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Month: February 2008

  • Nagoya Design Do!

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    The city of Nagoya is holding their bi-annual design competition, “Nagoya Design Do!” You can send in submissions April 1-30, and you’ll find all the details on how to do that here. Via Core77.

  • TAB Talks

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    It’s not enough that Tokyo Art Beat has been THE best resource for bilingual art and design event information, now they’re following it up with a new series of talk events called, appropriately enough, TAB Talks. You can read Paul Baron’s post over at TABlog for all the details on what promises to be a…

  • PingMag: Japanese Packaging Design

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    Bianca Beuttel continues her excellent series of articles on Japanese package design for PingMag, this time covering the use (or imitation) of nature in packaging.

  • DJ Codomo’s Today

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    If you’re a fan of Kiiiiiii, then you’ve probably heard the name DJ Codomo, since he’s produced and remixed quite a few tracks for the duo. Well, now it’s his turn to come out with an album proper, and it’s called TODAY. Kiiiiiii contribute a rap on one of the tracks. Via Shane Lester’s blog.

  • Neojaponisme: Curriculumachine

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    Over at Neojaponisme, Marxy dissects CURRICULUMACHINE, a very funky Japanese children’s show from the seventies. Sure wish I’d grown up watching that!

  • Ginza the Edge

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    This past Friday night saw the opening of Alin Huma’s new gallery space, Ginza the Edge. The inaugural show, “Photography,” runs until February 29. It was a great turnout, and we pretty much filled up the relatively small space. The gallery actually takes up Alin’s apartment, and so every piece of “daily living” got removed…

  • This Week in Cycling

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    What happens when you drop by Y’s Road in Ikebukuro? You may just run into Alin Huma, who biked there from Ginza, on the hunt for some spokes. I was there to get some degreaser and lube — I got scolded by Craig for not doing proper maintenance on my bike. It’s always nice to…

  • Spring Anime 2008

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    A new TV season is just around the corner (end of March, early April), and so it’s time to start looking over the new anime series that are scheduled to start, and see what is worth checking out. Big thanks to Paul Baron for pointing me to the “Spring Season Preview” post on the Star…

  • PingMag: Tape Roll Design

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    Leave it to PingMag to write up something about tape roll design — that’s right, the roll itself, not the tape!

  • PingMag: Sumie Kawakami Interviewed

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    PingMag interviews Sumie Kawakami, author of Chin Music Press‘ GOODBYE MADAME BUTTERFLY.