Kenji Ekuan, industrial designer of bullet trains and soy bottles, has died

Posted by bootload on Tuesday February 10, 2015 @03:31AM
from the theguardian.com dept.

http://www.theguardian.com/world/2015/feb/10/kenji-ekuan-industrial-designer-of-bullet-trains-and-soy-bottles-dies

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Re:Kenji Ekuan, industrial designer of bullet trains and soy... by bootload on Tuesday February 10, 2015 @03:37AM (#9025984)

"... He has said he wanted to design a small bottle because of his childhood memory of his mother pouring soy sauce from a big half-gallon bottle to a tabletop dispenser. ..."

Kikkoman introduced this bottle in 1961, and a favourite of mine because it's easy to locate and use.

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Re:Kenji Ekuan, industrial designer of bullet trains and soy... by fit2rule on Tuesday February 10, 2015 @05:30AM (#9026342)

Wow, the things you learn from HN. I'm a huge fan of the VMax, its a dream motorcycle for me .. and now whenever I use it to go get some good grub, I'll have a connection with the Soy bottles at the good grub place. Its the little and trivial things like this that make life pleasant. (Actually, I think Kenji made many, many things pleasant.)

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Re:Kenji Ekuan, industrial designer of bullet trains and soy... by spokenn on Tuesday February 10, 2015 @12:16PM (#9028462)

I added kikkoman soy sauce to my food from the moment I stopped eating baby food. RIP Kenji! Thank you for your contribution. I enjoyed using it every day of my life.

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