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Month: May 2006

  • PauseTalk is Go

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    As you’ll notice in the sidebar, I’ve made the start of PauseTalk official. There’s a tiny page for it, which I just quickly put together, which you can point people to if they’re interested in attending (I’ll probably add content to it as we go along and the thing starts). The first edition will be…

  • Kiiiiiii DVD Launch Event Tonight

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    I know I’m late announcing this, but the Kiiiiiii DVD launch event, for the just-released GOLD & SILVER, will be taking place tonight at the Star Pine’s Cafe in Kichijoji. I believe they will screen the DVD at around 19:30. Also, the group has had to cancel all live dates in May, with this being…

  • Shift 114

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    A new issue of SHIFT (114) is up, featuring a cover interview with designer Edvard Scott. Also, “Girls on the Street” is back in Japan!

  • New Building in Harajuku

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    From Crisscross: The new “Iceberg” building in Harajuku has a complex geometry which reflects light from all angles. This is helped by putting silver inter-layers in the glass on oblique angled sections – giving the flat glass a three-dimensional quality. It is the brainchild of Tokyo-based British architect Benjamin Warner. I haven’t seen this yet,…

  • New Piece in Time

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    I have a piece is this week’s issue of TIME (Asian/European editions) on new Japanese Airline Starflyer. You can read the article, “A Starflyer is Born,” here.

  • Josh Spear Site Redesign

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    Josh Spear has just launched a slick redesign of his site that looks quite nice. He’s actually on his way to Asia as I write this, and we should be meeting up sometime during his visit to Tokyo.

  • Tokyo Kitchens

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    THE NEW YORK TIMES STYLE MAGAZINE offers up a nice little slideshow of Tokyo kitchens.

  • Shinsuke Yoshitake

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    The latest post on the CMP blog led me to illustrator Shinsuke Yoshitake’s site, which filled with all these great little drawings (like the one you see here). Update (16/09/24): The image is no longer available.