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Month: November 2005

  • TDW by Designboom

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    Designboom has over 200 pictures from Tokyo Design Week 2005. Link via Dezain.net.

  • Beef or Chicken

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    Marxy gives the lodown on the just-released debut album by Teriyaki Boyz (the Nigo vanity project), BEEF OR CHICKEN. Me, I haven’t listened to it yet (I am curious though), but I do think it has one of the ugliest album covers I’ve seen in a while. Update: Marxy’s review of BEEF OR CHICKEN for…

  • Paper Mac

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    Oh, I love this! From Joi Ito’s blog: My friend Kenji Eno was reminiscing about how cool the old 128K Mac was. He Googled around looking for pictures and had a hard time finding one. He was going to sketch an illustration of one, but ended up making a cut-out paper craft version of it…

  • Mamma Gun Has Left the Building

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    Some closing words from Jesper over at the TSiG blog about the end of the Mamma Gun event, with a few choice links for those who missed out on everything.

  • Itchin' for Some Killin'

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    I got a Christmas present from my parents a bit early this year, when yesterday’s mail revealed a box with a bunch of goodies. Included was the EPISODE III DVD, a bunch of BDs (the latest albums in the Astérix, Spirou, and Yoko Tsuno series), and… GRAND THEFT AUTO: LIBERTY CITY STORIES for the PSP!…

  • The Roving Reporter

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    Me with designer Kenichiro Ohmori of the unit Bridge, at his 100% Design booth. One of his fellow Bridge-members wanted to take a picture of us because we were wearing similar brown jackets. Ohmori’s Ice Partition, which you’ll notice in the back, gets a mention in my latest “On Design” column.

  • On Design for November

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    Just a reminder that this month’s edition of my “On Design” column appears in tomorrow’s THE JAPAN TIMES (Tuesday). It takes a look at some of the products I liked from the Tokyo-debut of the 100% Design trade show, and features Chihiro Tanaka’s Spore, Bridge’s Ice Partition (by designer Kenichiro Ohmori), Metaphys’ Factory, the E.P.A…

  • The Last Participant

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    Being pretty much the last Swedish Style participant to check in at the embassy (he leaves Tokyo tomorrow), Jesper gets an entry at the Swedish Style blog.

  • DJ Marxy in da House

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    Marxy will be DJing at the Kiiiiiii record release party November 30 at Kichijoji’s Star Pines Cafe. He’ll DJ once solo, and once as MXUT (the team that made the great MXUT edition of Radio OK Fred, which you can download here). Oh, and here’s what Marxy does on Friday nights.

  • Beck and the Qrio

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    Beck gets down with the Sony QRIO in his latest music video, for the single “Hell Yes,” directed by Garth Jennings. Link via Boing Boing.