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Month: June 2007

  • Designboom Mart Tokyo 2007

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    Designboom will present its Mart concept again at this year’s edition of 100% Design Tokyo (October 31-November 4), and they’ve now posted info on how you can participate.

  • In Japan, Pantone Is a Brand

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    I never realized that the big push over the past year of Pantone as a brand — seen through totes, stationery, a line of phones for Softbank, and more recently with a t-shirt collection as part of Uniqlo’s UT Project — had been because of a concentrated effort to promote the brand in Japan. Momus…

  • On Design for June 2007

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    This month’s edition of my “On Design” column was in yesterday’s THE JAPAN TIMES, and highlights a few picks from the “Interior Lifestyle” show that took place earlier this month. In it, I cover the latest from METAPHYS, lights from Bunaco, chairs from Suwaru Style, Eau‘s Tree Jacket Hanger, the Waku-Work collection from Nissin, followed…

  • PingMag: Zillion

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    PingMag interviews Tokyo-based David Guarino about his brand Zillion, in which he tries to “revive old Japanese traditions with a quite stylish street wear twist.”

  • New TAB T-Shirts

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    Something has popped up on Paul “Tokyo Art Beat” Baron’s Flickr stream…

  • Prada Gets Animated

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    The upcoming animated sequel APPLESEED: EX MACHINA is set to include a touch of Prada. It turns out that the ferocious-yet-feminine cartoon heroine of this John Woo-produced spectacle will be sporting a very special wardrobe designed by Miuccia Prada herself. Prada_ex_machinaApparently, the queen of streetwise luxury was impressed by the stunning 3-D graphics of the…

  • Dead Serious

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    This is what I looked like last week. I’ve had a haircut since.

  • Photo Shoot at Cafe Pause

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    TRAVEL+LEISURE magazine is doing a profile piece on me, and this past week they sent a photographer to shoot me at Cafe Pause for the article. The photographer they chose was Takashi Yasumura, whose photobook, DOMESTIC SCANDALS, I had the great pleasure to leaf through between setups — the online images don’t do justice to…

  • Nicolas G. Hayek Center

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    The other day I passed by Swatch Group Japan‘s new Nicolas G. Hayek Center in Ginza, with a design headed by Shigeru Ban. I was in a hurry, so only had time to snap a few shots. The elevators — each one also acts as a showroom, and connects to one of the 7 stores…

  • Happening in Tokyo

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    Today marks the start of a new show at the Nakaochiai Gallery, “Gelobtes Land,” by artist Herr Schobel. It runs until July 14. The JAPANAMERICA series of events celebrating the launch of the Japanese edition comes to an end this coming Tuesday (June 26, 18:30-20:30) with a talk at the Foreign Correspondent’s Club of Japan.…