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Month: September 2007

  • PingMag: JPG2

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    PingMag interviews Tomoko Sakamoto, editor of JPG2: JAPAN GRAPHICS.

  • This Week at Gridskipper

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    Starflyer to Osaka Center for COSMIC WONDER You can read all of my Gridskipper posts here (or even subscribe to a feed).

  • Center for COSMIC WONDER

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    Later today you’ll find a post by me on Gridskipper for the recently-opened Center for COSMIC WONDER in Aoyama. There’s another photo after the jump. Update: Here’s a link to the post.

  • Bath Product Packaging

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    I like the package design — well, that character, really — on this bath product.

  • GYRE

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    Here’s a little sneak peak at the still-under-construction GYRE shopping center on Omotesando, designed by MVRDV. It opens in November, and replaces the old ESQUISSE building.

  • This Week in Magazines

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    CASA BRUTUS (91) takes on “The New New York,” in a feature that spotlights the latest architectural highlights of the city, and cool spaces to take in on a trip to the city. The insert is a “New York Architecture MUST 100.” I checked the first two issues (the latest, Vol. 2, is the August/September…

  • Happening in Tokyo

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    “The Salon” is back tonight (September 14) at Mado Lounge, from 21:30 to 3:00. Tonight sees an opening reception, 18:00-20:00, for the new TKG Daikanyama gallery. The first exhibition features the works of Koo Bohnchang. For all of September, the dining/bar 57 in Roppongi features cocktails at 50% on Thursdays, Fridays, and Saturdays. The next…

  • Kidrobot in Tokyo?

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    Tokyo-based fans of Kidrobot rejoice! Rumour has it that they are set to open a retail space in our fair city, joining current stores in NYC, LA, and San Francisco.

  • Xbox 360 Woes

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    I feel really bad for my friend Brian. His Xbox 360, which recently died for a second time about a month back, was finally returned after about 3 weeks, and 5 minutes after plugging it in… it died again! For years I’ve ranted against Microsoft and the Xbox — the only major console of the…

  • This Week at MoCo Loco

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    My weekly Tokyo post is up on MoCo Loco, covering TEORI‘s Omo Sofa, the new Ginza Hands store, and an exhibition of chairs by Shigeru Ushida.