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Month: January 2006

  • Xbox Lounge

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    It’s still there, until mid-February.

  • This Week in Magazines

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    CASA BRUTUS (71) devotes another issue (like they did last year) to the home (“My Home 2006”). You get a tour of some of the latest and greatest designs by top architects, and they even include a “Building a Home for Dummies” insert. This is a bilingual issue, so the feature gets translated in English.…

  • Honda CMs

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    Paul has a nice little collection of links to great Honda TV commercials that can be viewed online. My favorite one has to be “Cog” — absolutely brilliant.

  • Markuz Wernli Saito

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    Kyoto-based designer/photographer Markuz Wernli Saito will be in town next week to give a “very visually driven talk on the integration of image and word” at Ebisu’s Good Day Books (January 22 at 18:30). His latest work was as photo designer for the book MIREI SHIGEMORI, MODERNIZING THE JAPANESE GARDEN, and you can find out…

  • Looking for a Design Assistant

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    I mentioned Johan Prag’s site the other day, and now he lets me know that he’s currently on the lookout for a design assistant. The person should have a good design school education or actual working experience, and needs to speak/read/write Japanese, and be able to speak English. This is a full-time position. His contact…

  • Podcast Update

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    An update on the Japanese music podcast project: Macworld 2006’s keynote saw plenty of nice announcements (the MacBook Pro is the system I’ve been waiting for a year to get), and most exciting for the podcast project was the release of the new version of Garageband, which includes a podcast recording studio. So for now,…

  • Free Tokyo

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    PingMag has a new fun piece up on things to do in Tokyo that won’t cost you a penny. I would add my monthly Ginza design gallery tours to that, since I don’t spend any money (no entry fees).

  • This Week at Gridskipper

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    Strawberry Fair Claska All of my Gridskipper posts can be read here.