{t. time} chic

The okapi idea: Manga Farming

 
the okapi idea: manga comic books + vegetable farming = manga farming.

Koshi Kawachi uses manga comic books as a soil to grow vegetables. He calls the exhibition "manga farming".

{The okapi idea}: Rugs... seen from the sky

The okapi idea: Yann Arthus Bertrand  photographies + New Zealand wool = Roche-Bobois rugs

Above: Roche-Bobois rugs (two top images) made after Yann Arthus-Bertrand's photography series The Earth Seen From The Air (bottom image) with New Zealand wool. These rugs are, of course, environmentally-friendly.

images via Yann Arthus-Bertrand and Roche-Bobois

The okapi idea: Shun Kawakami

 

 
Monochrome graphics+ Calligraphy + Ikebana= Shun Kawakami

I have fallen in love with this artist's prints! Shun Kawakami is a graphic designer whose works are a blend of monochrome graphics with delicate calligraphy and ikebana (the Japanese art of flower arrangement). Images via Kawakami's blog. 

The okapi idea

{The okapi idea} is a new section that I am adding to this blog, in which I will present hybrid designs, art works or ideas (the combination of two or more different concepts or designs aimed at achieving a third one).

I was obviously inspired by the okapi, an animal which can only be found in the Ituri forest in the north-east of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (the ex-Zaïre) - and seen in some zoos around the globe. The okapi, which looks like a cross between a giraffe and a zebra, is most closely related to the giraffe, even though it bears striped markings reminiscent of the zebra.

Giraffe and zebra images via Wikipedia, and okapi image via the Okapi Wildlife Reserve