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Art Events Photography

Virginie Lavey Exhibition

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One of my favorite events during Tokyo Design Week was definitely the “Fresh Touch” food design exhibition at Laune Galerie, and that show’s art director, Virginie Lavey, has a new project, a photo/video show, taking place at Ebisu Garden Place from tomorrow until December 25. More info here (in Japanese).

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Fashion Mamma Gun Stores

Emma & Malena & NCM

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Fresh from their contribution at our Mamma Gun event (they still have goods on sale there, in case you’re wondering), Emma & Malena have opened a temporary store at the Next Century Modern offices in Gothenburg. Oh, and NCM is also behind their nice new site.

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Cafes Events Mamma Gun Music

Hideki Kaji at Cafe Pause

During our Mamma Gun event at Cafe Pause, Hideki Kaji came over to check things out, and he even blogged about it here (scroll down a bit).

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Design

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Alex Sonderegger is a Tokyo-based art director who creates under the so+ba monicker. Check out his portfolio.

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Art Events

Realms of San Francisco

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The Nakaochiai Gallery is getting ready for its next show, and it’s a major one: “Realms of San Francisco.”

Nakaochiai Gallery is proud to present seven artists representative of the San Francisco art scene that is currently drawing attention in the US and worldwide. Their work has been part of exhibitions at such world class museums and galleries as San Francisco’s Yerba Buena Center for the Arts, Jack Hanley Gallery and New Langton Arts as well as New York’s Deitch Projects.

In ‘Realms of San Francisco’ artists present moderately-sized works on paper in which they create meticulously detailed worlds with intriguing intimacy: Robert Gutierrez’s dreamscapes where pseudo sci-fi lands float together with animist spiritualism; Xylor Jane’s hypnotic fields find order through mathematics; and Oliver Halsman Rosenberg’s dimensions of “sphereism” reveal inherent patterns of nature found in both the micro and macro universes.

In the wake of Art Fair Tokyo’s successful summer debut with the motto, “Change the situation and open the art market,” the gallery’s owner, Julia Barnes, is excited to help debut these 7 American artists in Tokyo: “I believe the ideas and energy in ‘Realms of San Francisco’ will inject refreshing dialogue into the Tokyo art scene.”

‘Realms of San Francisco’ is a new landmark in Nakaochiai Gallery’s effort to provide cultural interchange through art.

The show will be held from November 27 to December 23, with an opening reception November 26 (18:00-21:00).

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Design Events

Design Tide Update

Design Tide has updated the Tide Audio section of their site with some new creator interviews.

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Events Music

Digiki in Osaka

If you’re on in Osaka on December 2, then go and catch Digiki at Club Saomai for the “8 Bit Generation” event. More info here.

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Stores

Muji Xmas

Muji has started a new Christmas campaign, featuring new gift ideas that have been “found” (or adapted) around the world. It’s a nice set of items, like a tin robot or some toy blocks that represent various cities, but one of the nicest touches is the mini-catalogue they’ve released. To promote the international aspect of the campaign, everything inside is presented in 4 languages (English, French, Chinese, and Japanese), and the whole packaging in general is just nice (layout/photography). Head on down to your local Muji store, and pick up one up to see for yourself.

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Architecture Events

Beer & Architecture Vol. 4

Beer! Architecture! Yeah!

Photography is an essential medium for architects to produce architecture. This fourth edition of “Beer & Architecture” invites visitors to inspect several pieces of architecture photography and discuss the state of architecture from the 1960s to the present, and of course, have a beer or two. Special guest is Ohashi Tomio, a photographer who singlehandedly sparked off a new trend through his work, most of which was published in “Kenchiku Bunka” magazine. Expect to see pictures of Tokyo St. Mary’s Cathedral and (maquettes of) Sendai Mediatheque, and hear episodes from the shootings, which together will surely reproduce some of the mood of the time when architecture photography was still a pretty exciting and innovative genre. (REALTOKYO)

It takes place at Asahi Art Square, December 10 (starts at 19:30). Entry is 1000 yen, including a drink.

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Film

Midnight Eye Update

ill3_train-manJapanese film site Midnight Eye updates with new features and reviews, including a look at the DENSHA OTOKO (TRAIN MAN) phenomenon. I’ve been watching the TV series with Yuko lately (I’m on the last episode now), and I must say that even with all the cheesiness involved and ridiculous over-the-top acting, it was quite fun to see.