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Month: December 2005

  • Stamkey

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    I spotted these at Nadiff a while back. They’re stamps that let you put your info in and create a QR barcode, readable by most mobile phones. The design is by Groovisions. The official site with more info (in Japanese).

  • America Hates RR6

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    I’m a huge fan of the RIDGE RACER series, and played the hell out of the PSP version. I had no idea it was such a low-seller in the US. Namco’s Ridge Racer 6 is the lowest selling Xbox 360 game in America selling only 9,091 units. By comparison the highest selling title, Call of…

  • This Week at Gridskipper

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    My two posts for the week at Gridskipper are up. Echika Subterranean Shopping Christmas at Cafe Pause

  • A Couple of Magazines

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    As of tonight, I’m officially on vacation for the next three weeks, and to help celebrate, I picked up the following two magazines on my way back home. AXIS 118 sports a cover interview with Fumie Shibata, and also marks the 6th year that the magazine devotes an issue to prototypes. The “A Handwritten Letter”…

  • Starchild

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    David sends me news that he just finished a brand spanking new site for Starchild, an independent label started by Chara after she left EPIC last year, with producer Masahiro Ohara. The label is also currently having auditions for new musicians, producers, etc.

  • Japanese Fonts

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    PingMag takes a look at Japanese typography in the wild.

  • FPM Vs. Groovisions

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    Patrick has news on the upcoming fifth album by Fantastic Plastic Machine, including word that the album design will be by Groovisions!

  • New Ghibli Film

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    Studio Ghibli’s next film will be an adaptation of Ursula K. Leguin’s EARTHSEA novels, to be directed by Goro Miyazaki, son of famed visionary Hayao. According to reports, it will be based on the 3rd and 4th books in the series, namely THE FARTHEST SHORE and TEHANU. Both are sad, haunting tales, well suited to…

  • Voxx

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    A new stationery store that opened not far from my place, just around the corner from Cafe Pause in Ikebukuro. The store opened last week, but the space has been occupied by Voxx for a couple of months now, during which time it was serving only as an office. From the boxes I could see,…

  • An Interview with SANAA

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    Designboom has just posted an interview with SANAA (Kazuyo Sejima and Ryue Nishiwaza). Link via Dezain.net.