Poporon

A CD-ROM for children and everyone who considers themselves parent. Balls and squares with which you can make music, that you can make change colour, that you can make dance, revolve and multiply, or just hit on the head with a hammer or suck up with a vacuum cleaner. By adding your favourite picture or photo, you can give the CD-ROM your own signature. The minimalistic design is striking and is reminiscent of a digital and slightly more round version of the Belgian infant programme Tik Tak. This thoughtful and effective sobriety characterises many Japanese CD- ROMs and Internet sites and is a result of the fact that in Japan the programming of sites is done by the artists themselves and is not left to techno-nerds.