We just spent a few hours trying to figure out Japanese techno-performance-art-toy company [Maywa Denki]. As self-described “parallel-world electricians”, the small art collective turns out strange ...

You have heard of Best Denki, a Japanese company selling electrical and electronic goods. But what about Maywa Denki, a Japanese "company" that promotes "self-playing" music instruments, a barking ...

*It is impossible to realize how brain-crinklingly cool this picture is, without a full-bore, complex explanation of (a) who Julian Bleecker is, and (b) WHAT "Maywa Denki" is. But holy cow, folks, ...

The premise seems like a cruel Carrot Top joke by way of George W. Bush logic: Strap a device to your thigh to monitor your restless leg syndrome, and then make ‘creative beats’ from the vibrations ...

Trading Museum Comme des Garcons, which is located on second floor of the Omotesando fashion building, is holding an exhibition of works by art unit, Maywa Denki. Inside a glass case are four ...

For an art group that cites "nonsense" as its core philosophy, Maywa Denki's longevity defies common sense. Founded by brothers Masamichi and Nobumichi Tosa in 1993 - 14 years after their father's ...

Touching on all three pillars of SXSW – music, film and interactive – the Japanese "art unit" Maywa Denki took to the stage on Monday to deliver his company's annual report. In his guise as the ...

"We brought all our works to exhibit here. If the venue fell down abruptly, all our creations would be destroyed," joked Japanese artist Nobumichi Tosa on Saturday afternoon at the opening ceremony of ...

Nobumichi Tosa is the founder of Maywa Denki is a Japanese design firm that creates wonderful nonsense gadgets, like this musical backpack that makes music when you move your arms. As you can see, ...

Elon Musk, Bill Gates and Stephen Hawking are deeply concerned about AI, but the tech and its ramifications are poorly understood by the public. That disconnect prompted Blanca Li and her dance ...

Who eats tomatoes while they run in the first place? No one… and Japanese ketchup company, Kagome would like to change that. Dole has been sponsoring the Japan Marathon for years, supplying runners ...

Less than five minutes into art group Maywa Denki's 25th anniversary show on April 14 at Square Ebara Hiratsuka Hall in Shinagawa, Novmichi Tosa, the lead member of the group, has the full house ...