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Month: November 2005

  • Digiki in Osaka

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    If you’re on in Osaka on December 2, then go and catch Digiki at Club Saomai for the “8 Bit Generation” event. More info here.

  • Muji Xmas

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    Muji has started a new Christmas campaign, featuring new gift ideas that have been “found” (or adapted) around the world. It’s a nice set of items, like a tin robot or some toy blocks that represent various cities, but one of the nicest touches is the mini-catalogue they’ve released. To promote the international aspect of…

  • Beer & Architecture Vol. 4

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    Beer! Architecture! Yeah! Photography is an essential medium for architects to produce architecture. This fourth edition of “Beer & Architecture” invites visitors to inspect several pieces of architecture photography and discuss the state of architecture from the 1960s to the present, and of course, have a beer or two. Special guest is Ohashi Tomio, a…

  • Midnight Eye Update

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    Japanese film site Midnight Eye updates with new features and reviews, including a look at the DENSHA OTOKO (TRAIN MAN) phenomenon. I’ve been watching the TV series with Yuko lately (I’m on the last episode now), and I must say that even with all the cheesiness involved and ridiculous over-the-top acting, it was quite fun…

  • TDW by Designboom

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    Designboom has over 200 pictures from Tokyo Design Week 2005. Link via Dezain.net.

  • Beef or Chicken

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    Marxy gives the lodown on the just-released debut album by Teriyaki Boyz (the Nigo vanity project), BEEF OR CHICKEN. Me, I haven’t listened to it yet (I am curious though), but I do think it has one of the ugliest album covers I’ve seen in a while. Update: Marxy’s review of BEEF OR CHICKEN for…

  • Paper Mac

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    Oh, I love this! From Joi Ito’s blog: My friend Kenji Eno was reminiscing about how cool the old 128K Mac was. He Googled around looking for pictures and had a hard time finding one. He was going to sketch an illustration of one, but ended up making a cut-out paper craft version of it…

  • Mamma Gun Has Left the Building

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    Some closing words from Jesper over at the TSiG blog about the end of the Mamma Gun event, with a few choice links for those who missed out on everything.