InterestingUsername@lemmy.ml to pics@lemmy.worldEnglish · 14 days agoJapanese designer Yasuhiro Suzuki created a giant zipper-shaped boat that gives the illusion of unzipping the water as it moves.lemmy.mlimagemessage-square44linkfedilinkarrow-up1713arrow-down114
arrow-up1699arrow-down1imageJapanese designer Yasuhiro Suzuki created a giant zipper-shaped boat that gives the illusion of unzipping the water as it moves.lemmy.mlInterestingUsername@lemmy.ml to pics@lemmy.worldEnglish · 14 days agomessage-square44linkfedilink
minus-squareNotyoulinkfedilinkarrow-up25arrow-down1·14 days agoIt’s a common abbreviation. YKK owns the majority of the zipper market. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/YKK
minus-squareAllNewTypeFace@leminal.spacelinkfedilinkarrow-up10·14 days agoIIRC, they even had their own custom-made office computers, running their own internally developed operating system and software, during the 80s. Not sure if that was standard practice for Japanese zaibatsu at the time or just a YKK idiosyncrasy.
It’s a common abbreviation. YKK owns the majority of the zipper market.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/YKK
IIRC, they even had their own custom-made office computers, running their own internally developed operating system and software, during the 80s. Not sure if that was standard practice for Japanese zaibatsu at the time or just a YKK idiosyncrasy.