Jean Snow [.net]

Month: December 2004

  • Animals Don’t Care

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    Merry Christmas from Digiki! He’s just posted the ANIMALS DON’T CARE remix project on his site (MP3s). This is the only way you’ll get to listen to it, and it will only be up for a week, so go get it now! The album cover is by Florence Manlik. Update (16/08/27): The image is no…

  • The Nonesense Machines

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    Japan Design Net features 35 pictures of Maiwa Denki’s “The Nonesense Machines” exhibition, now on at the ICC. Link via Dezain.net.

  • Ramen by Mail

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    Seems like one of the new trends this year was for mail-order ramen from famous shops throughout Japan. In the mood for a steaming bowl of Hakkaido ramen? It’s just an internet order away. The Yahoo! Japan Shopping section lists the most popular sales, and the top 5 are all from Ikebukuro’s Taishouken shop. I…

  • Bape in NY

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    Marxy points us to a NEW YORK TIMES article on the opening of the new A Bathing Ape shop in New York, and then goes on to explain why Bape is dead (or at least isn’t the Bape of old anymore).

  • TSiG: The Documentary

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    Yesterday I had a look at the documentary that was made on Jesper‘s Tokyo Style in Gothenburg (TSiG) project, and quite liked it. It gives you a nice look at what happened during the event, interviewing a lot of the participants, like Namaiki, ODD, Afrirampo, Shing02, and more. A good document of something I wish…

  • Tokyo Films

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    Another link from Octopus Dropkick: Tokyo Films. Some nice photography in the diary section.

  • Tokyo Street Style

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    Have a look at Tokyo Street Style for the latest fashion looks being seen around the city. Link via Octopus Dropkick!

  • Kuon

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    The game KUON for the PS2 is scaring the living shit out of me. I’ve been playing all night, and, well, I just had to stop because I was getting way too stressed. It’s a survival-horror game, a genre I’m not that fond of, but set in the Heian period, and that was the hook…