A visit to Los Angeles Little Tokyo's Design week was so inspiring!
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| In front of the Museum of Contemporary Art were small storage pods containing displays of robots, and city plans. There was this adorable mobile farm that gave the show an organic, funky atmosphere to the surroundings. |
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| These bicycles are attached to the farm of organic herbs and vegetables planted in the waist high garden. |
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| Walking into the courtyard of the Japan American Cultural Center were more storage pods of art displays. This one had the most beautifully rendered animation by an artist named Koji Morimoto. The artwork was mind boggling and the animation incredibly sophisticated. |
This structure from Daiwa Housing, from Japan, was the size and shape of an ordinary shipping container. It is a portable emergency housing unit complete with solar energy panels, portable energy battery storage unit, kitchen, non water toilette, and sleeping and work area at the top. The entire unit sets up in 4 minutes once it is placed. The set up includes the outside shell lifting to create a second floor for the sleeping area. It was designed to help anyone with housing needs with quick response. Multiple units can be shipped via truck, boat, or plane. Daiwa Housing's displays were incredibly impressive. They also design homes that are prefabricated by robots in their factory, built to be completely green and self sustaining!
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| Many displays focused on how people had to cope with the tsunami in Japan. Here is a D battery that was fashioned out of an AA battery modified with paper and coins with tape. |
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| A cooking stove made out of aluminum cans, tooth picks and salad oil. |
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| Spoons made of milk cartons and plastic bottles. |
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| A soccer ball made of newspaper and tape. |
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| Giant Robot had a cool little pop up store in one of the containers. |
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| Reporting today from the city of the Angels. |
