Cup O Noodles

Another pretty girl in an ad campaign.

Classic Vietnamese Beauty: The Ao Dai

Regular readers will know of my opinion that Vietnamese women are the most beautiful in the world. And that beauty is never more apparent than when they are wearing their traditional dress, the ao dai (pronounced "ow yie" by southern Vietnamese, and "ow zie" by northern Vietnamese*, with a downward inflection). Read on for more about this incomparable outfit - as the sheer beauty and elegance of Vietnamese women in their ao dai is almost indescribable, I've included videos and lots of photos!

*The way northern Vietnamese pronounce the letter d is actually softer than a z in English - kind of half way in between a z and a soft g. The English d sound in Vietnamese is represented by a d with a crossbar - I have no idea why the French decided on this convention! (Frenchman Alexander de Rhodes converted the Vietnamese alphabet from Chinese characters to the Roman alphabet in 1651.) More...

Japanese Sex Toy Fair

Leave it to the Japanese to come up with the coolest sex toys. Check out the first-ever Adult Treasure Expo in Chiba.

Speaking of sex and tech, expect high-def J-porn soon as several producers at the show revealed Sony's support for Blu-ray AV.

ASAHI Japanese Beer

Stop paying for it

Some New York gym advertisement with a couple of cute Asian girls in it.

Shanghai Seduction

One of the many Shanghai Seductions (as seen through the lens by me). You get used to it after a little while, but still, it would be nice if we would see more of these billboards in the west. And by 'these' I don't mean the size! ;-)

Replay does an Asian

A lttle while ago I complained about the fact that in my opinion few Asian models are being used in Western advertisements. But I just found another one! More...

Robot Repliee Q2

Repliee Q2 is an upgrade version of Repliee Q1. The face of Repliee Q2 becomes more humanlike. Furthermore, it has 13 DoFs in the head so that it can make some facial expressions and mouth shapes.

It seems Hiroshi Ishiguro just keep working on his hobby! I wonder when these robots will replace the Real Dolls...

(Ohw, for those wondering: the one on the left is the robot, the right side is a real woman.)

Paul Frank goes Asian

Well-known American designer Paul Frank goes Asian! Can anyone ID the model? And do you agree with me that Asian models should be used more often in Western advertisements? ;-)

Everyone can be an artist!

Long time no posts in the Design & Art category! (and some might say that's a good thing ;-)) Thought this one was quite funny.