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  • OK Fred 4 Release Party

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    Some more info on the upcoming OK FRED 4 release party (which I’m very much looking forward to). SATURDAY 21ST OF AUGUST FROM 6P.M. TO 9 P.M AT ICC WITH A PERFORMANCE OF THE FRENCH ARTIST MATHIEU BRIAND/CERCLE ROUGE THE JAPANESE UNIT TYME+TAPS AND DJ DIGIKI (FRANCE) DJ MILQUESTOAST (USA) AND GUESTS. ALL PERFORMANCES PLAYED…

  • Follow the Leader

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    One of the events taking place at TSiG is called “Follow the Leader,” in which a bunch of designers (Swedish and Japanese) get together to create one continuous piece. “Follow The Leader” is an ongoing graphic design event were designers will follow in eachothers footsteps and create a vertikal poster of 9×1 m. Four Japanese…

  • Momus at Placard#7

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    Momus, earlier tonight, at the Placard#7 festival in Yoyogi park.

  • Placard#7

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    This weekend is the Placard electronic music festival in Yoyogi park. I missed the performances by Midori and Robert last night, but tonight I’ll be heading there for the Momus hour. It’s my understanding that his performance will be based on SUMMERISLE, the album he released earlier this year with Anne Laplantine. He’ll be on…

  • Totoro at the Expo

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    From Boing Boing: A replica of the Kusakabe residence, the house featured in Hayao Miyazaki’s 1988 animated masterpiece My Neighbor Totoro, will be built for EXPO 2005 being held in Aichi, Japan, from 25 March – 25 September, 2005. It will be constructed within the woods of the Expo site using techniques of the early…

  • Kitty Ex.

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    Yesterday marked the 30th anniversary of Hello Kitty, or as Momus refers to her, that “silly milquetoast beast.” Contemporary art works featuring popular feline character “Hello Kitty” were shown to the press Friday in Tokyo before the official opening Saturday of an exhibition commemorating the 30th anniversary of the cat brand. More than 100 Japanese…

  • Matthew’s Summer Festa

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    TV variety show host Matthew Minami, who appeared in “Lost in Translation,” clowns around with Aya Sugimoto (in black) and another guest during a news conference to announce “Matthew’s Summer Festa” to be held at Yokohama Hakkeijima Sea Paradise on Aug 21 before 10,000 fans. I had a laugh when I saw this on the…

  • Colette Meets CDG

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    Colette Meets Comme des Garcons is a new temporary shop that has just opened in Aoyama, and will occupy the old Comme des Garcons space until the end of December. You’ll find lots of cool select items that have been created specifically for the space, as well as regular exhibitions. The first one is by…

  • TSiG Versus Superlounge

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    TSiG blogger Jonas Mosesson created this beautiful image for the split tram advertisements between TSiG and Superlounge magazine. You can view a close-up of the two characters, with their “Havaianas flip flops […] Vinti Andrews shoes and Little Boulogue evening bag from Louis Vuitton” here. Update (16/08/21): The image is unfortunately no longer available.

  • Tokyo Designers Block 2004 Submissions

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    The deadline to register and submit works for the Tokyo Designers Block 2004 is coming up (August 7). Also, it looks like I’ll probably be involved in the coverage of this, and I’ll give more info when things are officially set.