The Japanese retailer Muji has built a cult following by offering nearly any object you could want in your home for not much money and proportionately great design. Now, the company is offering one more item to its line of 7,500 housewares: Actual houses. And there's a very good economic reason for the ambitious new…
Muji might no longer be that minimalist Japanese brand none of your friends know about, but that doesn't make its products any less cool. And if you've been holding off on buying a Bluetooth speaker until you found one that was less on the garish side, your hunt is over.
Muji's known for its ultra-minimalistic take on everything from office supplies, to apparel, to electronics like this simple splash-proof speaker housing for a smartphone that still provides full access to its touchscreen.
It borrows its design from the Japanese company's popular wall hanging CD player, but Muji's new mountable Bluetooth speaker is far more useful in this day and age. And a lot cheaper too, coming in at around $95.
Anyone familiar with the minimalist Japanese store Muji (which has shops all around the world) will expect these three apps to be cleanly-designed and stylish. The Calendar app is my favorite, but Notebook is bound to be the digital Moleskine-equivalent.
The Muji hole punch, with its strategically placed punchers, takes Lego blocks, combines them with paper, and makes a whole mess of adorableness. Import from Japan for literally minutes of fun. [Muji via Highs Nobiety via MAKE via Boing Boing]
Muji's simple, iconic CD player, designed by Nato Fukasawa, costs $178. (I heart Muji.) Fortunately, its simplicity means that you can roll your own damn fine iteration way cheaper using a CD player, speakers and some cardboard: [Vvank via BBG]
Muji's shower radio is shaped like a shampoo bottle, but we're not sure why: Is it just to blend in with other shower accoutrements? Or does the Muji Shower Radio have a dark secret from which it needs to hide?
Ever look at a cookbook and think, "That recipe looks so good, I could just eat that page!"? My guess is no. Nobody has ever thought that. But just in case, we present this concept.
Muji, a Japanese retail chain that offers super-simple yet very high-quality objects of all natures, just opened a US mail-order store. You should check it out. [Muji via Boing Boing]
The Muji Multi-Functional Clock features a clock, alarm, calendar and thermometer. To switch from one feature to the next, just rotate the unit.
