If you're ever stuck for a decent place in Chinatown for some cheap but delicious Japanese food, you could do worse than this charming little place situated on the corner of Newport Place and Little Newport Street. Tokyo Diner prides itself on being authentically Japanese, and even follows the age old tradition of not accepting service charge. The menu, including photos for the uninitiated, is kept short but varied with prices for a Salmon Don (shown here) for £10.00, to the more hefty Bento Boxes for £12.00 onwards. Beers are served in cans at sub £2.00, or you could stick to the Green Tea which is served free . The staff are efficient but polite which is a shame as this is the kind of service I wouldn't mind paying extra for.
The Pantone palette book will be familiar to all designers as the definitive tool for creativity. To celebrate the iconic Pantone color chips, the Basheer Graphic Book agency has built a Pantone Rainbow spanning 8 meters and 5,000 colours. The rainbow was designed and built by Bates 141 creative director Hendra Lesmono and art directors Andreas Junus and Irawandhani Kamarga.
Another showcase for augmented reality, this time through Glasses Direct online store. Users can try on pairs of glasses without leaving their home by mapping them onto their faces through carefully chosen coordinates such as the eyes, mouth and nose.
Some rather big number crunching going on here with regard to the growing social network scene. Although read some of the comments here for a more objective viewpoint. Still impressive all the same.
A brilliant cartoon pitching Aldous Huxley's 'Brave New World' against George Orwell's 'Nineteen Eighty-Four' in a battle over whose predictions became reality. Social and political atrophy seems to be the winner.
Another Augmented Reality shooter from Augmented Environments Lab with a bit more interest. Watch out for the Skittle weaponry used in a 3D mapped cityscape.
Rhonda is a 3D drawing application developed by Amit Pitaru in 2003. It has been beta tested for the last few years by users such as James Paterson shown here. If you wish to be part of this team then join their mailing list.
Ogilvy Paris injects some youthful energy and fun back into one of the most popular board games with beautifully drawn animations depicting the game in progress. The French TV adverts for Mattel's Scrabble won a Silver Lion at Cannes in 2008.
