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Month: February 2006

  • Digiki Newsbits

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    Mark your calendars (from Digi Nikki): I’ll be DJing in Kobe next monday (Feb 6th) at Gallery Colore Colore, around 5 pm. Check here for details and map. Darsh is in Japan now and to celebrate this unique moment he will do an exclusive, one time only live in Tokyo on February 11th. More info…

  • Yuki Has a Fishtank in her Brain

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    A bit of color from Yuki to you!

  • Show Windows to Watch

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    From The ODK: Japan Design Net’s “Tokyo Show Window” posts monthly snapshot collections of the incredibly designed storefronts of Tokyo’s shopping districts like Ginza, Aoyama, and Harajuku.

  • PSP Navigating

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    A reader sent me a link to this, which looks quite useful — it’s a map of Tokyo that comes on a UMD disc for the PSP. Sure, you can get something similar on your mobile phones these days (navigation software is especially big on AU phones), but the big PSP screen does make this…

  • Canadian Style Mixes

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    As mentioned in the previous post, Marc Xavier LeBlanc compiled 8 great mixes of Canadian artists for the event, all under various themes. It’s basically an amazing collection of the Canadian independent scene, and here are the mix titles: CANADA… ELECTRO POP, CANADA… FRANCO POP ROCK, CANADA GOES INSTRUMENTAL, CANADA JAZZ… READY OR NOT, CANADA……

  • Marc Xavier LeBlanc

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    The other main participant of Canadian Style is photographer/DJ Marc Xavier LeBlanc. Marc Xavier LeBlanc is a photographer, artist, graphic designer, music promoter, musician, DJ and radio show host. He’s been nominated for the third year in a row as “photographer of the year” at the East Coast Music Awards, and has won numourous competitions…

  • Sonia Chow

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    One of the main participants of Canadian Style is Tokyo-based Canadian designer Sonia Chow. Sonia Chow is a multi-disciplinary designer based in Tokyo. Her achievements include 19 professional awards for graphic design and furniture, and a poster in the collection at the National Gallery of Canada. Her work has been shown in numerous publications, including…

  • Canadian Style Flickr Photoset

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    I’ve put up a Flickr photoset of 35 pictures taken earlier today of the Canadian Style event. Still missing are pictures of Marc Xavier LeBlanc’s “The Minimalism Series” and Sonia Chow’s “Red + White/Read + Write” interactive installation (I’ll add those tomorrow).

  • Canadian Style Opening Day

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    Canadian Style is officially on at Cafe Pause! I just have time to post one quick pic, but I’ll be updating tonight with plenty more, including lots of info on the various installations. For readers who are a bit tired of my Canadian Style promotion, skip reading tonight and come back tomorrow.

  • Densha

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    I love my Tokyo trains!