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Recent Entries
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AQ Event Report: the Induction of the Little Printer
Intrigued by Little Printer’s blending of the analogue/offline with digital content publication, we got our hands on BERG’s Little Printer and had an internal event to discuss its possibilities.
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The Importance of Logos for New Businesses
When asked “are logos really that important?”, maybe we can answer…
Greatest hits
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AQ and Open Network Lab to lift User Experience quality for Tokyo’s Startups
Announcing an official partnership with the seed acceleration program ONLab.
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How Responsive Web Design becomes Responsive Web Publishing
Responsive web design must start with content and context, not devices. Here are some ideas how.
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What we can learn about service design from Google+
How Google used language and interaction design to define its new social networking service
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Tohoku Earthquake and Tsunami Creative Industry Survey Results
The experience of 491 of Tokyo's creative professionals, in a few numbers
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Summer Adventures in Echigo Tsumari
The AQ Echigo Tsumari team takes a two-day business trip up north.
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Map Kit for 2011 Tōhoku Earthquake and Tsunami
Download our CC licensed map kit. We gathered basic data that helped us understand the scale of the event.
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Infographics Roundup: 2011 Tōhoku Earthquake and Tsunami
Creative professionals around the world trying to make sense of the Tohoku Earthquake.
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Translating Ideas: Using Concept as a Project Anchor
The benefits and pitfalls of using concept statements to help your project get to launch.
Archive
2012
Choices, choices, choices
2011
We’re looking for an interface designer to join AQ.
Event Report: The New Context Conference 2011 Fall
AQ visits Open Network Lab for a UX Cram Session
Subject lines from Barack Obama’s email newsletter are written for forwarding.
Interview: Takram and the Muji Notebook app
Collaboration: Metallic Printing with Roland
Make Me Want To Visit Your Exhibitions!
2010
AQ event report: Re-thinking Museums
Creating a “Comfortably Bilingual” Talk Event (Part One)
Launch! iPhone app “MuPon” is out.
Event wrapup: Adam Greenfield’s “Becoming Real”
Gap’s Barcode Member Drive: Connecting physical stores and online services
Event: Oct 29th – for anyone who’s ever tried to Make Something Happen
New Office: Ladder Shelves
In the magazine "Web Designing"
TAB Talks: Tweeting Art Setouchi
Art Beat iPhone apps
2009
Meiji Redesigns, Replaces Legendary Wordmark
AQ Field Trip: Echigo Tsumari Art Triennial
"If you’ve worked on two records a year and they both suck, then you’ve blown a year"
Launched: New Website for The Plant
Tokyo Art Map featured in "Layouts for Catalogs and Pamphlets"
Greetings from Paris
Milestones and Google Analytics
Art Maps Around The World – Part 1: Tokyo
New Project Launch: ASICS UK
Happy New Year from AQ!
2008
Design localization Google’s home page in Asia
Web Directions East
Setouchi International Art Festival
Summer Roundup
Design Graveyard: Pixeltype Edition
New Office
Party: Hitotoki Hitoban
2007
Six Recipe Sites: Taste-tested
CBC-net Interview: Khoi Vinh
Kurikku – TAB 3rd Anniversary Flyer
Boris Yeltsin, Orphan Annie and the Port Authority
The Case for New Type
New Article on CBCnet
Facetime 6: Type Designer Nikola Djurek on Amalia
Facetime 5: Type Designers Kai Oetzbach and Natascha Dell on Jenny
Facetime 4: Type Designer Chester Jenkins on Galaxie Polaris
Hitotoki NYC
Facetime 3: Type Designer Jarno Lukkarila on Xtra Sans
Facetime 2: Type Designer Jeremy Tankard on Bliss
Facetime 1: Type Designer Eric Olson on Klavika
Pecha Kucha Nights: Guide to Better Presentations Skills
Goodbye Madame Butterfly
Introducing Hitotoki
2005
Wayfinding in Tokyo: Local Context and Direction Map Design
2004
Japanese Typography on the Web and Beyond: Part One
Japanese Typography on the Web and Beyond: Part Two
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