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...risk. Even stepping out of the flow to grab a paper at one of the station's many convenience stores can be a struggle. But as of Monday, there's a new reason for Tokyoites to take a detour from their well-worn paths: revered Japanese artist Taro Okamoto's Asu no Shinwa ("Myth of Tomorrow") now has a permanent home near the Keio Inokashira line in the Shibuya station...
...True to Okamoto's trademark expression - "Art is an explosion!" - Myth of Tomorrow depicts the atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki in 1945, drawing comparisons from some critics to Picasso's Guernica, which illustrates the 1937 firebombings of that Spanish city. (In fact, the two were contemporaries, and Okamoto is often compared with Picasso.) The white-tiled station wall has thus transformed into a burning landscape, swirling with hues of red, yellow and black...
...same time, we are already experiencing strong demand for our new book about Obama--even before its publication. President Obama: The Path to the White House, superbly edited by Adi Ignatius and beautifully designed by Sharon Okamoto, combines original material on Obama's journey with a collection of the best reporting and writing from TIME's political team on his rise and historic victory. And it is overflowing with Callie Shell's incredible and intimate photographs of Obama, selected by photo editor Crary Pullen, many of which have never before been seen in print. "In clear and colorful storytelling," says...
...responding to the theme of chocolate (the next show is planned along the theme of water). The results are a toothsome twist on product design and consumer desire. The artist HIMAA has made a chocolate key with a bite mark that turns the lock; the design team of Kouhei Okamoto and Toshitaka Nakamura, professionally known as VINTA, has created a lamp that resembles liquid chocolate. It all appears delightfully surreal, but the serious message to savor, as far as these displays are concerned, is design's ability to render commonplace things afresh...
...rule. And for the first time, Toyota's U.S. plants--not factories in Japan--are acting as the "mother ships" for new factories. A Georgetown, Ky., plant shepherded a new truck plant in Mexico, and one in Indiana is taking charge of training for the San Antonio plant. Seizo Okamoto, president of the Indiana plant, candidly calls the added responsibility "a strain on resources...