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Month: October 2004
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Kuhaku Launch Party
There will be launch party for KUHAKU at the Pink Cow on November 11. Some of the artists and writers from the book will be on hand for signing copies and readings. The event is from 7 to 11. Remember that you can buy copies of the book directly from the Chin Music Press site.
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An Afternoon in Ginza and Meguro
I headed out late in the afternoon with Jesper to Ginza, where we started at the Ginza Graphic Gallery and the Sugiura Kohei exhibition. I can’t say that I was overly excited by it, but there were some striking cover designs that showed a very strong sense of graphic continuity. Following this, we quickly stopped…
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Swedish Style Party
Last Sunday was marked by a bash at the Swedish embassy for Swedish Style that started with extreme fun in the embassy gardens with a sound installation and performance in the pool, and ended with the after-party that took place up high on a deck overseeing the city. The sound piece saw a bunch of…
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TAB and Reactivity
This weekend is your last chance to catch the “Reactivity” exhibition at the ICC (and it’s a good one, according to Toe). Print out this page from Tokyo Art Beat and you can get a discount. I plan on going today or tomorrow.
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TDB Chalkboard
As part of the TDB event, there were a few installations at Parking 246, a temporary showplace where the Kinokuniya grocery store used to be. These pics were taken in a tent for an office furniture brand. Anyone could pick up some chalk and leave a message. Shots taken with the AU W21S mobile phone.
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De Fyra
A couple of shots of designs from De Fyra at the Idee shop in Aoyama. Shots taken with the AU W21S mobile phone. Update: This entry has been edited as I made the mistake of attributing the designs to Syjuntan.
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Marxy's Blog
Marxy has just converted the diary section of his site, Neomarxisme, to Movable Type and will now be blogging regularly. Check out the latest post, that has a great little clip of Kiiiiiii in action!
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Talby
The Talby phone, designed by Marc Newson and until now part of AU’s prototype design project, is going into production. looks like those really attractive “Talby” concept phones from KDDI are going to be released as an actual, for-purchase product in Japan. They’re going to show up in Decemeber for around ¥15,000 (around $140 American…