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Design Week is Tokyo’s most prominent “week,” which makes sense given the globally recognized prowess of Japanese industrial design. The five-day event, which took place Oct. 30 to Nov. 3 at several main venues and a plethora of satellite sites around the city, was set up toshowcase the most innovative works from creators both domestic [...]
On October 14, 2008, in Seoul, Korea, the Open Web Asia 2008 conference will gather web industry leaders from across Asia, as well as the US and Europe. The day long event focuses on the theme of “The Social Web.” Speakers include Shusaku Maruko (General Manager, Corporate Strategy Department, FeliCa Networks,) Jean Min (Communications Director, [...]
It’s confirmed! CScout Japan will be taking part in the PSFK Conference Asia in Singapore on October 10th. We’ll be on a forum on “Asian Youth Trends” moderated by Ian Stewart of MTV along with other Asian trend professionals from around Asia, and trying our best to tie together what is indeed a highly variable [...]
On September 8, 2008 at the Ars Electronica digital media festival in Linz, Austria, 170 people from fields spanning business, culture, arts and technology gathered at Mission Future to explore the power and potential of open innovation and collaboration. Under the theme „We’re Open“, participants spent the day immersed in presentations, panels, interviews, breakout sessions, [...]
Mission Future again brings together creative masterminds, innovators and business leaders to envision and drive the future of the knowledge-sharing economy. The event takes place on September 8 in Linz, Austria, amidst Europe’s foremost celebration of media and digital art innovation, the Ars Electronica festival.
300 guests and speakers from around the world will attend this [...]
CScout’s China Scout Xuan Zuo recently visited the innovation conference ChinICT in Beijing.
ChinICT is a major event focused on the most innovative and fastest-growing ICT (Information & Communication Technologies) startups from China and Europe. Now in its third year, the conference took place recently in Beijing on May 22nd and 23rd.
This year, the following Chinese [...]
Last weekend CScout Japan teamed up with Mini Japan, Kreative Konzeption, and Metropolis to help put on the Kyoto Mash-Up party at hip event space Sfera, celebrating the latest edition of MINIInternational Magazine.
The stars of the party, of course, were the stars of the magazine, which focused on Kyoto’s booming art/design/music scene. Music was provided [...]
Olympic ticketing and pre-Olympic ID cards raise RFID’s profile and market value in China.
The upcoming Beijing Olympics will see one of the largest, groundbreaking uses of RFID technology to date - if this technology proves successful the event will go a long way to raising RFID’s profile, both within China and overseas. According [...]
Retailers cash in on the upcoming 2008 Olympics with a range of sporty gizmos.
With the 2008 Games just round the corner, a range of Olympic gadgetry is already available for those keen to celebrate with tangible mementos.
Olympic speakers
These kitsch little speakers are made for use with MP3, iPods, or latops, with a design inspired [...]
The 2008 PSFK Conference in New York offered innovative ideas and inspiration from a diverse panel of industry experts. CScout’s CEO Florian Peter monitored a panel on the Future of TV.
Our friends at PSFK hosted their second annual ideas conference in New York.
Highlights of the Conferences:
Grant McCracken offered the insights that “consumption is now about [...]
