Month: November 2007
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MUJI Xmas Knits
I included news of this year’s MUJI Xmas collection in my Tokyo post at MoCo Loco the other day. Just another bit of trivia to add — all the promotional imagery used for the campaign that uses knitted graphics were done by one of my friend’s wife’s knitting club (based in Japan). Seems like it…
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Call for Hotel Stationery
Paul de Jong of the group The Books is currently working on series of drawings called “HOTEL TERMINUS,” which are being done on stationery found at hotels. He’s on the lookout for more, so if you’ve been (or are in) a hotel in Japan (or anywhere in the world for that matter) and can help…
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Recycled Milk
Great series of matchboxes created by Yuka Yamaguchi for a group show, “Tinyshop,” at the Double Punch Gallery in San Francisco.
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Halfby Music Video by Groovisions
It’s not new, but you can watch the Groovisions-created music video for Halfby on YouTube. Via Core77. Update: Even better than the original video are real life recreations of it done by 2channelers after the video became a hit on the popular message board. Here are links to one done in Satsuma, in Akihabara, and then…
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New Museum of Contemporary Art in NYC
Dezeen has photos of the SANAA-designed New Museum of Contemporary Art in New York.
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Nakagawa Chemical Design Center
Emmanuelle Moureaux Architecture & Design have designed the interior for the Tokyo offices and showroom of the Nakagawa Chemical Design Center. Via Designboom, where you’ll find one more image.
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Return of Gallery Rocket
Gallery Rocket has re-opened its doors, still in Aoyama, but now in the streets behind the Loveless store. The opening show, “Yoru no Shokubutsuen,” features the works of MUSUBI, and runs until December 9.
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Artless Website Renewal
The Tokyo-based art and design unit Artless reveal a complete re-design of their website.
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PingMag: Toru Hachiga
PingMag talks with Toru Hachiga, founder of design magazine +81 and editor of the upcoming FROM MAGAZINES, “a collection of design-fashion-culture magazines all around the world.”