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Month: February 2006

  • Taschen Tokyo Temp Store

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    Seems like the Taschen store at Omotesando Hills is only going to be temporary (until May). When hearing “Hills” in Tokyo, the first thing you think of is certainly Roppongi Hills. But now you have to shift your focus to Omotesando, as a new complex called “Omotesando Hills” opens right where the beautiful Dojunkai Apartments…

  • SOSO

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    Am I the only person that finds it annoying as hell that all the cool exhibitions that are hosted at SOSO (SHIFT‘s HQ and cafe/gallery) in Sapporo never make it to Tokyo? I wonder if something could be done to change this…

  • Nagi Noda Q&A

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    The GAS PROJECT BLOG updates with a Japanese-only Nagi Noda Q&A (remember that this month’s GGG show covers her work) and a report of the recent Samira Boon workshop held at the TRAVELING GAS SHOP (with plenty of pics).

  • Nobumasa Takahashi

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    This wall drawing by illustrator Nobumasa Takahashi is simply awesome (the picture is from a new piece at PingMag). Update (16/09/10): The image is no longer available.

  • CS Web Happenings

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    I’d like to do a roundup of places on the web that have mentioned Canadian Style, so if you have mentioned the event on your site (or have seen a post about it somewhere), please leave a link in the comment section (or email me). I know that it’s been mentioned at the Shift blog…

  • GD Vs. CS

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    Groovisual Diary‘s Toe makes it out to Cafe Pause to have a look at Canadian Style and puts up a few images. I was supposed to meet her there, the first time I’d meet her face-to-face, but I’ve been hit by a cold (I think I was probably holding it back mentally throughout the CS…

  • Speed Tribes

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    Marxy offers up some thoughts on Karl Taro Greenfeld’s 1995 look at Japanese youth culture, SPEED TRIBES. I’m quite interested by the reading suggestions he makes at the end of the piece, things I haven’t had a chance to read (I’m so behind on book reading actually, finding it hard to get through books these…

  • Toyo Ito in Icon

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    The February issue of ICON has a piece on Toyo Ito, and you can now read it online.