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Month: June 2006

  • 21_21

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    PingMag has a fun piece up on the upcoming 21_21 Design Sight — a dream design project that brings together such luminaries as Issey Miyake, Taku Satoh, Naoto Fukasawa, and Tadao Ando. The logo, designed by Satoh, is now up on the project’s official site, ready to be played with (see what people are doing…

  • Oh! Mikey Night

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    Patrick brings news of an “Oh! Mikey Night” (well, series of nights, as it’s happening throughout July) where they will be screening some of the more adult-oriented episodes of the cult series. More info on Patrick’s Agenda. Speaking of OH! MIKEY, I saw bits from the new American adaptation, and I can tell you that…

  • Bandai Museum to Move

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    Remember the Bandai Museum I visited recently (see Flick photoset here)? Seems like it’s about to move into a new facility. Gunota reports Bandai Museum has announced it will close its Matsudo, Chiba Prefecture on August 31st. Bandai will open a brand new cultural facility, “Toytown Bandai Museum”, next year at Mibu, Tochigi Prefecture. Meanwhile,…

  • David Choe Jail Art

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    A couple of years ago, American comic artist David Choe was jailed in Tokyo for punching an undercover cop, and here is a gallery of the art he created while in solitary confinement, using whatever material he could get his hands on.

  • This Week at Gridskipper

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    Two More from Wonderwall Japan Foundation Film Series Part 6 You can read all of my Gridskipper posts here (or even subscribe to a feed).

  • Shinjuku Eye

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    I don’t remember ever seeing this artwork by Yoshiko Miyashita at Shinjuku station, but I thank Patrick for pointing it out.

  • Two Projects from Wonderwall

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    Wonderwall has updated its site with two more projects that were done last year: the B&B Italia furniture boutique (pictured here) and the And A Homme menswear store. Update (16/10/09): The image is no longer available.

  • This Week in Time

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    I have a piece in this week’s issue (June 19, 2006) of TIME (Asian and European editions). “Brain Fodder” covers the Cow Books bookstore, and you can read it online here.