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Month: May 2007

  • Naoto Fukasawa in Metropolis

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    My friend Brian has a great piece in the latest issue of METROPOLIS on Naoto Fukasawa. You can read it online here.

  • Kiiiiiii’s Al & Bum

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    Looks like Kiiiiiii is finally set to release their first full-length album. AL & BUM, featuring 20 tracks and produced by DJ Codomo, will be out July 7. Via Patrick’s Agenda.

  • EleeNo WebTime

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    If you’re into cool watches with innovative — or rather, far out — ways of presenting time, then you’re probably well aware of the Tokyoflash Japan online store. Their latest addition is the EleeNo, part of the WebTime Series Elite collection, from Citizen Japan. To tell the time, you have to concentrate on where the…

  • StudioKanna

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    PingMag interviews Tokyo-based StudioKanna.

  • This Week at Gridskipper

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    Nakagin Capsule Tower Kansai Art Beat You can read all of my Gridskipper posts here (or even subscribe to a feed).

  • Tokyo.Now

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    W+K Tokyo Lab designed a series for NHK called TOKYO.NOW, and you can watch in online here. You’ll find more details at Shane Lester’s blog.

  • Tokyo in Ruins

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    Pink Tentacle has a few images up of artist Hisaharu Motoda‘s “Neo-Ruins” series of lithographs that show a post-apocalyptic Tokyo. Via Josh Spear.

  • Kengo Kuma’s Tsunagu

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    Dezeen has a few photos of Kengo Kuma’s “Tsunagu” installation from last month’s Milano Salone.

  • Happening in Tokyo

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    A few events and exhibitions of note. Tokyo-based design unit Exprime have their “Ex-Ex-Po” graphic exhibition at Gallery 5610 in Omotesando, May 23-29. Stereo in Roppongi is hosting an NZ music event, “Fush & Chups,” featuring the group Pitch Black. It happens May 16 from 18:00 until late (though I hear Pitch Black will finish…

  • Looking for the New Tokyomango

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    My friend Lisa has been the queen of coverage of Japanese wackiness since she launched her blog, Tokyomango, last year, and now she’s looking to give it a long overdue facelift. So the call is out, in the form of a contest, to all web people out there.