If you missed the awe-inspiring Tokyo Fiber ’09 Senseware exhibition (organized by Kenya Hara (hat tip)) at the Triennale di Milano earlier this year, now’s your chance to catch it in Tokyo. Starting this Friday, September 18th, Issey Miyake’s 21_21 Design Sight will be hosting the show for a little more than a week.

Check out the promotional video on youtube and the gnarly poster – I really want one.

Related:

• Kenya Hara Retrospective Part I, II and III
• Designing Design by Kenya Hara
• U-Tsu-Wa at 21_21 Design Sight
• 100% Design Tokyo at 21_21 Design Sight

Japanese star designers Nendo have given air fresheners a makeover. S.T. Corporation, maker of all things that smell like lemons and strawberries, but aren’t lemons and strawberries, have enlisted Saito Ooki and his firm to give their flagship product, the automatic air freshener, a facelift. Touting Shupatto as the first in a series of “design revolutions” the company aims to make their products more design-friendly while lowering or maintaining their prices.

Shupatto will hit stores on the 18th and will retail for 1200 yen.
Below are pictures from the release party last weekend. Courtesy of sankei news.

via sankei news

My post over on inhabitots is up covering Oji Masanori‘s line of evolving children’s furniture. Read the full story on inhabitots!