Hasta La Ideas

Tokyo-based design firm Drawing and Manual has the admirable, if tricky, goal of reconciling works done on a computer with works done by hand. When last we looked in on them, they had produced (under hire by creative agency Drill Inc.) this insane xylophone in the forest; more recently they were tapped to create a window display for Issey Miyake’s Ginza flagship store. Here’s what they came up with:

We love that rather than just using enormous flatscreens or a projector, they went with the flip-clock style Rolodex of individually cut cards. Some of you will say they’ve needlessly engaged in a lot of extra hand labor, but as their company name implies, that’s part of the point. “Arts and crafts,” the company writes, “are the basis for dynamic design.”

Check out more of their stuff here.

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