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Month: May 2006

  • Construction Parking

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    I’d never seen anything like this before, it’s built just to store construction equipment. This is on Meiji street, close to the crossing with Omotesando.

  • Animal Crossing at Lapnet Ship

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    Even though Foret is currently closed and undergoing some rennovations, the Lapnet Ship is still open, and has just moved down the road (see the access section of their site). The current show covers DOUBUTSU NO MORI (ANIMAL CROSSING): At Harajuku’s LAPNET SHIP, the gallery/cafe is holding a Animal Crossing art exhibit for the next…

  • Aoyama Book Center

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    I stopped by the Aoyama Book Center earlier in the week, and the outside of the store was plastered with the signs you see here, for some sort of promotion between STUDIO VOICE magazine and Birkenstock. The second picture was taken inside the store.

  • On Design for May

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    Just a reminder that my “On Design” column for this month will be in tomorrow’s (Tuesday) edition of THE JAPAN TIMES. This time, I go with my base instincts and cover something I’m sure will come as no surprise to any of you: all things white! Update: The column is now online (free registration required after…

  • Spiral Shopping Site

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    Spiral now has an online store, including a section for Spiral Records!

  • Nakata.net Cafe

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    A shot of the newly opened Nakata.net Cafe in Aoyama, on the same spot as the Xbox Lounge from a few months ago. It’s a temporary cafe setup for the duration of the World Cup, with all matches being shown on giant screens inside. Here‘s the post I wrote for Gridskipper last week, and one…

  • More Paul Smith Space

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    I put up two more pics of the new Paul Smith Space store on my Flickr account (here and here, and there’s this one from earlier in the week).

  • Omotesando Future Airport

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    Spotted this temporary event space still under construction at Omotesando Hills earlier in the week. The event, a collaboration between RTA and Narita Airport’s new Terminal 1, was set to start this past Friday, and also includes an exhibition at the Spiral building. Two more pictures here and here.

  • Magazines Are Expensive

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    I was at the Junkudo bookstore earlier today and ended up picking up the latest +81 (32), which is their “Graphics the World Over” issue, as well as the newly relaunched ATMOSPHERE (3) from GAS. I was unpleasantly surprised by what the latter was selling for: 2300 yen. Seems a bit expensive, and it’s double…

  • More Relax Boyz

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    Recently added these two Relax Boys to my collection. The gold version is rare.