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Category: Magazines

  • Atmosphere Blog

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    According to the latest newsletter from GAS, they have just launched a blog for their ATMOSPHERE magazine, which should be here (it’s not loading for me though). Also, issue 4 of ATMOSPHERE should be out before the end of the year. Update: The problem with the blog is that it doesn’t load in Firefox/Camino. Loads fine…

  • OK FRED Corner at Kinokuniya

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    If you head to the Minami-Shinjuku branch of the Kinokuniya, you’ll notice a special corner they’ve set up for OK FRED and its editor, Yoshihito Tsujimura, which includes book selections by him. It goes on until the end of the month. Update: More info (in Japanese) on Yoshi’s picks.

  • Audrey

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    OK FRED‘s Audrey Fondecave states a manifesto of sorts in today’s edition of THE JAPAN TIMES. You can read it online here. Also in today’s paper, Martin Webb’s latest edition of his Style Wise column.

  • Metropolis on Mixi

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    This week’s METROPOLIS cover story takes a look at social networking sites in Japan, with a focus on Mixi. Lisa, who wrote the piece, also just started her own blog, Tokyo Mango.

  • This Week in Magazines

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    The latest issue of BRUTUS, their 600th, celebrates anonymous design, meaning classic items that don’t have a name designer attached to them. It’s a rather nice feature, and they also include an insert, “My Best Anonymous,” with picks from various creators. PEN (182) takes a look at “Vintage Watches,” a topic I can’t say I…

  • This Week in Magazines

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    CASA BRUTUS (78) takes on “Traditional Japanese Architecture and Design,” with a fantastic look at all the basics of traditional craftsmanship. Ever better is the fact that it’s one of their bilingual issues — meaning the cover feature gets translated in English — and they’ve really gone all out on creating a very attractive layout…

  • Tokion Japan

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    The new relaunch of the Japanese edition of TOKION — which I mentioned in this post — is sounding better and better. According to fashion writer Martin Webb: The new look (all-Japanese) Tokion has Haruyuki Kato, formerly of Studio Voice, as Editor in Chief. The Fashion Director is French artist item idem (Cyril) and art…

  • This Week in Magazines

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    Apologies, but I just don’t really feel like saying anything about the latest issue of RELAX (115). It’s about sleeping. Yawn. I’m just hoping they end the run with a nice retrospective issue. For some reason, I’ve never really picked up an issue of EYESCREAM, but someone was recently describing it to me as a…