Month: July 2008

  • Digiki Loves Summer

    So much so that no only does he release a fresh new episode of Polypunk (32), titled “Polypunk Été,” but he’s got a new album too, the long awaited Dense Music. Head to this post for tons of info and samples, as well as links to online stores that sell it.

  • Kazushi Takahashi

    Designboom looks at some of the works from Kazushi Takahashi, a shipbuilder turned architect. You’ll want to check the PingMag interview, as well as a tour of his studio.

  • Waiting in Omotesando for an iPhone 3G

    The iPhone 3G releases tomorrow, and of course it had to happen while I’m out of the country. Looks like it may have been hard to get my hands on one anyway, if the line of people waiting at SoftBank’s Omotesando store is anything to go by. Then again, maybe it’s for the best —…

  • Happening in Tokyo

    You’ll want to hit Ikebukuro for the 6th annual “Kappa Ten” (Kappa Exhibition) at the Artist Garden gallery (July 10-22). As Matt Alt describes it, “it’s a celebration of everyone’s favorite cucumber-eatin’, sumo-wrestlin’, anus-attackin’, water-dwellin’ yokai from Japanese folklore,” and will include artwork from more than twenty artists. Matt’s Yokai Attack! book will also be…

  • Item Idem Calling

    Item Idem needs you help for an upcoming project. See the call to art above, or get in touch with them for more details.

  • Graniph Design Award.2

    The winners for this year’s Graniph Design Awards have been announced, with all designs now being sold at Graniph stores as well. The gold prize went to the design you see above, by Taiwan’s Cho Jo Tzu. You may have noticed that I don’t post much about Graniph these days, and I think the award…

  • Bye Bye TYO

    And so I’m off, leaving TYO-town for the next three weeks in a trip that will first take me to Boston for a week (my wife is doing some research at Harvard), two weeks in my hometown of Moncton, New Brunswick, and then a short two days in NYC before getting back at the end…

  • Roppongi Art Map

    Art Space Tokyo has released another downloadable PDF art map, this time for the Roppongi area.