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Month: January 2008

  • Sydney Pink

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    Sydney Pink is a Tokyo-based illustrator, and you can watch a video interview with him over at TABlog. Via StartDrawing.org.

  • In Love with Ku:nel

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    Momus loves the slow life/LOHAS magazine KU:NEL, and tell us why in his latest Click Opera post. I don’t usually cover KU:NEL in my magazine round-ups, but I always pick it up for Cafe Pause.

  • TB.Pensar 11

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    What is TB.Pensar? Find out here. I’m going to Taipei this week, leaving on Thursday and back on Saturday. It’s just a short trip, but the kind that me and the wife enjoy taking. Also, you can usually find very inexpensive deals that include airfare and hotel, so it makes for a relatively cheap weekend…

  • This Week in Cycling

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    This week in biking? Well, I just wanted to write a post about my latest biking adventures, and didn’t really know what to use as a title, so… And who knows, maybe it’ll turn into a regular series of posts. I did a few bike-related purchases this past week, and top of the list is…

  • This Week in Magazines

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    BRUTUS (632) goes green with its “Botanical Being” issue, first with a tour of botanical gardens from around the world, and then with various pieces that cover all things organic. They do stray a bit, and interestingly, with one article that looks at glass architecture — as in I.M. Pei’s Pyramide du Louvre — that…

  • Graniph Design Award.2

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    Back for a second year, Graniph is about to start accepting entries for their now annual “Graniph Design Award.” Last year’s edition saw them receive over 25 000 works from 46 countries, covering all forms of 2D art (illustrations, graphic design, typography, photography). The prizes this year will see $9000 go to the gold winner,…

  • Me at Celine

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    Curtis Christophersen has posted a photo of me he took back in November during our Radio OK Fred live sessions at Celine Omotesando, as part of Item Idem‘s “Displaysthetics” show.

  • Points 01+

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    A new episode of Jason DeGroot‘s POINTS series (or rather an expansion of the first episode) appears in this week’s 1UP SPECIALS, and as a standalone vid here.

  • Wallpaper* Design Awards 2008

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    The Wallpaper* Design Awards 2008 winners have been announced, with Japan being well represented. Best domestic appliance: Katamari 01 speaker by Giyanze Best furniture designer: Tokujin Yoshioka Best new private house: Ring House, Karuizawa by TNA Best new public building: New Museum, New York by SANAA

  • Tokyo Useless

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    The W+K Tokyo Lab blog covers a contribution they made for the UtterRubbish design conference, that takes the form of tyvek jackets and tyvek/canvas tote bags.