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Month: August 2006

  • Chevalier Online

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    WOWOW is offering a free stream of the first episode of their new LE CHEVALIER D’EON series.

  • Fansubbing Under Attack

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    Looks like Bandai is getting serious about preventing the fansubbing of the upcoming GHOST IN THE SHELL: SOLID STATE SOCIETY film: Several fansub sites have publicly announced plans to create and distribute illegal fansubs of Solid State Society following its release in Japan. However, Bandai Entertainment Inc. and Manga Entertainment have secured the exclusive right…

  • Designer Uniqlo

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    Uniqlo gets a designer makeover for it’s upcoming autumn/winter line, which launches this Friday.

  • An Afternoon in Tokyo

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    Notice how the title above doesn’t refer to a particular area? Well, that’s because this past Saturday I finally went ahead and did something I should have done ages ago: bought a new bike. Yes, it’s a Muji bike, the black sports one that has an 8-speed shifter (pictured above, but I also bought a…

  • MASSAmimi meDIA

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    Last night’s main theme at PauseTalk was to share images of Tokyo, and I absolutely love this shot that Bianca Beuttel (product designer, and regular participant) brought, which are the two sides of a sign, done in Lego, for a bookstore near the Higashi-Ikebukuro station. As she explains: Take also a look on the poetic…

  • How to Become Japanese

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    While I was at the cafe earlier today to meet with an artist about a future event (more on that later), I was approached by a couple who overheard us talk about exhibitions, and presented themselves as two Italian design students — a couple — who were visiting Tokyo, although he, Pietro, was currently doing…

  • TGB Design

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    TGB Design must have one of the best front page images ever (what you see here is not it, but it’s another great one). They’ve got quite an impressive array of work as well — Masaru Ishiura designed the Relax Boyz collections. Update (16/10/16): The image is no longer available.

  • House of Light

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    PingMag reports on James Turell’s House of Light, out in Niigata.

  • On Design for August

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    This month’s edition of my “On Design” column is in today’s THE JAPAN TIMES (or you can read it online here). This time, it’s all about chairs, benches, sofas, basically the tools that let you plop down and take a breather. I cover Hisanobu Tsujimura’s Kan chair, Yoshiharu Shimura’s En bench, Ken Watanabe’s Linkage Stool,…

  • The Ghetto

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    What do you do with an old love hotel? How about transforming it into a skater’s paradise, featuring staking ramp, restaurant, art gallery, and shops, with outdoor graffiti by some of Japan’s top artists. Patrick has the scoop on Shin-Okubo’s The Ghetto.