Japanese Urban Camouflage by Aya Tsukioka
October 21, 2007 - By Bobby Solomon - Category: Clothing & Design
The New York Times has a great article on the Japanese and their anxiety with safety. One designer, Aya Tsukioka, has created a skirt that unfolds to become a realistic looking vending machine, to hide from would-be attackers. She’s also created a backpack that looks like a Japanese fire hydrant for children to hide behind, as well.
It’s interesting how different culturally we are from the Japanese. They’d rather hide and use cunning then to fight back, and possibly cause a scene. While reading the article you get a sense that the Japanese are almost naive about things like self-defense, but a lot of these types of devices actually do work in their culture. It’s definitely funny from a western point of view, but still fascinating.
Bobby
Comments
If you've got something to say, keep it positive.The crime rate in Japanese cities like Tokyo is so low compared to other cities that I doubt this is a serious proposition. It’s more likely garnered (now, there’s a word I’ve never got to use before – go vocabulary!) interest because of the Japanese “fondness for oddball ideas and inventions”. In my limited experience the Japanese have a, sort of, ‘serious’ sense of humour. :)
If you read that article it’s quite interesting. The designer is basically saying that in Japan, something like this would fly, because they’re all kind of paranoid.
And yeah, they’re sort of taking something silly seriously, very odd. But in the same breath, I’d rather visit Japan than anywhere else in the world, because of odd things like this.
I Want One!! For Halloween!!
These would be great Halloween costumes, haha…
How do I get one?
Go to Japan? haha
i love those crazy japs
where I can find japanese designer of urban clothe?
thank you