Instant food
January 6th, 2010


Back from holidays,
. These are photos I recently took (including scan lines!) of Momofuku Ando, the Karl Lagerfield of junk food. Momofuku Ando invented Cup Noodles. In some circles he is known by his charming “english” name – ‘Matt’, and he even has a museum near Osaka devoted to his contribution to humanity. Ando is dead now. During his life he was awarded ‘The Order of the Rising Sun’ by the Emperor, and in death his funeral doubled as a promotional vehicle for a space ready zero-gravity version of Cup Noodles. Photos from a video interview with Matt at the “It’s a tasty world” show held in Miraikan Science Museum. Art directed by young designers, Megumi and Hiroi from ‘Assistant’, the show gives you an idea of what Disneyland would be like if it had been built by Mexican perceptual psychologists.
January 12th, 2010 at 9:02 am
have you seen Cup Noodle the manga? i read a bit. YES there is a translation.
January 12th, 2010 at 11:31 pm
I have not read it but i would love to know how it ends.