Wednesday, October 28, 2009

Plywood Furniture Exhibition / 合板の家具展







Second year students from product design hold this exhibition every year. I remember last year when I saw this exhibition, I was so excited as I knew I was going to have same exhibition this year too.

I exhibit my very-confident-work, Evinne Desk. If you have never seen this video before, please take a look.



毎年プロダクトの二年生がこの展示をやっている。去年見た時、「来年自分もやるんだ」と思い、興奮していた。

今、エヴィンデスクを展示している。もしこのビデオ見たことのない方いたら、見てみてください。






Beside, I left my blog URL on the desk I am exhibiting, many people took it! So happy to see that and I told myself I have to update my blog no matter how busy I am.


また、展示されているデスクの上にブログのURL置いたら、皆もらってくれて、大変嬉しかった。なので、いくら忙しくてもブログ更新しなきゃと思った。




Okay, let me show you some other friends' works that I like.

では、自分が気に入った友達の作品を紹介します。


I like the way she use the "line" of the plywood.
断面の「線」を上手デザインとして利用しているところがすごいと思った。


This chair can be separated into 8 pieces of wood.
この椅子は八枚の板に分解できる。


I like this chair, its simple and nice.
この椅子、シンプルでかっこういい。


This is a bench. Simple but high-class.
ベンチである。シンプルで高級感がある。


This is pretty too. But I suppose it will be much nicer if it is 2times bigger.
この棚もいい造形している。大きさが二倍だったきっともっとかっこういいだろうと思う。




I am now looking forward to comments about my desk from the visitors.
今は来場者のコメントを楽しみしている。



Wednesday, October 21, 2009

Imonikai with foreign students, by TUAD / 留学生の芋煮会

First of all, I apologize for not updating my blog for soooo long. I am really very busy recently, lots of homework, lots of jobs.

Last saturday, my uni held an imonikai for us. They actually prepared everything, and even arranged 2 cars to send us there. What we needed to do was only "attend it" and some more everything was FREE. How sweet and kind of them.



まず、最近ブログを更新していないことに謝ります、すみなせん。最近課題や仕事多くて、超忙しい。

先週の土曜日に、芸工大が留学生の芋煮会を開催してくれた。事務所の人々が全てを用意してくれたし、車2台で現場まで乗せてくれた。我々留学生は「出席」さえすれば良かった。而も全て無料!超優しい。








This is the imoni / 芋煮




Our food, wow! / 食べ物、スゲー!








Grapes / 葡萄


A photo before eating / 食べる前の一枚


Foreign students! From left, Korean, Malaysian, Mexican(below), Swedish, Danish, Korean(x2), Taiwanese
左から、韓国、マレーシア、メキシコ(下)、スェーデン、デンマーク、韓国x2、台湾






Although not every foreign student came, I enjoyed it very very much. Enjoyed talking with foreign students and workers in the office, they are all so funny.

So when and what's our next gathering?



留学生全員集まらなくて、ちょっと残念だったが、楽しかった。留学生同士や職員さんたちとしゃべるのは楽しかった。皆面白い人ばかり。

次の集まり、いつだろう?



Monday, October 12, 2009

Imonikai with PD2 / PD2の芋煮会

This is the second imonikai I had in this autumn, with my Product Design classmate. Not going to write much, let me show you the photos.

これは今年2回目の芋煮会だ。プロダクト2年の芋煮会だ。あまり書くものないので、写真見て下さい。































Hmm... let me check the taste / 味チェック


Not bad yeah / 行けるね


Lets eat! / いただきます!


Now only I realized that I was too busy eating until... I din take photos of the food! the imoni! Gosh..

今気づいたら、当時食べるのに集中し過ぎ、芋煮の写真を撮るの忘れてた!芋煮!あらら...




We cleaned up the place we used, brought all rubbish back, because we love the planet.

ちゃんと方付けてから帰った。地球大事にするから。





I enjoy the day very very much, PD2, I love you all!
Besides, I am going to have my 3rd imonikai this year this coming saturday, with my fellow foreign students friends!!

楽しかった。PD2、愛してるよ!
今週の土曜日は今年3回目の芋煮会だ。今度は留学生同士の芋煮会だ!!



Monday, October 5, 2009

Imonikai with Kitchen Echo / キッチンエコーの芋煮会

I'm pretty busy with my assignments recently, though school reopened only 1 week. And that's why I haven't updated my blog for quite some time.

These weeks, I had 2 imonikai-s.

What's IMONIKAI?
IMONI(芋煮) is a type of thick potato and meat soup eaten traditionally in the autumn in the Tohoku Region of Japan. KAI(会) = Festival.


We had our imonikai by the riverside, full of nature. I love such outdoor activities.
Besides, as imonikai is a very traditional event, when autumns comes, supermarkets here sell those ingredients in set and even lend you the pots and tools. You don't have to buy a big pot just to use it once a year.



最近忙しくて、長い間ブログを更新しなかった。

この二週間、2回芋煮会を参加した。

キッチンエコーの皆で川の隣で芋煮会を行った。私はこういうアウトドアの活動が大好き。












My boss / マスター





My colleges with the big pot / 同僚とでかい鍋



In Yamagata Prefecture in particular, and its neighbours in general, imonikai (imoni get-togethers) are an important autumn tradition. Tourists flock to Yamagata for the Autumn Imoni Festival (Akino Imonikai)where they join local residents on the banks of the Mamigasaki River on the first Sunday in September,to eat imoni from a gigantic iron kettle, which uses a building crane to add ingredients and stir the pot. In 2009 the festival served imoni to 3o,ooo guests before the pot was empty.(from WIKI)