CHINESE FARMER BUILDS UP ARMY OF 26 ROBOTS
Not even wacky Chinese farmers are immune to the unstable economic climate, it seems, as our old friend Mr. Woo was recently forced to sell off some of his robot creations to make some extra scratch. This news is especially sad when we consider the fact that Woo, who has built 26 robots over the past 30 years, considers each of them his sons. “They are all my sons, so they must bear my surname,” he said. There was no word on which of his sons went on the auction block, so we hope it is not Wu No. 25 (pictured), the son Wu loves best.
Here’s the cheeky Paul Merton visiting Mr. Woo in 2007. Back in the good ol’ days. Back when robots were free and weren’t forced into slavery by their poor, destitute masters.
MUJI AWARD 03 EXHIBITION
For Japanese lifestyle brand Muji, they’ve always held design in high regard spawning their Muji Award international design competition. In its third installment, close to 2,000 entries from 35 countries submitted entries. The top three awards can be seen here featuring a gold prize going to “Straw Straw” by Yuki Iida of Japan, the silver prize being awarded to America couple Ken and Eri Sugimoto’s “Trash Pack for Outdoors” while two bronze prizes were given to Joohhyun Kim of South Korea for his “A Precise Stapler” and “Grandpa’s Nail Hook” by Masashi Watanabe of Japan.
Source: Design Boom
