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Month: August 2004

  • Nintendo MS

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    Nooooooooooo… U.S. computer giant Microsoft Corp Chairman Bill Gates has expressed interest in buying Japan’s Nintendo Co, the German economic weekly Wirtschafts Woche reported in its electronic edition on Wednesday. Gates revealed his interest at a meeting of economic analysts in the United States. The magazine quoted Gates as saying he would immediately make an…

  • Japanese Design in the West

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    Designboom takes a look at some recent showings of Japanese design around the world (including Tokyo Style in Sweden), and covers Namaiki, Atelier Bow-wow, and MIKAN. The above image is by Namaiki. Link via Re.

  • 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…

  • Shift 2005 Calendar Competition

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    A press release from Shift: Shift 2005 Calendar Competition presented by Shift is coming soon, followed by its successful result of the past two years. Submission starts on August 1st. Shift has been trying to offer artists many platforms to showcase their works online. Shift calendar competition, which was held in 2003 and 2004 successively,…

  • Geisha Takes a Pause

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    Today I’m spending the afternoon at Pause to work on the new issue of GEISHA. I’m hoping I’ll have the thing done over the next few days. Still not sure on the theme, or if there will even be one. I think I’ll just approach it with a freestyle mentality, as it’s been so long…

  • 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.

  • Nintendo DS

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    The final design of the upcoming Nintendo DS portable game machine has been announced (the version presented at the E3 show a few months ago was just a demo). I must say it’s looking nice, and I’m quite looking forward to playing SUPER MARIO 64 on my daily commutes. And speaking of portable gaming, I…