Jean Snow [.net]

Month: January 2008

  • Off to Taipei

    —

    by

    Jean Snow
    in

    I’m off to Taipei in a couple of hours and will be back on Saturday, so if you’re trying to reach me by email, I won’t be able to get back to you until then. I’ve got my Travelers’s Notebook from Midori, and hope to have some interesting things to add to it!

  • Heisuke Kitazawa

    —

    by

    Jean Snow
    in

    I’m really enjoying the works of illustrator/designer Heisuke Kitazawa. The image pictured above can be bought as poster. Via StartDrawing.org. Update (16/11/13): The image is no longer available.

  • This Week at MoCo Loco

    —

    by

    Jean Snow
    in

    My weekly Tokyo post for MoCo Loco is up, this time covering Daisuke Sudo’s skewered food plates, Hisashi Hojin’s Light Village, and the Noguchi Coffee Table (pictured above).

  • Cloverfield Manga

    —

    by

    Jean Snow
    in ,

    CLOVERFIELD, J.J. Abrams’ (as a producer) upcoming monster film, gets a manga prequel by Yoshiki Togawa that leads into the opening of the movie, and that you can read online here (Japanese-only). Via io9.

  • NHK’s Ani-Kuri Shorts Online

    —

    by

    Jean Snow
    in

    Japan’s NHK broadcaster has just posted 2 seasons of their ANI-KURI series. Each season comprises of 5 animated one-minuted shorts from a who’s who of the anime world (a 3rd season is currently airing, but not yet online). The site is in Japanese, but you can see the full rundown in this Anime News Network…

  • Claska Closed Until 2009

    —

    by

    Jean Snow
    in

    Another update on the Claska boutique hotel in Meguro: according to the W+K Tokyo blog, the planned renovations are going to take the entire year, with the re-opening happening in 2009.

  • Grin Grin

    —

    by

    Jean Snow
    in

    Here’s a great Flickr photoset of the Toyo Ito-designed Grin Grin park in Fukuoka. Via Dezain.net.

  • Casio Keyboard with Integrated Famicom

    —

    by

    Jean Snow
    in ,

    Jason DeGroot (6955) performed at the “Blip” festival in New York last month, and the MAKE blog gives us a peak at something that he’s been working on: a Casio keyboard with integrated Famicom. Seems like this is planned as a kit to be sold.

  • I Am a Material Boy

    —

    by

    Jean Snow
    in

    I’m a materialist, and I love bling. The only comment I have to add is that for me, RELAX lost its way when it overindulged in all things slow life and green because I was looking to it for cultural coverage, which pretty much fell by the wayside.

  • Test Tone

    —

    by

    Jean Snow
    in ,

    Photo taken at this past Saturday’s “Test Tone” event at SuperDeluxe by Yuki Nakano. Update: My mistake, the photo wasn’t taken at the “Test Tone” event. Update (16/11/13): The photo is no longer available.