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Month: May 2007

  • Japanamerica Night

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    Roland Kelts — that’s Mr. JAPANAMERICA — is back in town, and he’s participating in an event this coming Sunday (May 6, 19:00) at the Pink Cow in Shibuya, an evening of “Japanese Pop Culture, Design, Anime, Manga and Music.” A lineup of leading edge anime producers and manga publishers–Gonzo/GDH and Studio 4C, among others–…

  • Kamishibai Modern International Performance

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    I first met Suzu a few months back at a PauseTalk meetup, and at the time he talked about the Kamishibai shows — a form of Japanese traditional storytelling — he would participate in. He now sends me word of a show this Saturday (May 5) at Office in Gaienmae. He’ll give a workshop on…

  • MUJI Catalogues

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    As I was browsing through MUJI’s net store, I found this page hosting PDFs of all MUJI catalogues.

  • MINDSMOOTHER

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    My friend Maiko Kobayashi has a show coming up, “MINDSMOOTHER,” at Musee F in Omotesando (May 14-19), and has also put up this website with more details.

  • The Tokyo Fun Party Train Keeps on Chugging

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    Tired of just reading about Tokyo Fun Party? Well, now you experience some video of the boys in action through their YouTube channel, like the video you see here (and in this post) of Home Cut. Also, you’re next chance to catch the TFP crew live is tomorrow night (Thursday, May 3, 24:00-5:00) at La…

  • Hitotoki Launches

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    Hitotoki is now live (see my previous post)! The boys at CMP and AQ have come up with an elegant and magazine-like design for the site, which I think really suits the content. Oh, and I contributed this little piece, something I experienced during one of my first years in Tokyo.

  • Karl Escritt’s Uniqlo Tee

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    When I had Karl Escritt‘s exhibition at Cafe Pause last year, I remember him saying he had entered a t-shirt design in the previous year’s Uniqlo Creative Award t-shirt competition. Pictured here is his entry, which was one of the top prize-winners.

  • Mixi Vs. MySpace

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    Mixi Vs. MySpace, the fight is on. THE JAPAN TIMES takes another look.

  • Keiji Ashizawa’s Flat Packing Chair

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    Keiji shows, in photos, how to put together his Flat Packing Chair.

  • Ani-Kuri 15

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    Nice to see NHK do something like this, but I think I’ll have to wait until they pop-up on the ANI-KURI 15 site before I can see them. Beginning May 7, the Japanese public broadcasting network NHK will launch a special collection of one-minute anime shorts by 15 of Japan’s biggest anime directors and creators.…