On July 20, 2026, we showed a mushroom robot and Sankome at Hakubutsu Festa! 12. The theme of our exhibit was: “How can we make an object look alive?” Sankome is a “mysterious creature.” It moves its eyes, reacts when shaken, and falls asleep when left alone. These small behaviors help it feel alive. I had been wondering where this sense of life and energ
Read more →At Design Festa 63 on May 23rd and 24th (a big indie art and craft fair in Tokyo), Naoyoshi let me place a mini Sankome at her booth. It was printed with Ohaco, the 3D builder I'm working on. Most of the character-and-merch side of Shirokuma, including the brand icon itself, has been made by my wife Naoyoshi. Lately she posts the goods-side things on the SH
Read more →I've said a few times that I was going to build a small robot called Sankome. Recently, though, I noticed something a little troubling. Maybe what I really wanted, more than the robot itself, was the time I spent making it. This is a bit of a problem. Whether the person who keeps saying "I'm going to build it" actually wants the finished robot, it turns ou
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