
Monacca's seductive Kaku briefcase, above, came out in '04 and was Good Design'd in '06, receiving mucho press in between; what's gotten less media play are designer Takumi Shimamura's other creations. We got to see more of Shimamura's Japanese cedar magic up close at ICFF:

Lamp and purse,

calculator,

Fujitsu concept laptop,

backpack and zabuton (seating surface).

And in a rather Apple-like move: New for '08, the Kaku in black.
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Wow, this is awesome! Absolutely love the Kaku in black!