Jean Snow [.net]

Month: March 2006

  • Xbox 360 Vs. Beams

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    Microsoft keeps on trying, this time partnering up with Beams. In a partnership with hipster clothing store BEAMS, the struggling console company is launching an official “Xbox 360 brand” t-shirt that was designed by the dude that created the Xbox Lounge. The shirts, which read “HIGH DEFINITION DETAILS,” go on sale March 23 at the…

  • Hana Midori Culture Center

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    Architecture Photography has a gallery up of Toyo Ito and Atelier Bow-Wow’s Hana Midori Culture Center (the image in this post is not from that gallery). Link via Dezain.net. Update (16/09/10): The image is no longer available.

  • Bamboo House

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    Materia has an article up on Kengo Kuma’s Bamboo House. Link via Tropolism.

  • This Week at Gridskipper

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    An Otaku’s Guide to Otaku Central Marimekko Comes to Japan You can read all of my Gridskipper posts here (or even subscribe to a feed).

  • Kubrick/Be@rbrick Article on PingMag

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    My first article for PingMag, covering the Kubrick/Be@rbrick line of figures, is now up. I also made a photoset on Flickr with the complete set of pictures I took at the ANDTOY shop for the article (40 in all). And if you want to hear more about Nakano Broadway, the second episode of my Tokyo…

  • This Week in Magazines

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    The new issue of RELAX (110) sets us up on a “Meeting with Asian Beauty Masters,” which translates to a look at various Asian health practices — think yoga, kung-fu, and kampo. They also point out places in Japan where you can take classes. I liked the “Suits Style Sampling” piece, which is basically a…

  • Comic Coffee Review

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    The Canned Coffee site does something a bit different this week with their latest coffee review (I did one last week). They’ve invited Enrico Casarosa, a storyboard artist at Pixar, to contribute a review in comic form, one new page up every day of the week. Part 1 is here.

  • New Packaging

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    The Snapazoo has updated its packaging, again designed by NCM. The instructions are much clearer now.