Some of you may remember this video I posted from Google Japan, which they used to premier Chrome, their web browser. Now, Google Japan has released a video in response to the uproar that happened nearly 9 months after they debuted its Google Maps with Street View service. The people of Japan were upset that the height of the Street View camera allowed a clear view over the fence of residential homes and for the Japanese who are intensely private, this was a huge problem. Google Japan agreed to re-shoot all of Street View data it had captured and would lower the height of the Street View car’s camera pole .
In a typical Google Japan way, the cute stop motion video shows the steps they have taken to protect everyone’s privacy such as blurring the private data on car license plates, people’s faces and private information on mailboxes.
It’s no secret that I’ve had a long love affair with Japan. Their culture, point of view, food and sense of tradition is something I have great respect for. On my first trip to Japan three years, I discovered the photography of Daido Moriyama and Rinko Kawauchi,two Japanese photographers who are known for being very influential on 20th century photography.Today, I got an email from one of my favorite galleries in Portland, Charles A. Hartman Fine Art, introducing me to the work of Issei Suda, another Japanese photographer. I find his work both subtle and incredibly evocative yet unlike anything I’ve seen before. He is represented exclusively in the US by Charles A. Hartman Fine Art. Spend some time on the gallery’s site exploring his work.
‘Creative Faces’ is D&AD’s way of highlighting talent in different regions producing great creative work. They held their first event in Japan, while launching the D&AD exhibition at Advertising Museum Tokyo. Akira Odagiri of Ogilvy & Mather Japan served as Chairman of the panel and then they invited 2 top creatives from Japan and 2 from the UK to select a creative team/person whose work exhibits some of Japan’s most exciting talent.
I think Tsuboi’s work is modern, accessible, simple and playful.
This is Joe Ferry’s description of why he chose Tsuboi as a ‘Creative Face.’
“Virgin Atlantic once ran an advertising campaign, with the strap line – ‘some say why, others say why not’. This expression could be used to summarize Hironao Tsuboi’s work. He has the ability to look at everyday objects in a completely new way….In fact making simple designs look good is one of the most difficult things to do. Who would ever have thought that a watch could become exciting if you entirely remove the watch face – this guy clearly did.
He turns a negative into a positive. Hironao Tsuboi’s glass design creates a beautiful detail from essentially a condensation drip. I feel this glass captures his positive take on life, which is both admirable and infectious.
By creating great designs that make people smile, Hironao Tsuboi is definitely a creative face of the future.”
See more Tsuboi’s work as well as the other ‘Creative Faces’ here
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Tara is an experienced branding and marketing strategist with a passion for building and positioning brands through storytelling, creative thinking and innovation.
