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Architecture TB.Grafico

Tokyo International Forum 3

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Last in my series of pics of the Tokyo International Forum.

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Web

Groovisual Diary

I’ve just been turned on to a really nice blog called Groovisual Diary. It’s written by a Japanese girl called Toe, and she writes all her entries in Japanese and English. The only sad thing is that she wrote a post today saying that she plans on stopping the blog. If you’re into the kind of stuff I talk about here, then you’re sure to enjoy her site, so have a look, and let her know if you’d like to see her keep going.

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Design

Tokujin Yoshioka

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Designboom has an interview up with designer Tokujin Yoshioka. I quite like his work on the Muji/Infill installation. But then again, you all know that I’m hopelessly addicted to Muji design. I even bought a toothbrush from there today.

Link via Dezain.net.

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Books

Matsumoto Taiyo

no51Looks like Momus has become a fan of one of my favorite manga creators, Matsumoto Taiyo (BLACK & WHITE, PING PONG, BLUE SPRING). One thing I find so interesting about him is that he incorporates European BD in his illustrative style (if I’m not mistaken, he spent some time in France), which gives it a non-manga look.

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Architecture TB.Grafico

Tokyo International Forum 2

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Another shot of the Tokyo International Forum.

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Design Events Film

Dotmov 2004

Just got this latest info on the upcoming DOTMOV 2004 festival, organized by the people behind Shift. I’m really getting excited about this.

DOTMOV Festival 2004 is a digital film festival that aims to discover talented creators, and provide them with an opportunity to show their work. Total submission was 385 works from 31 countries for the 2nd DOTMOV Festival, following up from last year’s successful launch.

Selected works will be screened at Soso Cafe, which is produced by an online magazine Shift, for a month from November 1st to 30th. All selected works for this year will be shown on the DOTMOV web site. During the festival, a lot of related audio & visual events will be held. With supports of Panasonic, screenings of 10 short movies created by 10 up-and-coming creators with the theme “Capture the Motion”, and with supports of Sound X Vision 2004, screenings of its works and documentary will be included in the programme list as a special programme.

For the opening event, scheduled for October 31st, a chief editor for SAL magazine, Jiro Ohashi and Kurando Furuya (SIM/SAL magazine) will host a talk show and audio visual event “SAL magazine night 5.0”. Soso Cafe will be filled with projected visuals and sounds. Nipponia Electronica will give a live set and James Clar will DJ while giving a demonstration of his dynamic sound in tandem with an interactive lighting display. On top of that, SAL magazine will give an audio visual performance featuring original visuals.

Detailed information of other related audio and visual events can be found on the web site.

DOTMOV FESTIVAL 2004
Festival term: November 1st – 30th, 2004
Place: Soso Cafe
Address: 1F Sansei Bld., S1 W13 Chuo-ku Sapporo, Japan
Official website: http://www.shift.jp.org/mov/
*All selected works will be shown on the official web site

DOTMOV FESTIVAL 2004 OPENING EVENT
Date: October 31st, 2004
Time: 16:00-18:00 Talk Show 20:00-23:00 SAL magazine Night 5.0
Guests: James Clar, Nipponia Electronica, Kurando Furuya (SIM/SAL magazine), Jiro Ohashi (SAL magazine) and more.
Ticket: 2000yen/with 1 drink
Contact: staff@shift.jp.org

Of course, I would have liked for the physical part of the festival to take place in Tokyo, but it’s still very nice that all works will be shown online. I’m looking forward to the day when other festivals, like Resfest and Onedotzero, do the same.

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Architecture TB.Grafico

Tokyo International Forum

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The Tokyo International Forum in Yurakucho.

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Design Events Film

Onedotzero_nippon 2004

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Onedotzero_nippon 2004 is almost upon us, taking place October 1-3 for the first time at Spiral Hall (in past years it took place at the Tokyo International Forum). Following Tokyo, the event will also be happening in Sapporo and Fukuoka this year (see the site for more info). The schedule for the Tokyo event can be found here. I’ll probably only get to see 1 or 2 programs, which I think will probably be “Wavelength” and “Wow+Flutter.” Better get my tickets soon, as a lot of the shows were sold out in past years when I went to get tickets at the door. For those who can’t make it to any of the festivals (it’s an international event now, taking place in 13 cities), there are always the compilation DVDs. I’m drooling over the MOTION BLUR book.

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Anime Magazines

Anime Magazine for Women

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Yes, indeed, it’s true, animation is not just for kids. Everybody outside of North America knows this. Women’s magazine publisher Shufu-to-Seikatsusha has just launched PASH, an anime magazine aimed at adult women.

Japanese publisher Shufu-to-Seikatsusha, known for its numerous women oriented publications, has started publishing a new anime magazine aimed at adult Japanese women. The first issue of PASH!, now on sale in Japan (September 10 cover) features cover stories about Full Metal Alchemist and Mobile Suit Gundam Seed Destiny. Other series covered in the first issue include Maria-sama ga Miteru ,Kenranbutohsai The Mars Daybreak and The Prince of Tennis.

The quarterly publication will feature articles on anime, and video-gaming. (ANN)

Link via Kelly Sue.

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Technology

More Mac Games in Japanese

Wired News takes a look at the Japanese Mac gaming market (pretty much non-existent right now), and how Microsoft is about to change this.

While Japan is famous for video games and is the second-largest market for Apple’s Macintosh, it is not the land of the rising sun for Mac gamers.

Go to any giant Tokyo electronics store, like the eight-story Bic-Camera Yurakucho megamart in the Ginza district, and there are only two Japanese Mac games on the shelf: Railroad Tycoon and Sega’s Puyo-Puyo Fever.

But this situation may see an upturn in the near future. Mac gamers may have a savior in the form of none other than Microsoft.

Microsoft Japan is planning to translate and market a whole series of popular Mac games, calling it the Microsoft Mac Games Collection.

Read the full thing here.