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You might not expect to see a mention of James Bond in the promotion materials of a traditional Japanese apron company, but there it is: 007 in a leaflet for Anything Co. Ltd.
Company president Kazuhiro Nishimura chuckles when asked about it.
Three years ago, Nishimura received an email from home goods store Labour and Wait, where his company’s
maekake aprons were being sold in the United Kingdom, asking if he could give permission to the James Bond production team to feature an apron in the franchise’s upcoming film, “No Time to Die.”
“They wanted to use a maekake with a Mount Fuji print design and ‘Representative of Japan’ written above it. I even bought an advance ticket to see the film,” Nishimura says, laughing about how excited he was. “But it was delayed so many times, I still haven’t seen it. I did find a report by a Japanese film writer who went on set at Pinewood Studios, though, and he wrote that he saw Ben Whishaw as Q wearin
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TAIPEI, Dec. 14, 2020 /PRNewswire/ The 2020 Golden Pin Design Award grand awards ceremony was held in Taipei on December 11, revealing the highest honor - the 24 Best Design winners and 3 Special Annual Award winners for Circular Design and Social Design. Among the winners revealed are exceptional designs from Mainland China, Hong Kong, Thailand, and Poland, while Taiwanese designers came out on top with 20 award wins.
Top row, from left to right are DARE VSRu AEROROAD (Taiwan) and The History of the Last Judgement by Hans Memling /Animation (Poland). Bottom row, left is Little Shelter Hotel (Thailand).
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