Month: April 2004

The Center Guy style originated in Shibuya around 18 months ago as the male answer to “yamamba” girls. Eyes are decorated with stars and made up in white; clothes consist mostly of Alba Rosa, augmented with Disney accessories. (Japan Today)

I’m not a big beer drinker, and I guess I’m kinda slow when it comes to beer trends. But even I can learn to appreciate beer when it is served in a lovely green aluminium bottle. This Heineken bottle, designed by Ora ?to, was released 2002 in a very limited edition and only in France.…

I really need to see INNOCENCE. Damn Virgin Cinemas for cancelling the showings with English subs! Two Japanese movies have been nominated to compete in the 57th Cannes Film Festival for the Palme d’Or prize, organizers of the festival said Wednesday. One is the animation movie “Innocence” directed by Mamoru Oshii, 52, and the other…

More Milano… Even if i was ill at the time I thought the Designers Block event was one of the most interesting happening. Here I also met the crazy / funny / swedish design group; Defyra consisting of four girls based in Stockholm. They have a close connection to Tokyo being curators for Swedish Style…

I absolutely love the video for the new Pet Shop Boys single, “Flamboyant.” A mix of scenes from Japanese life, mixed the TV show KASO TAISHO, and a few satirical commercial poses by PSB themselves. Link via Click Opera.

Momus’ latest track, “Corkscrew King,” makes the top news at Yahoo! Japan’s news headlines (and here is a direct link to the full article). Because the track was linked in the article, seems like he encountered bandwidth problems, but everything should be fixed soon enough. Also available for download at his Click Opera site are…

This girl is Lisa Sandstr?m, student at HDK (School of Design and Crafts, Gothenburg University). 4 times a year, 4 days at a time, she opens up her temporary fashion boutique called Fashion Deluxe. Here she’s trying to promote and sell young designer fashion, mostly made by design school students. As a part of Tokyo…

I was quite disappointed with this year Mogu exhibition in Milano. Not as fun as last year and you didn’t get a free Mogu. But who can resist these soft Barbapapas from the 2004 collection; to cuddle while listening to Airs Moon Safari. Update (16/08/21): This post was part of a week-long “Next Century Modern…

I saw that Jean had already written about my recent trip to Milano. While eating and drinking my way though the press opening of this years new addition to the furniture fair; Street Dining Design at Triennale di Milano, I found an interesting floor showing student projects from the Interaction Design Institute Ivrea. The title…