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Meaning of Baka Inaka « Baka Inaka Fukui t-shirts & hoodies – BakaInaka.com
Meaning of Baka Inaka
What does ‘Baka Inaka’ mean?
As with much of the Japanese language, the phrase can be interpreted in various ways, depending on what emphasis is put on the words, and who is saying them.
Therefore, meanings of the word ‘baka’ can range from ‘crazy’, ‘wacky’, or ‘silly’, to ‘foolish’ or ‘idiotic’.
In the same way, ‘inaka’ means countryside, but can also mean ‘the sticks’, ‘boonies’, or the ‘wops’, meaning a rural backwater in the middle of nowhere.
Therefore, meanings of the word ‘baka’ can range from ‘crazy’, ‘wacky’, or ‘silly’, to ‘foolish’ or ‘idiotic’.
In the same way, ‘inaka’ means countryside, but can also mean ‘the sticks’, ‘boonies’, or the ‘wops’, meaning a rural backwater in the middle of nowhere.
Put together, baka inaka loosely translates a ‘crazy countryside’. The phrase was chosen to describe Fukui, on account of the many amazing, amusing, and often unusual experiences that many foreigners have whilst living there.
Though many in the West think of Japan as an ultra-high-tech country, Fukui is a land where snakes roam the school corridors, where foreign men have been reported for holding hands with Japanese ladies, and where the snow falls so heavily – it can crush a house. This is the world of the baka inaka.
The design has become extremely popular with both ex-pats living in the Fukui, as well as the local Japanese population of Fukui itself.
The tongue-in-cheek design that plays on Fukui’s nuclear capabilities and uses the words inaka, and baka inaka, were the cause of some controversy when the t-shirt first appeared and still trigger debate – which is one of the reasons why the design remains so popular.
Though many in the West think of Japan as an ultra-high-tech country, Fukui is a land where snakes roam the school corridors, where foreign men have been reported for holding hands with Japanese ladies, and where the snow falls so heavily – it can crush a house. This is the world of the baka inaka.
The design has become extremely popular with both ex-pats living in the Fukui, as well as the local Japanese population of Fukui itself.
The tongue-in-cheek design that plays on Fukui’s nuclear capabilities and uses the words inaka, and baka inaka, were the cause of some controversy when the t-shirt first appeared and still trigger debate – which is one of the reasons why the design remains so popular.
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triplexlamp
First designed in 1919 and rapidly popular for its modernist look and superior function, the Triplex Lamp is today getting reborn by Mackapär - after decades of absence, popular for its industrial look and flexible use on auctions and flea markets world wide.
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Relumine by Mischer’Traxler | BING BANG POUF
The start of this project was a focus on light sources. Instead of completely designing a newly shaped lamp, ‘Relumine’ plays on the fact that we all have to switch from old light bulbs to new energy saving light sources. Each ‘Relumine’ uses two, discarded lamps, which are disassembled, sanded, newly lacquered and adapted with newer technology, before they are connected by a glass tube which holds a fluorescent tube. Relumine by Mischer’Traxler BING BANG POUF
Instead of completely designing a newly shaped lamp, 'Relumine' plays on the fact that we all have to switch from old light bulbs to new energy saving light sources.
Each 'Relumine' uses two, discarded lamps, which are disassembled, sanded, newly lacquered and adapted with newer technology, before they are connected by a glass tube which holds a fluorescent tube.
By introducing a different mean of light source to the old lamps, their look and feel changes completely. They become one new unit, each with its own character.
Together these two lamps need less energy than each one in its previous life.
The project was initially made for the bulb-fiction show at the Gallery Klaus Engelhorn.
technical information: Relumine - lamps use T5 fluorescent tubes with 21 or 28 Watts as a light source. This generation of fluorescent tubes needs less energy, is available in a few light colours and just requires an electronic ballast and no additional starter.
Found on Mischer’Traxler website: MischerTraxler.com
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MIG-21 Cockpit Clock - chronograph
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ClockThis clock is the successor of the MIG-15’s Wostok, made by the brand Molnia. It equipped practically all of the planes from the Pact of Warsaw during the Cold War. Although the dial is very similar to its antecessor’s the movement is completely different.
It has two barrels that can be winded up for 3 days. It has 21 rubies, and ,like all Russian clocks, inside heating, gives time, time of flight and has chronograph.
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FRESHNESS | Sneakers, Streetwear, Men's Fashion, Gadgets & More | FreshnessMag.com
Freshness explores the landscape of a boundless culture with no definite origins or home. The site is the face of a global community concerned with the acquisition of goods
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