Nobi — Nobuyuki Hayashi/林信行
@nobi.bsky.social
Seeker of cultural value worth inheriting toward 22nd Century. Known as tech, design, and contemporary art journalist.
I don’t use notifications, I use my intuitive pace to deal with all technologies.
https://bento.me/nobi
lang: 🇯🇵🇬🇧🇪🇸
I don’t use notifications, I use my intuitive pace to deal with all technologies.
https://bento.me/nobi
lang: 🇯🇵🇬🇧🇪🇸
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Nada más ciberpunk que tener a tu roboperro encadenado en la azotea
Dynamics of a Dog on a Leash
by Takyuki Todo — an artist who excels in leaping the uncanny valley and create robots that are so alive.
#ENCOUNTER2025
by Takyuki Todo — an artist who excels in leaping the uncanny valley and create robots that are so alive.
#ENCOUNTER2025
February 24, 2025 at 5:59 PM
Nada más ciberpunk que tener a tu roboperro encadenado en la azotea
a robot dog that keeps trying to attack you — an artwork by Takayuki Todo
Dynamics of a Dog on a Leash
@toodooda
#ENCOUNTERS2025
ends tomorrow
Dynamics of a Dog on a Leash
@toodooda
#ENCOUNTERS2025
ends tomorrow
February 23, 2025 at 11:28 AM
a robot dog that keeps trying to attack you — an artwork by Takayuki Todo
Dynamics of a Dog on a Leash
@toodooda
#ENCOUNTERS2025
ends tomorrow
Dynamics of a Dog on a Leash
@toodooda
#ENCOUNTERS2025
ends tomorrow
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I'm glad some people are writing about it at least. I write occasionally on my blog. Not sure there is another platform for these ideas. Hopefully a bigger collective movement emerges.
February 20, 2025 at 2:57 AM
I'm glad some people are writing about it at least. I write occasionally on my blog. Not sure there is another platform for these ideas. Hopefully a bigger collective movement emerges.
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Thank you. This is very thought provoking. Especially the ideas about dependencies and general purpose tools. BTW, Jaron Lanier and Cal Newport come to minds as people who've also written thoughtful and informed critiques of tech.
February 19, 2025 at 5:44 AM
Thank you. This is very thought provoking. Especially the ideas about dependencies and general purpose tools. BTW, Jaron Lanier and Cal Newport come to minds as people who've also written thoughtful and informed critiques of tech.
New post on Medium:
Having spent decades in technology journalism, I've watched our relationship with digital tools shift dramatically. What started with Steve Jobs' vision of computers as bicycles for the mind has evolved into something far more complex—and concerning.
medium.com/@nobi/the-tr...
Having spent decades in technology journalism, I've watched our relationship with digital tools shift dramatically. What started with Steve Jobs' vision of computers as bicycles for the mind has evolved into something far more complex—and concerning.
medium.com/@nobi/the-tr...
The True Cost of Convenience: When Digital Efficiency Breeds Human Fragility
We must have more serious discussions about the ideal relationship between humans and technology.
medium.com
February 19, 2025 at 5:33 AM
New post on Medium:
Having spent decades in technology journalism, I've watched our relationship with digital tools shift dramatically. What started with Steve Jobs' vision of computers as bicycles for the mind has evolved into something far more complex—and concerning.
medium.com/@nobi/the-tr...
Having spent decades in technology journalism, I've watched our relationship with digital tools shift dramatically. What started with Steve Jobs' vision of computers as bicycles for the mind has evolved into something far more complex—and concerning.
medium.com/@nobi/the-tr...
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In general I’m a slow writer but today I finished the next issue of The Craftsman Newsletter. Out tomorrow: thecraftsman.email
The Craftsman Newsletter
A free monthly newsletter highlighting the work from craftspeople from around the world with a particular focus on Japan.
thecraftsman.email
February 11, 2025 at 6:42 PM
In general I’m a slow writer but today I finished the next issue of The Craftsman Newsletter. Out tomorrow: thecraftsman.email
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Just published
“Architecture of Absence: Sony’s Radical Reimagining of Urban Space in Ginza “
my take on @GinzaSonyPark opening on Medium:
link.medium.com/4qefHwVNpQb
“Architecture of Absence: Sony’s Radical Reimagining of Urban Space in Ginza “
my take on @GinzaSonyPark opening on Medium:
link.medium.com/4qefHwVNpQb
link.medium.com
January 24, 2025 at 9:44 AM
Just published
“Architecture of Absence: Sony’s Radical Reimagining of Urban Space in Ginza “
my take on @GinzaSonyPark opening on Medium:
link.medium.com/4qefHwVNpQb
“Architecture of Absence: Sony’s Radical Reimagining of Urban Space in Ginza “
my take on @GinzaSonyPark opening on Medium:
link.medium.com/4qefHwVNpQb
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Liberating Design: How Tamae Hirokawa Transcended Western Fashion to Design Everything
medium.com/@nobi/libera...
medium.com/@nobi/libera...
Liberating Design: How Tamae Hirokawa Transcended Western Fashion to Design Everything
from the Exhibition Catalogue Essay of Tamae Hirokawa’s Solo Exhibition
medium.com
January 15, 2025 at 7:15 AM
Liberating Design: How Tamae Hirokawa Transcended Western Fashion to Design Everything
medium.com/@nobi/libera...
medium.com/@nobi/libera...
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Reposted by Nobi — Nobuyuki Hayashi/林信行
Really grateful for the shout-out to Yamaguchi-ken! My mom's from Tokuyama (now called Shunan). It's beautiful there.
February 8, 2025 at 3:36 AM
Really grateful for the shout-out to Yamaguchi-ken! My mom's from Tokuyama (now called Shunan). It's beautiful there.
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Thanks for making the time to talk, Nobi
I had the chance to sit down for a deep and direct interview with @CraigMod.com —my friend of over 20 years and the man who put Morioka, Yamaguchi, and Toyama on the global map.
Craig offered some profound insights.
www.premium-j.jp/en/portraits...
Craig offered some profound insights.
www.premium-j.jp/en/portraits...
Author Craig Modo reexamines the nature of travel and the potential of Japan as a tourism-based nation - Premium Japan
In January 2023, The New York Times, one of America's leading newspapers, ranked Morioka second as a must-visit place this year. The recommendation was made by Craig Modo, a writer living in Japan. We...
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February 8, 2025 at 3:09 AM
Thanks for making the time to talk, Nobi
February 7, 2025 at 8:51 AM
I had the chance to sit down for a deep and direct interview with @CraigMod.com —my friend of over 20 years and the man who put Morioka, Yamaguchi, and Toyama on the global map.
Craig offered some profound insights.
www.premium-j.jp/en/portraits...
Craig offered some profound insights.
www.premium-j.jp/en/portraits...
Author Craig Modo reexamines the nature of travel and the potential of Japan as a tourism-based nation - Premium Japan
In January 2023, The New York Times, one of America's leading newspapers, ranked Morioka second as a must-visit place this year. The recommendation was made by Craig Modo, a writer living in Japan. We...
www.premium-j.jp
February 7, 2025 at 8:50 AM
I had the chance to sit down for a deep and direct interview with @CraigMod.com —my friend of over 20 years and the man who put Morioka, Yamaguchi, and Toyama on the global map.
Craig offered some profound insights.
www.premium-j.jp/en/portraits...
Craig offered some profound insights.
www.premium-j.jp/en/portraits...
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アップルやNVIDIAがトランプに擦り寄らない事情 擦り寄る企業のビジネスモデルとの違いは何か
toyokeizai.net/articles/-/8...
>アマゾンは、100万ドルの寄付に加え、就任式イベントのプライムビデオでの中継も「寄付」という形で提供。アマゾンとメタの両社はトランプが大統領令でLGBT施策を撤回すると、それに呼応するように自社の多様性プログラムの廃止を発表し、露骨に政権寄りの姿勢を示している。
toyokeizai.net/articles/-/8...
>アマゾンは、100万ドルの寄付に加え、就任式イベントのプライムビデオでの中継も「寄付」という形で提供。アマゾンとメタの両社はトランプが大統領令でLGBT施策を撤回すると、それに呼応するように自社の多様性プログラムの廃止を発表し、露骨に政権寄りの姿勢を示している。
アップルやNVIDIAがトランプに擦り寄らない事情
2025年1月20日に行われたドナルド・トランプ大統領2期目の就任式は、アメリカのテクノロジー産業の現状を象徴する光景となった。トランプ家のすぐ後ろという閣僚候補よりもいい特別な場所に陣取ったのは、テスラの…
toyokeizai.net
January 25, 2025 at 4:11 PM
アップルやNVIDIAがトランプに擦り寄らない事情 擦り寄る企業のビジネスモデルとの違いは何か
toyokeizai.net/articles/-/8...
>アマゾンは、100万ドルの寄付に加え、就任式イベントのプライムビデオでの中継も「寄付」という形で提供。アマゾンとメタの両社はトランプが大統領令でLGBT施策を撤回すると、それに呼応するように自社の多様性プログラムの廃止を発表し、露骨に政権寄りの姿勢を示している。
toyokeizai.net/articles/-/8...
>アマゾンは、100万ドルの寄付に加え、就任式イベントのプライムビデオでの中継も「寄付」という形で提供。アマゾンとメタの両社はトランプが大統領令でLGBT施策を撤回すると、それに呼応するように自社の多様性プログラムの廃止を発表し、露骨に政権寄りの姿勢を示している。
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Exhibition ends this Sunday!
En to Sen | The Journey of Kyogen
By Kyogen (= #ShoryuHatoba & #YohoHatoba )
The traditional Japanese art of creating family crests has been transformed into digital artworks, spanning a wide range of applications from box of tissue paper to Ferrari logos.
En to Sen | The Journey of Kyogen
By Kyogen (= #ShoryuHatoba & #YohoHatoba )
The traditional Japanese art of creating family crests has been transformed into digital artworks, spanning a wide range of applications from box of tissue paper to Ferrari logos.
January 10, 2025 at 9:31 AM
Exhibition ends this Sunday!
En to Sen | The Journey of Kyogen
By Kyogen (= #ShoryuHatoba & #YohoHatoba )
The traditional Japanese art of creating family crests has been transformed into digital artworks, spanning a wide range of applications from box of tissue paper to Ferrari logos.
En to Sen | The Journey of Kyogen
By Kyogen (= #ShoryuHatoba & #YohoHatoba )
The traditional Japanese art of creating family crests has been transformed into digital artworks, spanning a wide range of applications from box of tissue paper to Ferrari logos.
Just published a Japanese article about Google’s installation in Kyoto:
今月末まで京都で見ることができるGoogle Pixel: Home of Designの記事が @Pen_magazine で公開されました。
グーグルが京都で町屋造りのコンセプトハウス「Google Pixel: Home of Design」を期間限定で営業中。グーグルの２つの展示を通して行った「デザイン」アピールとは？｜Pen Online
www.pen-online.jp/article/0179...
今月末まで京都で見ることができるGoogle Pixel: Home of Designの記事が @Pen_magazine で公開されました。
グーグルが京都で町屋造りのコンセプトハウス「Google Pixel: Home of Design」を期間限定で営業中。グーグルの２つの展示を通して行った「デザイン」アピールとは？｜Pen Online
www.pen-online.jp/article/0179...
グーグルが京都で町屋造りのコンセプトハウス「Google Pixel: Home of Design」を期間限定で営業中。グーグルの２つの展示を通して行った「デザイン」アピールとは？｜Pen Online
京都にある町屋造りのコンセプトハウス「Google Pixel: Home of Design」。国立新美術館に展示されたグーグル製品カラーで彩られたテーブル「（Google Pixel 9は）これま...
www.pen-online.jp
January 24, 2025 at 12:31 PM
Just published a Japanese article about Google’s installation in Kyoto:
今月末まで京都で見ることができるGoogle Pixel: Home of Designの記事が @Pen_magazine で公開されました。
グーグルが京都で町屋造りのコンセプトハウス「Google Pixel: Home of Design」を期間限定で営業中。グーグルの２つの展示を通して行った「デザイン」アピールとは？｜Pen Online
www.pen-online.jp/article/0179...
今月末まで京都で見ることができるGoogle Pixel: Home of Designの記事が @Pen_magazine で公開されました。
グーグルが京都で町屋造りのコンセプトハウス「Google Pixel: Home of Design」を期間限定で営業中。グーグルの２つの展示を通して行った「デザイン」アピールとは？｜Pen Online
www.pen-online.jp/article/0179...
Just published
“Architecture of Absence: Sony’s Radical Reimagining of Urban Space in Ginza “
my take on @GinzaSonyPark opening on Medium:
link.medium.com/4qefHwVNpQb
“Architecture of Absence: Sony’s Radical Reimagining of Urban Space in Ginza “
my take on @GinzaSonyPark opening on Medium:
link.medium.com/4qefHwVNpQb
link.medium.com
January 24, 2025 at 9:44 AM
Just published
“Architecture of Absence: Sony’s Radical Reimagining of Urban Space in Ginza “
my take on @GinzaSonyPark opening on Medium:
link.medium.com/4qefHwVNpQb
“Architecture of Absence: Sony’s Radical Reimagining of Urban Space in Ginza “
my take on @GinzaSonyPark opening on Medium:
link.medium.com/4qefHwVNpQb
Liberating Design: How Tamae Hirokawa Transcended Western Fashion to Design Everything
medium.com/@nobi/libera...
medium.com/@nobi/libera...
Liberating Design: How Tamae Hirokawa Transcended Western Fashion to Design Everything
from the Exhibition Catalogue Essay of Tamae Hirokawa’s Solo Exhibition
medium.com
January 15, 2025 at 7:15 AM
Liberating Design: How Tamae Hirokawa Transcended Western Fashion to Design Everything
medium.com/@nobi/libera...
medium.com/@nobi/libera...
Exhibition ends this Sunday!
En to Sen | The Journey of Kyogen
By Kyogen (= #ShoryuHatoba & #YohoHatoba )
The traditional Japanese art of creating family crests has been transformed into digital artworks, spanning a wide range of applications from box of tissue paper to Ferrari logos.
En to Sen | The Journey of Kyogen
By Kyogen (= #ShoryuHatoba & #YohoHatoba )
The traditional Japanese art of creating family crests has been transformed into digital artworks, spanning a wide range of applications from box of tissue paper to Ferrari logos.
January 10, 2025 at 9:31 AM
Exhibition ends this Sunday!
En to Sen | The Journey of Kyogen
By Kyogen (= #ShoryuHatoba & #YohoHatoba )
The traditional Japanese art of creating family crests has been transformed into digital artworks, spanning a wide range of applications from box of tissue paper to Ferrari logos.
En to Sen | The Journey of Kyogen
By Kyogen (= #ShoryuHatoba & #YohoHatoba )
The traditional Japanese art of creating family crests has been transformed into digital artworks, spanning a wide range of applications from box of tissue paper to Ferrari logos.
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Read “The Background of My Expansion from Technology to Design, Art, and Traditional Culture“ by Nobuyuki Hayashi林信行 on Medium:
medium.com/@nobi/the-ba...
medium.com/@nobi/the-ba...
January 8, 2025 at 6:31 AM
Read “The Background of My Expansion from Technology to Design, Art, and Traditional Culture“ by Nobuyuki Hayashi林信行 on Medium:
medium.com/@nobi/the-ba...
medium.com/@nobi/the-ba...
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Smoke inhalation — even for seconds - can impair consciousness.
To anyone in the immediate vicinity of this unprecedented fire in the nations most populous county, urgently heed the evacuation orders NOW.
Smoke is as dangerous as the flames behind them.
To anyone in the immediate vicinity of this unprecedented fire in the nations most populous county, urgently heed the evacuation orders NOW.
Smoke is as dangerous as the flames behind them.
January 8, 2025 at 4:34 AM
Smoke inhalation — even for seconds - can impair consciousness.
To anyone in the immediate vicinity of this unprecedented fire in the nations most populous county, urgently heed the evacuation orders NOW.
Smoke is as dangerous as the flames behind them.
To anyone in the immediate vicinity of this unprecedented fire in the nations most populous county, urgently heed the evacuation orders NOW.
Smoke is as dangerous as the flames behind them.
Read “The Background of My Expansion from Technology to Design, Art, and Traditional Culture“ by Nobuyuki Hayashi林信行 on Medium:
medium.com/@nobi/the-ba...
medium.com/@nobi/the-ba...
January 8, 2025 at 6:31 AM
Read “The Background of My Expansion from Technology to Design, Art, and Traditional Culture“ by Nobuyuki Hayashi林信行 on Medium:
medium.com/@nobi/the-ba...
medium.com/@nobi/the-ba...
Here’s my report on the Ryuichi Sakamoto Exhibition on Premium Japan:
Seeing Sound, Hearing Time: A Major Solo Exhibition of Ryuichi Sakamoto's Installation Works
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Seeing Sound, Hearing Time: A Major Solo Exhibition of Ryuichi Sakamoto's Installation Works
www.premium-j.jp/en/premiumsa...
Seeing Sound, Hearing Time: A Major Solo Exhibition of Ryuichi Sakamoto's Installation Works - Premium Japan
A major solo exhibition of his installation works, "Seeing Sound, Hearing Time," is being held at the Museum of Contemporary Art Tokyo until March 2025, 3. Journalist Nobuyuki Hayashi introduces the ...
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January 7, 2025 at 1:50 PM
Here’s my report on the Ryuichi Sakamoto Exhibition on Premium Japan:
Seeing Sound, Hearing Time: A Major Solo Exhibition of Ryuichi Sakamoto's Installation Works
www.premium-j.jp/en/premiumsa...
Seeing Sound, Hearing Time: A Major Solo Exhibition of Ryuichi Sakamoto's Installation Works
www.premium-j.jp/en/premiumsa...
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For the past several years, I have been haunted by the idea that we are in the midst of a new era of Japonisme.
I call this latest movement “Japonisme 3”.
medium.com/@nobi/japoni...
I call this latest movement “Japonisme 3”.
medium.com/@nobi/japoni...
December 30, 2024 at 11:10 AM
For the past several years, I have been haunted by the idea that we are in the midst of a new era of Japonisme.
I call this latest movement “Japonisme 3”.
medium.com/@nobi/japoni...
I call this latest movement “Japonisme 3”.
medium.com/@nobi/japoni...
As the first embers of 2025 crackle and glow, we honour the timeless tradition of renewal. Here’s to letting the ashes of yesterday nourish the fire of tomorrow.
December 31, 2024 at 4:31 PM
As the first embers of 2025 crackle and glow, we honour the timeless tradition of renewal. Here’s to letting the ashes of yesterday nourish the fire of tomorrow.