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Undrinkable Drink

ImageOctober 7, 2020March 24, 2024taoimage, yoko can drawgraphic, think twice, yoko can draw, food, 2020

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this is a bottle of whisky.

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this is whisky in a normal glass.

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a normal glass doesn’t help containing the aroma of whisky.

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this is a bottle of wine.

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this is wine in a wine glass.

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a wine glass does help containing the aroma of wine.

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pour some hot water into whisky in a normal glass, you’ve got a glass of hot whisky.

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a normal glass doesn’t help containing the alcohol vapour of hot whisky.

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pour some hot water into whisky in a wine glass, you’ve got an undrinkable drink.

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a wine glass does help containing the alcohol vapour of hot whisky.

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before the hot whisky reaches your mouth…

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…you will be choked.
make yourself an undrinkable drink. buon inverno!

undrinkable drink, 2020

50 Other Very Common Ways of Birding

September 23, 2020March 18, 2024taoimage, yoko can drawthink twice, nature, yoko can draw, 2020, bird watching

And then we realised that, there are, of course, more than 50 ways of birding.

50 Very Common Ways of Birding

September 17, 2020March 18, 2024taoimage, yoko can drawthink twice, nature, yoko can draw, 2020, bird watching

We run in the afternoon, when birds run as well.

“We should bring binoculars!” We always say to ourselves. After missed a family of red-backed shrike playing on the power line, we finally decided to bring binoculars with us — while we run.

And we suddenly realised that, there are, of course, more than one way of birding.

oops!

ImageJanuary 31, 2019March 24, 2024taoimagegraphic, think twice, nature, 2019

Oops!, 2019

Glass’s waist (and its relationship with your waist)

December 20, 2018March 18, 2024taoresearchthink twice, research, 2018

One night, we were drinking sake with the glass shown below. We had our last sip. We put the glass back to the table. Looking at the glass, a strange thing hooked us: the sake is not finished.

Out of curiosity, we did a research on it.

the hand of a true maid

ImageDecember 14, 2018December 14, 2018taoresearchthink twice

New Calendar

December 12, 2018September 17, 2020taoobjectproduct, think twice, 2018, design, calendar

Let’s say you would live for 100 years, and you would start to use calendar from day one. In this case, you would use at least 100 normal calendars, maximum 44 Calendar Rolls, or, 1 New Calendar.

quiz: on which date was this photo taken?

And that’s not the end of the story. After 100 years, you can surely pass your New Calendar to someone else who can surely pass the no-longer-yours New Calendar further down.

a blackbird from pasturo to shanghai

ImageOctober 17, 2018March 5, 2024taoobjectanimal, graphic, public space, bird, art, think twice, architecture, urban, 2018

stool and chair

ImageOctober 17, 2018March 5, 2024taoimagethink twice, appropriation, yoko can draw, 2018

calendar roll poster-1

ImageMarch 13, 2018March 6, 2024taoimagegraphic, product, think twice, sale, 2018, poster

Tree Filter

February 25, 2018September 17, 2020taoimageart, think twice, nature, yoko can draw, 2018, winter, valsassina

Tree has a wide variety of filtering functions.

Wear Black Trousers and Black Pants at the Same Time

February 15, 2018September 17, 2020taoimagelife, art, think twice, yoko can draw, 2018

We Were Wrong about The Correct Side of Pillow Case and Bed Sheet

January 7, 2018April 21, 2019yokoresearchlife, think twice, 2016, prototype

It is not rare to see someone wearing t-shirt outside in, like the one below. He just discovered the mistake, feeling a bit embarrassed mentally and uncomfortable physically. Common sense strongly suggests us the correct way of wearing/producing clothes is decoration outside, if there is decoration. We need decoration to satisfy people’s eyes. The inner side that closely touches our body ensures our maximum comfort. It has to be soft, pure, and natural. In conclusion, when we wear correctly, we feel being ‘covered’, we feel warm, safe, comfortable, and confident.

Two Names

January 19, 2018September 17, 2020taoimage, researchthink twice, 2016, yoko can draw, culture, language

For me, heaven and hell were separated by merely a single piece of paper.

We Pinned an Unpinned Safety Pin for Safety Reason

January 6, 2018September 17, 2020yokoresearchlife, art, think twice, 2016, sculpture

Pin, or Safety Pin, was invented by an american named Walter Hunt in 1849.

Orange’s Mushroom

January 6, 2018September 17, 2020yokoobjectart, think twice, nature, 2016

Amanita citrus sinensis, commonly known in english as orange’s mushroom. It might remind you its lovely tasted, posh but a little bit tricky cousin Amanita caesarea, commonly known in english as Caesar’s mushroom. If you happen to know Chinese, you may find that orange’s mushroom and Caesar’s mushroom unreasonably share the same name in Chinese. Nothing can be more confusing than that. Despite name and appearance, they have nothing in common.