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Starbucks Espresso Journey by Nendo

This pop-up Starbucks coffee shop in Tokyo by Japanese design studio Nendo was designed like a library, where customers ordered drinks by taking books to the counter. Floor-to-ceiling bookshelves lined the curved interior walls of the shop and were filled with books with nine different coloured covers, to represent each of the drinks being served. Customers were invited to read about different types of coffee from the cover sleeves of the otherwise empty books, before exchanging one at the counter for a corresponding drink. With their coffee, each customer was also given the sleeve to keep, which they could use to customise their own Starbucks takeaway flask. The shop was installed at the start of September in the Omotesando neighbourhood and was open for just three weeks.

Crunchy outside. Refreshing inside.
Surprisingl chewing gum with liquid filling. Mentos Ads

Water Illumination, Tokyo

The River of 100,000 lights, Hotaru Festival, Tokyo

The inaugural Tokyo Hotaru festival was held last weekend. And kicking off the festivities were an impressive display of 100,000 LED lights – made to resemble hotaru (fireflies) – that floated down the Sumida River through central Tokyo. Dubbed “prayer stars”, the LEDs were provided by Panasonic, who claims that the balls, which were designed to light up upon contact with water, were 100% powered by solar energy. After illuminating a large stretch of the river, which also hosts a popular fireworks festival in the summer, the LEDs were all caught in a large net.