Design Meme

Dirk Schwieger is a German artist living in Tokyo. Each week people from around the world send him social assignments to complete, such as meeting a local DJ, riding a rooftop roller-coaster, or talking about gender in Japan. Dirk illustrates his efforts to complete these tasks and posts the results for everyone to see.

Last week two different people asked Dirk to go out and try Sushi and Natto, which he describes as having a ‘mouldy smell and gooey texture’. At least he liked the Sushi. This might explain why you can buy Sushi at the local supermarket here in Canada, but Natto is something I’ve never even heard of.

I have a few friends who’ve spent time in Japan, and I’ll have to ask them for some suggestions for places Dirk should visit and illustrate in his journal.