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Month: November 2005

  • Tees from Skwat

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    Get your anime/manga flavoured Apple-lovin’ tees from Skwat, a Belgian t-shirt designer! Link via Cult of Mac.

  • DoCoMo International Architectural Design Winners

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    Have a look at the winning entries for the 1st DoCoMo International Architectural Design Competition. Link via Dezain.net.

  • iPod Bar

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    From TUAW: Gizmodo is reporting that Apple has installed an “iPod Bar” in the Tokyo Apple Store, which functions like the Genius Bar, but fields only iPod-specific questions. I can just hear the Genius Bar workers from across the globe exclaiming, “We’re sick of resetting iPods!” Hence the iPod Bar was born. Check it out…

  • Dressed to Kill

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    Digiki has got to be the most stylin’ man in Tokyo right now!

  • GTA Pause

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    GTA PSP multiplayer madness at Cafe Pause!

  • Schooling Pad Workshop

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    This page features results form a recent workshop held at Schooling Pad. Link via Dezain.net.

  • Abandoned Buildings

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    Tropolism points to this site that chronicles abandoned Japanese buildings. Update: Momus posts his own thoughts on the site. Oh, and the site’s name translates to “Haikyo Deflation Spiral.”

  • On Design Is Online

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    This month’s “On Design” column is now online. As I mentioned the other day, it’s a look at some standouts from 100% Design, and features Chihiro Tanaka’s Spore, Bridge’s Ice Partition (by designer Kenichiro Ohmori), Metaphys’ Factory, the E.P.A + GELCHOP Bike Protector, the JDMC Ryu Line Black Series of chairs, and pd DESIGN’s Green…

  • Echika

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    You know all that annoying construction that has been going on for months now at Omotesando station? Well, it was all for a new underground shopping/food court called Echika, set to open on December 2. Doesn’t sound terribly exciting, but I hope it means that all exits will again be open.

  • Designing the Perfect Balance

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    My Tokyo Design Week article that appeared in today’s edition of THE JAPAN TIMES (in the Arts section) is now available online. The piece was published with additional reviews by Sébastien-Philippe Fortin, which you can read here. For some reason, last Tuesday’s “On Design” column still isn’t online, but hopefully will be up shortly.