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Month: March 2006

  • Architexture

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    I dropped by the hhstyle.com store in Harajuku yesterday, and happened on this exhibition for a product called Architexture (until March 6). It’s a collection of furoshiki by famous designers/architects (Kengo Kuma, Jun Aoki, Kazuyo Sejima, Hiroshi Naito, Takaharu + Yui Tezuka).

  • Japanese Signage Revisited

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    Following PingMag’s recent article on Japanese font signage (although that piece looked at handwritten fonts), Momus’ latest article for AIGA, “How Was It for You,” examines Japanese store signage as well, with a “he said, she said” approach.

  • FFXII Potion

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    I love this new TV commercial for Suntory’s FFXII Potion drink, released in conjunction with the new game Final Fantasy game. Brilliant. Link via Kotaku.

  • Prensenting at PechaKucha

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    PingMag’s Jon Cockle shares his experience of presenting at last Thursday’s edition of PechaKucha (Vol. 30) at SuperDeluxe, and offers up some tips to future presenters!

  • Tokyo Boy 02

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    The second episode of my Tokyo Boy podcast is now up. It was recorded yesterday at Nakano Broadway, as I was there to take some pictures to accompany my piece on Kubrick/Be@rbrick figures for PingMag (which will be online Monday I think). Again, the sound is sort of crappy, but I think it’s a bit…

  • This Week in Magazines

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    I was a bit surprised when I saw that the new issue of PEN (171) on the stands was square-bound, but since it covers fashion, I imagine it’s probably just for this issue — pretty much any Japanese magazine that does a fashion cover feature gets a higher page count, mostly because of ads. The…

  • 2 Channel Vending Machine

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    I stopped by Nakano Broadway yesterday to take some pictures for my upcoming PingMag article (at the ANDTOY shop — and contrary to what it says on their front page, they do take international orders), and spotted this vending marchine selling 2 Channel merchandise. Here’s a close-up of the items on sale, a close-up of…

  • Handwritten Japanese Fonts

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    PingMag has a piece up on handwritten Japanese fonts, and I was surprised to find that all those handwritten signs in front of shops are actually the product of professionals!