Jean Snow [.net]

Month: September 2007

  • Ginza Hands

    —

    by

    Jean Snow
    in ,

    I checked out the new Marronnier Gate shopping center the other day, mostly to have a look at Ginza Hands, a new brand concept by Tokyu Hands. It occupies 5 floors of the new building, and pretty much remixes the typical Hands offerings into a slightly more upscale version. You can listen to me describing…

  • Tokyo Bike Goes Upscale

    —

    by

    Jean Snow
    in ,

    I really like the bikes from Tokyo Bike (or Tokyobike.com), and I’ve pretty much decided on getting their Tokyo Bike Sport model. At the new Ginza Hands store, inside the Marronnier Gate shopping center, the bike corner is pretty much just made up of various models from Tokyo Bike, and includes a very expensive gold-plated…

  • Tokyo Boy 5

    —

    by

    Jean Snow
    in , , ,

    Yes, that’s right, believe it or not, but there’s a new episode of my TOKYO BOY podcast up! It was recorded yesterday afternoon in Ginza, and was cut short because of a little incident that involved blood… How’s that for a tease! As with the recent episode of my TB.MUSICA podcast, it uses chapters so…

  • Firefox T-Shirt by Yuki

    —

    by

    Jean Snow
    in ,

    Yuki designed the t-shirt you see here (and here’s a close-up of the design) for Firefox.

  • PingMag: Halo 3 Environments

    —

    by

    Jean Snow
    in ,

    PingMag interviews illustrator Ken Taya, an environment artist on the upcoming HALO 3 game (which I can’t wait to play).

  • This Week at Gridskipper

    —

    by

    Jean Snow
    in , , ,

    Marronnier Gate Potage Patisserie The Peninsula Tokyo Hotel Akihabara’s Bandage Girls You can read all of my Gridskipper posts here (or even subscribe to a feed).

  • PauseTalk Vol. 13

    —

    by

    Jean Snow
    in ,

    Thanks to all who made it out to this week’s lucky edition 13 of PauseTalk. It was a nice group — numbers were back to normal after the smaller gatherings over the summer, with a bunch of new faces that kept things fresh. Next month’s edition will be held October 1, and due to my…

  • The Magical Brothers at Nakaochiai Gallery

    —

    by

    Jean Snow
    in ,

    A shot I found on Facebook taken by Julia Barnes of Kazumasa Noguchi and Jiro Noguchi’s current show at the Nakaochiai Gallery, “Magical Brothers.”

  • Karl Escritt Moves to London

    —

    by

    Jean Snow
    in

    Regular readers will now doubt recognize the name Karl Escritt, whose work I’ve been following since meeting him last year, which also included a show at Cafe Pause. He’s been based in Kyoto for the past four years, and now he’s headed to London this month to embark on a new phase in his career.…

  • This Week at MoCo Loco

    —

    by

    Jean Snow
    in

    My weekly Tokyo post is up on MoCo Loco, featuring Noriko Hashida and Sumie Noda’s RETTO bath chair and hand bucket, Kazuhito Ishida’s exhibition at Living Design Center Ozone, and the TENORI-ON.