Siwa

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Minimalissimo recently uncovered Siwa, a new collaboration between famed Industrial Designer Naoto Fukasawa and Japanese paper maker ONAO. The line of bags, shoes, cases, and book covers—all minimally constructed out of paper—are delicate in appearance but actually strong and water resistant thanks to the washi-suki paper method.

Muji’s Festive Human Vending Machines

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Combining Japan’s penchant for the automat with a little Muji clever practicality, the housewares brand came up with a human-enabled “Noel Machine” that can be found in the streets of Barcelona and Madrid during the Christmas shopping period.

Link About It: This Week’s Picks

Augmented reality translation, wild nail art and your own digital scoreboard in our weekly web review

1. Word Lens Augmented reality just got a step closer to reality with the release of the new Word Lens from Quest Visual. The app instantly translates text from one language to another (currently it only supports English and Spanish) using the built-in camera on an iPhone or iPod touch. It doesn’t work so well with handwriting but performs impressively when viewing signs, books or …