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Category: Design

  • Atelier Muji

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    Inside Atelier Muji, at the flagship store in Yurakucho. They had some really nice things on display, objects from different parts of the world that might lead to future Muji products.

  • United Bamboo

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    Vito Acconci wrapped the United Bamboo boutique in Tokyo with an interlaced steel mesh. The interior is made with steel tubing, lighted fabric walls and PVC. What’s so special is that everything in and around the store was treated this way. A welcome change to the “minimal” loft like spaces most fashion stores use. (RE.…

  • The Wonderful! Design Works

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    Stopped by Beams Street tonight and picked up a t-shirt from Beams-T. It’s the above shirt, of Spanky, from The Wonderful! Design Works. I get a Summer vibe from it. I also got some things at Muji, one of them being a pair of boxer shorts. The funny thing is that they put the boxers…

  • British Design in Japan

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    In an attempt to boost Japanese interest in British design and creativity, the British Embassy and British Council are organizing Design U.K., a festival to be held across the country from the end of September throughout October, according to the embassy. The festival of British design will comprise a wide range of events, some of…

  • Danish Posters

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    I’ll be checking out the following tomorrow, at the Ginza Graphic Gallery. In June 2004 Ginza Graphic Gallery will hold an exhibition entitled Danish Posters – Over the past 10 years. Enormous changes have taken place in Europe during the past decade, a period encompassing the end of the twentieth century. The present exhibition looks…

  • Readymade Weekend

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    New fun t-shirt from Readymade International. Link via Patrick. Update (16/08/21): The image is unfortunately no longer available. I’m sure it was a pretty fun t-shirt though.

  • Colorful Incinerator

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    This colorful garbage incinerator in Osaka was designed by Austrian artist Friedensreich Hundertwasser (1928-2000). (Japan Today)

  • Brockmann for Sale

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    As mentioned in my post yesterday about our Roppongi Hills visit, here’s your chance to get a Brockmann Light Volume 0 Extreme Sports figure from Groovisions. See, I have the worst of luck when it comes to buying suprise figures (meaning you don’t know what’s in the box). When I bought 2 yesterday, I of…