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Category: Magazines

  • This Week in Magazines (Part 2)

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    The latest issue of BRUTUS (578) covers photographer Hiroshi Sugimoto, which coincides with an upcoming retrospective at the Mori Art Museum, “Hiroshi Sugimoto: End of Time” (from September 17 until January 9). And for the first time, there are 2 pages in English that summarize every article in the Sugimoto package — let’s hope this…

  • This Week in Magazines

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    This month’s CASA BRUTUS (66) is dedicated to Kenzo Tange, and it’s a bilingual issue. It’s a rather nice look at the life and works of the man. The latest RELAX (September) is themed around “peace,” and I must admit to not really getting what the whole thing is about. Not a bad issue to…

  • AXIS 117

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    Damn, I didn’t even get a chance to finish reading the previous issue, and now a new AXIS (117) is out, featuring cover boy Kenya Hara, who I absolutely love! The feature sounds interesting also: “Does design exist in Japan’s urban revitalization?”

  • GQ Japan Vs. Boing Boing

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    GQ Japan published an article on the Boing Boing site — here’s a translation.

  • SAL 15

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    The latest issue of the free paper SAL (15) has been put online.

  • Critical What?

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    Marxy runs down an article from the new issue of CYZO that looks at how promoters in Japan of EPISODE III censored reviews of the film.

  • This Week in Magazines

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    The new issue of PEN (157) is great (which is starting to be a regular thing), featuring “creative workspaces.” Some of the places where I’d love to work in Tokyo: Neo Cortex, Tokujin Yoshioka Design, Mizuno Pharmacies, and Beacon Communications. I wonder if they’re hiring… There’s a special issue of WWD called GIRLS, featuring, well,…

  • TCJ Does Shojo

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    I’ve brought up the subject of shojo manga a few times recently, and a reader lets me know that the latest issue of THE COMICS JOURNAL (269) devotes most of its content to the topic. I’ll definitely be on the lookout for it — I think they carry it at the Shibuya Tower Records, but…