240cm x 240cm created by Michel de Broin.

What a nice way to take a break from work! One can crawl inside of a white trailer and appears on the other side of the street. I am sure one can run user studies to show how relaxing this is. This might not work well after shopping as there are no shopping bag hangers available. Open, available, and offered to passersby, the trailer is parked on downtown thoroughfares of the red light district.


View from inside sphere construct inside the caravan, somebody try to slip out by the hole.

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Eco friendly toys

Theme Magazine presents the Plantoys-toys are simple, constructive and ... made of wood. A real come back to our grand parents' toys. I like the magazine's thoughts on toys: toys used to be for kids, but now you’ve got people well into their thirties playing X-Box and Gameboy. Toy companies have sadly taken a cue from our extended adolescences by releasing bewildering children’s toys that often look more like adult accoutrements in primary colors: Baby’s first cell phone! Baby’s first DVD player! Baby’s first digital camera! The buttons are bigger, so it’s for kids! In contrast, Thailand’s PlanToys is a calming oasis in this cacophony of wires and plastic. Its return to toy basics—educational, functional and beautiful—is a welcome departure from the general trend of the complicated and disposable. And their toys are actually made of, get this, wood. Not just any wood, but wood from rubber trees that have ceased to yield latex and would normally be destroyed.




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Usb ++

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Paper art

Paper art work by Jen Stark. Check out her paper animation.

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Surreal circus

Circus by EugenioRecuenco

The surrealist work features the element of surprise, unexpected juxtapositions and non sequitur.

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Graffiti stencil

Swedish Travelling Exhibitions commissioned a poster and invitation card for a project in which 4 artists worked together with the community in four suburbs of Stockholm. The poster design was based on the same theme as the exhibition; creating art together with everyone involved. The poster was designed as a tool with die-cut text forming a stencil to be used by everyone. By Martin Frostner.




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