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Month: October 2007

  • PingMag: 100%

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    PingMag interviews designer Hironao Tsuboi, of the 100% unit.

  • Designboom Mart Preview

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    Designboom has started previewing their Designboom Mart, presented again this year as part of 100% Design Tokyo (October 31 to November 5). First up, Kouichi Okamoto and his Umbrella Pot.

  • Happy 5th Birthday CMP!

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    Today marks the 5th anniversary of Chin Music Press! Congrats to all those involved, and here’s hoping for many, many more birthdays. How to celebrate? Why not purchase one (or more) of their books!

  • Radio Kabe 3

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    Alin Huma has jumped aboard the podcast wagon, and things are looking good with a third episode of his Radio Kabe series now out. I haven’t listened to this new one yet — I’m downloading it right now — but episode 2 was great.

  • This Week at MoCo Loco

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    This week’s Tokyo post for MoCo Loco covers Keiji Ashizawa‘s prototype Gravity Light, Jo Nagasaka‘s Kurage light, Yuta Watanabe‘s ceramic remote control, and the upcoming “Deroll” exhibition.

  • This Week at Gridskipper

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    Soba Kichi Billboard Live Tokyo The ‘Monocle’ Quality of Life Index Timberland Shibuya You can read all of my Gridskipper posts here (or even subscribe to a feed).

  • PROTOTYPE

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    I recently posted about Keiji Ashizawa’s plans for an exhibition at his new studio space before he moves in. The show now has a name, “PROTOTYPE,” and below is the list of participants. Izumi Okayasu Jo Nagasaka Nosigner Yuko Nagayama Keiji Ashizawa Chris Kirby Mikiya Kobayashi Thomas Antonietti DRILL DESIGN Takafumi Nemoto (PORE) Hironao Tsuboi…

  • Tokujin Yoshioka’s Panna Chair in New York

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    Dezeen has photos of Tokujin Yoshioka‘s installation of his Panne Chain for Moroso at one of their stores in New York.