Month: April 2008
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Japanese Rooms
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JAPANESE ROOMS is a new photo book by artist and graphic designer Sven Ingmar Thies that takes a look at how the Japanese live, with photo spreads of their rooms taken in five cities (Berlin, New York, Shanghai, Vienna, and Tokyo). The book can be purchased from the Kaitenart website, or through Amazon Japan.
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New York Art Beat
New York Art Beat launches! I really like that dark purple color scheme.
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PingMag: Tokyo’s Retrogaming Bars
PingMag takes us on a tour of Shinjuku’s retrogaming themed bars (8-bit Cafe and 16 Shots).
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UT Loop
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I like the new UNIQLO commercial that has started airing on TV for this spring’s UT lineup. You can also re-arrange the loop over at the UT website.
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101TOKYO Round-up
Digiki posts a 101TOKYO round-up, including links to coverage, and quite a few photos.
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Light Construction
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Earlier this week I went to the opening for the “Light Construction” exhibition at Center for Cosmic Wonder in Aoyama. The show brings together Mike Mills, Elein Fleiss, Yoshimio, and Yukinori Maeda, and runs until June 30. Hanging out inside this installation was quite nice. I wanted to go and chat with Mike Mills —…
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Art Space Tokyo Launch
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Congrats to the Chin Music Press crew for the crowded book launch of ART SPACE TOKYO this past Tuesday. If you haven’t ordered a copy yet, then it’s off to the AST site you go. I predict this will become their best-selling book. Yeah, it’s that good.
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More on UNIQLO’s Manga T-Shirts
NEW YORK – TOKYO posts more about UNIQLO’s latest manga t-shirt collection, including a look at the display they have up at the Soho Store.