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Month: April 2009
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Luis Mendo’s Tokyo Diary
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Art director Luis Mendo decided to take a 3-month “inspirational retreat” in Tokyo, and he’s been keeping some brilliantly illustrated diaries of his everyday experiences — see the Flickr photoset of some of the pages. He’s also putting together a great web-based diary of his Tokyo adventures, featuring photos, videos, etc.
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Eclipse Light
The latest post I did for MoCo Loco includes news of the Designersblock exhibition at this month’s Milano Salone featuring works by Chris Kirby, Drill Design, Mikiya Kobayashi, and Keiji Ashizawa. The item Keiji will be showing is the Eclipse Light (above and below). The Eclipse is made up of a circular sheet that is…
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Aeolian Ride
“Aeolian Ride” — held so far in a few cities around the world — sees a bunch of riders get together, put on an inflatable suit and, well, ride around. It’s coming to Tokyo on May 16, and if interested you can sign up here. Visit the previous cities’ photo galleries to get a better…
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Generate LE*
Ronnie of Generate Design sends me word that they have now opened a bilingual (English/Japanese) section of their site — Generate LE* — to sell rare and limited items. Above, the Pool light by In Design.
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PMKFA, the Book
Tokyo-based Swedish graphic designer Michael Thorsby (PMKFA) has released his first book through French brand Sixpack. The tome covers works from throughout his career, and is available for purchase online.
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This Week at MoCo Loco
My weekly Tokyo post for MoCo Loco is up, again with coverage of Japan-related projects to be shown at this month’s Milano Salone. Above, Chris Kirby‘s Spiral Lamp.