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Month: September 2009

  • Land(in)formation

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    Back in early July I had the great pleasure of having my friend Julie Forgues — artist and professor of photography — come visit for a few weeks, and during that time we had an exhibition for a project of hers, “Land(in)formation,” at Cafe Pause. She introduced the project during that month’s PauseTalk (Vol. 33),…

  • PRIVILEGE

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    Gary McLeod followed the Tokaido with his hybrid camera — a combo made up of an 1878 British lens and a Japanese digital camera — photographing English teachers along the way in the style pictured above. Gary shows more shots in this TABlog entry, and the entire series is currently on show in “PRIVILEGE” at…

  • Business Cards by Koji Sueyoshi

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    If I were to change my current set of business cards, I’d definitely be tempted by Koji Sueyoshi‘s homage to the cassette tape. Via Designboom.

  • Facemakr

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    Designer/illustrator — and fellow PauseTalker — Hawken King has just launched a new service called Facemakr, “provider of custom illustrations of your face.” As the site explains, perfect for “use on social networking sites, instant messaging applications, twitter and blogs.”

  • Little Fluffy Gigolo PELU Vol. 1

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    Fans of the amazing Junko Mizuno rejoice, since Last Gasp has finally released Little Fluffy Gigolo PELU Vol. 1 — and if you haven’t, best to pick up Pure Trance as well. Both were produced by Patrick Macias and Izumi Evers’ jaPRESS.

  • Happening in Tokyo

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    TokyoMade is organizing its second TokyoMade Market, set to take place September 21-27, again at Mememachine gallery in Shibuya. You can get an idea of what will be sold here. Head to Soft in Shibuya on September 25 for “I’m There Already,” featuring DJs Ogi, Yosuke, and PMKFA. Entrance is free, from 22:00 until late.

  • Miss Marc in QR Form

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    SET Japan is at it again with yet another designer QR code, this time for Marc Jacobs Japan, and featuring Miss Marc. As always, the QR code is functional, and leads to the company’s — in this case Marc by Marc Jacobs — mobile site.

  • This Week at MoCo Loco

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    This week’s Tokyo post at MoCo Loco is up, covering the new Iida phones (above, Naoto Fukasawa’s PRISMOID), Ryohei Yoshiyuki‘s “Time of the Sky” watch, and Nendo‘s Music Cage speaker.

  • Senseware in Tokyo

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    Kenya Hara‘s “Tokyo Fiber ’09 Senseware” exhibition, first shown at the Milano Salone earlier this year, is coming to the 21_21 Design Sight, but for one week only (September 18-27). The video above is a preview of the show. Via Spoon & Tamago.

  • Polypunk 46

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    Digiki has a fresh new episode of Polypunk (46) up for your enjoyment, “Life Without Objects.” Love that cover image. Good luck on the move, Antonin!