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Month: December 2004

  • Shall We Buy?

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    An artist I really like, Yamaguchi Akira, has a show happening at the Mizuma Art Gallery right now (until January 15) called “Shall We Buy?“

  • Tokyo Skywalk + NCM

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    Jesper has just put up a page for their Tokyo Skywalk + Next Century Modern collaboration store. I love the slogan: “Idea Importers from the Future!”

  • Arisoude Naimono

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    Oh, Plusminuszero designer Fukawasa Naoto has an exhibition at the Watari-um! Although somewhat dwarfed by Marc Newson’s “Talby”, the electrifyingly stylish “Infobar” came out right in time when people increasingly lamented over the absence of a really cool cell phone on the market. Designer Fukazawa Naoto is known for his creations adapting forms of objects…

  • Dustleum at Pause

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    A shot of the “Dustleum” installation at Pause.

  • Dustleum

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    Pause is currently hosting an interesting visual/sound installation by Keisuzuki called “Dustleum.” A mic hovers in the middle of the cafe, and making sounds under it, like clapping your hands, creates random graphic visualizations that are projected on a wall. There is also a DVD for sale. It lasts until December 16. The image above…

  • Midnight Eye for December

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    Midnight Eye has a new update, and it’s again anime heavy: an interview with Kawamoto Kihachiro, a feature called “Japanese Anime and the Animated Cartoon,” as well as reviews of Miyazaki Hayao’s HOWL’S MOVING CASTLE and Kon Satoshi’s TOKYO GODFATHERS. They also review the recent otaku themed film KOI NO MON (OTAKUS IN LOVE), and…

  • Getting a DS

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    I got a Nintendo DS today, that and the SAWARU! MADE IN WARIO game, and I’m enjoying the hell out of it. Oh yeah, it’s nice, and it’s as fun as I thought it would be. The only downer was that the first system I got suffered from a dead pixel on one of the…

  • Tokyo Skywalk-boutique

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    Congratulations to Jesper and the NCM crew for the opening of their shop in Gothenburg, the Tokyo Skywalk-boutique! This TSiG post features pics from their opening party. And speaking of Next Century Modern, Jesper’s design outfit, I will be acting as a sort of agent for them here in Tokyo, so please get in touch…