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Month: June 2006

  • Funeral Hall in Kagamihara

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    The following site has a few shots of the new Toyo Ito-designed municipal funeral hall in Kagamihara. Link via Dezain.net.

  • Polypunk 009

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    Digiki’s latest Polypunk episode (009) is up!

  • Tenmyouya Interview

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    PingMag interviews artist Hisashi Tenmyouya.

  • No Time to Relax

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    As a follow-up to my little rant on the latest issue of RELAX yesterday, I’ve just learned that the magazine will soon cease publication. Can’t say that I’m really surprised (or saddened) by the news. Update: Marxy writes a nice eulogy.

  • Retro Goodness

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    A reader points out this great treasure trove of retro Japanese gadgety goodness.

  • Cibone Book Corner

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    The Cibone select shop has just opened a book corner. More than just an interior shop, but dedicated to “life editorial” of a greater scale, Cibone announces the start of a book corner stocking about 2,000 copies of different publications. A look at the lineup suggests a theme along the lines of “What your bookshelf…

  • I Heart Tokyo

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    Following a recent visit to Tokyo, a reader (Paul Kawai, a design student from Toronto, Canada) decided to share with me his love letter to the city that he made in the form of this image. Hey, I [heart] Tokyo too!

  • Light Tracer

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    This is a follow-up for people that were at PauseTalk early on, when Bianca Beuttel was talking about one of her classmates’ interactive project, “Light Tracer.” New Zealander Karl D.D. Willis has created an installation that “invites the participant to write, draw and trace images in real physical space using a series of light sources.…