Apparently the Jappos are good for more than ultra-reliable but boring cars, origami, robots and anime. As part of a drive to reduce disposable containers and packaging, they’ve called upon the art of Furoshiki which involves using a simple square piece of cloth to fashion a carrying case. It’s all along the vein of origami and while some might seem obvious, others are really quite clever. It’s just the sort of thing that we need to be doing in order to save this planet from destruction. I can totally see this as a new fashion statement for those eco-friendly types. Hint: Choose some sort of designer cloth (Louis Vuitton or some fine leather) and give it to your girlfriend/mother/sister along with the diagram below. She’ll be the first on the block to rep this style. Makes you wonder how much smarter than us the ancient peoples really were. Remember, you heard it here second (I cant remember where I originally got this image from, sorry). High res pic after the jump.

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