Month: May 2006

  • Remote-Controlled Robot

    What you see here is by far the most fun I’ve ever had at the KDDI Designing Studio. I wrote a post about it on Gridskipper yesterday, and here’s a Flickr photoset I put up (and I talk about playing with the robot in my most recent TOKYO BOY podcast).

  • This Week at Gridskipper

    Robot Fun at KDDI Designing Studio Graniph Design Tees You can read all of my Gridskipper posts here (or even subscribe to a feed).

  • Koki Tanaka

    During his last few days in New York, Momus finds the time to interview artist Koki Tanaka.

  • Swedish Style 2006

    There’s finally some info out there regarding this year’s edition of Swedish Style. It’s a bit longer this time, happening November 1-15 (the opening party is November 3), and the theme this year is “paradise.” Me and Jesper have already started planning for another event this year, again to take place at Cafe Pause.

  • Construction Parking

    I’d never seen anything like this before, it’s built just to store construction equipment. This is on Meiji street, close to the crossing with Omotesando.

  • Animal Crossing at Lapnet Ship

    Even though Foret is currently closed and undergoing some rennovations, the Lapnet Ship is still open, and has just moved down the road (see the access section of their site). The current show covers DOUBUTSU NO MORI (ANIMAL CROSSING): At Harajuku’s LAPNET SHIP, the gallery/cafe is holding a Animal Crossing art exhibit for the next…

  • Aoyama Book Center

    I stopped by the Aoyama Book Center earlier in the week, and the outside of the store was plastered with the signs you see here, for some sort of promotion between STUDIO VOICE magazine and Birkenstock. The second picture was taken inside the store.

  • On Design for May

    Just a reminder that my “On Design” column for this month will be in tomorrow’s (Tuesday) edition of THE JAPAN TIMES. This time, I go with my base instincts and cover something I’m sure will come as no surprise to any of you: all things white! Update: The column is now online (free registration required after…