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French graphic artist Jean Jullien, the mastermind behind the playful atrium installations at Ginza Six shopping centre in 2022, is returning to Tokyo. His cute collaboration pop-up with Doraemon is ...

I love a good slang moment. I get why we use them and honestly, they make life feel a little more spicy. Giphy / Via giphy.com But at some point I started wondering if slang has always been this fun.

Every day, hundreds of unique inventions designed to solve pressing human problems and make our lives easier, appear. However, not all devices are successful, and some of them cause only bewilderment.

Like a diabolical shopkeeper awaiting his first victim—sorry—customer of the day, I've been eagerly anticipating the release of Strange Antiquities since it was announced last year. The follow-up to ...