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Month: December 2005

  • Getting a Woodie

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    I love this wooden TO-FU iPod nano case by Devilrobots. Found via the Shift blog.

  • On Design for December

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    Just a reminder that December’s ON DESIGN column is in today’s (Tuesday) edition of THE JAPAN TIMES. This month I take a look at the designs of an up-and-coming designer, Kyouei (Kouichi Okamoto), and suggest picking up a Tokujin Yoshioka-designed TO timepiece as a New Year’s resolution. Update: The column is now online.

  • The Year of the Ping Dog

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    To celebrate the upcoming “year of the dog,” PingMag starts posting a series of origami-like paper constructions of said animal (this one is by Michael Chu).

  • Book Cover Exhibition

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    For all you book binding fetishists (Craig, I’m thinking of you): When you leave Ochanomizu station, cross the Hijiribashi bridge, and walk along Sotoboridori toward Akihabara with Yushima Seido on your left, you will find on your right a small shop named Misuzudo. It belongs to a book bindery, the main factory of which is…

  • Trainsurfer

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    Patrick’s Agenda tells us about the shorts compilation DVD, TRAINSURFER, which I absolutely want to see.

  • OH! Christmas!

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    Merry Christmas to one and all — yes, I dare use the dreaded C-word — from me and Mikey!

  • Onsen Bound

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    Momus gets excited about onsen again.

  • This Week at Gridskipper

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    This week’s posts at Gridskipper: Character Expo 2005 Mikimoto Ginza 2 And here’s a direct link to all the posts by me.