Jean Snow [.net]

Month: March 2005

  • Gridskipper Guest Editor

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    I’m going to be guest editor next week at Gridskipper, and I’d love to hear from you: any tips, suggestions, recommendations on things to do, check out, or even avoid in your city (or any place you’ve been to). I’ve got Tokyo covered, and I have travelled quite a bit, but any cool tips would…

  • Uniqlo Creative Award 2005

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    Pics from the “Uniqlo Creative Award 2005” exhibition at Spiral in Aoyama.

  • Design Work in Japan

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    I get a surprising amount of mail from designers asking me advice on how to come and work in Japan, and it’s not usually something I can be of much help with. So I’m putting up this post as a way of getting feedback from any non-Japanese designers that have managed to come here and…

  • We’re #1

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    Can you spare some change? Tokyo remains the most expensive city in the world in terms of cost of living, a report released Tuesday by the Economist Intelligence Unit revealed. (Kyodo News)

  • Canada Goes Wild

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    Canada’s Design Exchange organization — they promote the work of Canadian designers — is organizing the “Canada Goes Wild” event at the Canadian Embassy in Tokyo (March 31) and at the World Expo in Aichi (April 7). Pictured above is the new stamp from Canada Post to commemorate the Expo. Here’s the official site for…

  • Art MoCo

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    The MoCo network has just launched a new site: Art MoCo, “a web magazine featuring modern contemporary art news and views.” I’ll probably be posting things there from time to time.

  • The Neverending Cold

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    Would you believe I have another cold? This is the fourth time I get a cold in 2005. This time it’s a cough, which is just what I needed to accompany my lovely kafunsho (pollen allergy) symptoms — this year marks the first time I’m affected. The fun never stops.

  • Wired Japan

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    There used to be a Japanese version of the magazine WIRED, with its own editorial content, and Oyayubizoku offers up a desktop montage (pictured above) of some of its original covers. For those of you who are both fans of Wired and fans of Japan, Iā€™m posting a desktop I made years ago after coming…