Author: Jean Snow

  • Muscle March

    The game every Wii owner has been waiting for: Muscle March, out May 26 as a WiiWare title. Via Offworld.

  • This Week at MoCo Loco

    My weekly Tokyo post is up at MoCo Loco, this time covering Alexander Gelman’s Lohas Design Award nomination, Naoto Fukasawa for B&B Italia, Nosigner‘s “The Rose Nebuta,” and Yukio Hashimoto’s Moonbird.

  • Nakameguro in Bloom

    Overhead shot of Nakameguro while the cherry blossoms were in bloom in early April. Via Craig.

  • Goliga Books

    Andrew just brought to my attention Goliga Books, an independent Tokyo-based editorial firm that creates books about photography, art, and design for various publishers, and run by Ivan Vartanian, a former New Yorker. I see its behind Tiffany Godoy’s Style Deficit Disorder, a Harajuku fashion primer I quite enjoyed — Néojaponisme was a bit more…

  • Kosuke Tsumura's Mother Piece

    Fashion designer Kosuke Tsumura — here’s an interview with him from PingMag — presented his “Mother Piece” (pictured above) at the “Tokyo Fiber 09 Senseware” exhibition in Milan. Each “garment” is composed of interlocking pieces made of a soft material called felibendy. Via Designboom.

  • Kiyoshi Awazu

    Graphic designer Kiyoshi Awazu passed away late last month — he was 80 — and Designboom features a few of his classic works. Update: Néojaponisme also shares a gallery of works by Awazu.

  • TiltShift Generator Is Out

    Takayuki Fukatsu’s TiltShift Generator app is now out. You can either use it online from this page, or download an Adobe AIR version.

  • PauseTalk Vol. 31

    Another huge crowd for PauseTalk this month, but one that felt like it was meant to happen: 31 participants for Vol. 31. So like the March edition we ended up with a back row, and a few others standing up. I think we still managed to keep everyone involved, and I especially thank those who…