InterestingUsername@lemmy.ml to pics@lemmy.worldEnglish · 3 days agoJapanese designer Yasuhiro Suzuki created a giant zipper-shaped boat that gives the illusion of unzipping the water as it moves.lemmy.mlexternal-linkmessage-square44fedilinkarrow-up1708arrow-down113
arrow-up1695arrow-down1external-linkJapanese 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 · 3 days agomessage-square44fedilink
minus-squareNotyou@sopuli.xyzlinkfedilinkarrow-up26arrow-down1·edit-23 days agoIt’s a common abbreviation. YKK owns the majority of the zipper market. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/YKK
minus-squareAllNewTypeFace@leminal.spacelinkfedilinkarrow-up10·3 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.