Giant Robot Store and GR2 News
Remember Groovisions, who took helvetica bold to new heights? They were part of the Superflat Exhibition curated by Takashi Murakami that came through LA, and a few other cities. Groovisions designed Chappies, a character that's simple, cute, and also plain. They also were on the cover of Giant Robot 23.
They had a shop in Tokyo which was in the cool area of Nakameguro which is now closed. They've...
Remember Groovisions, who took helvetica bold to new heights? They were part of the Superflat Exhibition curated by Takashi Murakami that came through LA, and a few other cities. Groovisions designed Chappies, a character that’s simple, cute, and also plain. They also were on the cover of Giant Robot 23. They had a shop in Tokyo which was in the cool area of Nakameguro which is now closed. They’ve recently put together a cool video for the Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries MAFF, which works in their style of being simple, stylish, and heavily graphic oriented. Watching this is nostalgic in a way since it brings me back to this visionary design group. But at the same time, it’s totally new and cool. I wish I knew how to make stuff like this. Maybe one day, I’ll do it.
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Why are Bananas so cool? It looks like it's a health benefit. I've been wondering why all of a sudden there's been a surge in banana toys, mascots, keychains, and plushes? We've been carrying them at the GR stores. Here's why. Bananas are in. It's part of a big weight loss diet, and now the demand for bananas are having a hard time being met in Japan. The deal is you eat a banana and drink room...
Why are Bananas so cool? It looks like it’s a health benefit. I’ve been wondering why all of a sudden there’s been a surge in banana toys, mascots, keychains, and plushes? We’ve been carrying them at the GR stores. Here’s why. Bananas are in. It’s part of a big weight loss diet, and now the demand for bananas are having a hard time being met in Japan. The deal is you eat a banana and drink room temperature water in the morning, eat lunch and dinner and so on. It’s definitely a fad, and we’ll see how long it lasts. Meanwhile, bananas have always been our friends. Read more in Time. Add to the banana fad, and check out our Banana capsulesBanana cell phone charms
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For your iphones... this is just a test, but maybe if you want, you can read my blog via your iphone. Check it out, it feeds optimized. Pretty cool. It updates every 15 minutes! Eventually it'll be done better or right, but for now, this seems pretty decent. Any feedback on this would be great.
Here's the link for your iphones.