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Month: July 2005
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Apple iTunes Music Store — At Last?
Macworld is reporting that invitations have been sent by Apple Japan to select journalists for a special music-related event to be held at 10am on August 4 at the Tokyo International Forum. Apple iTunes Music Store, anyone?
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Enzo Mari and the Cedars
Spiral is on a roll these days with their exhibitions! The latest: “Enzo Mari Vs. 10 Billion Japanese Cedar Trees.” The maestro of Italian industrial design, Enzo Mari, has worked together with furniture manufacturer Hida Industries from Takayama city in Gifu. They present a new line of furniture made possible with wood-compression technologies applied to…
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GA International 2005
Last week to catch the “GA International 2005,” featuring a who’s who of world-renown architects. GA International provides an outlook on upcoming trends in contemporary architecture. In this exhibition, the latest projects of 5 Japanese and 13 non-Japanese cutting-edge architects will be introduced. (TAB) It’s at the GA Gallery until July 31.
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Midnight Eye Update
Japanese film review site Midnight Eye has just updated with an interview with Lee Sang-Il (SIXTY NINE), a feature on the new book IRON MAN: THE CINEMA OF SHINYA TSUKAMOTO (written by Midnight Eye’s Tom Mes), a few reviews, and a piece on Frankfurt’s “Nippon Connection” film festival. Speaking of Tsukamoto, last week I watched…
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Stair
Oh man, I need to go to Stair, a new cafe/restaurant/bar in Aoyama designed by Wonderwall‘s Masamichi Katayama. More pics on this page. Here’s the description from the Wonderwall site: The idea behind this bar lounge was the revival of the glitzy cabaret of a past era. Gaudiness, allure, a touch of the wicked and…
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Art Fair Tokyo
Art Fair Tokyo sounds like a great way to take in all of the city’s great art options all in one go, with a setting (Tokyo International Forum) that I always enjoy taking in. From Tokyo Q: Art Fair Tokyo aims to make modern art more accessible to the public by taking it out of…