Month: June 2006
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Karia Nomoto at Apple Store
Oh man, I so wish I could go to this (can’t because of work): Karia Nomoto will be doing a free mini-live at the Apple Store Shibuya on June 13, from 20:00. More details from Chipple.net Agenda.
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Yasuhiro Yamashita
Designboom interviewed architect Yasuhiro Yamashita last year. Pictured here is his “Cell Brick” house, of which the kitchen got featured in that NYT piece I linked to a while back. Link via MoCo Loco.
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Tokyo Metropolitan Government Complex
Continuing in Lil‘s recent series of Tokyo high-rises, here is a rather nice shot of the Kenzo Tange-designed Tokyo Metropolitan Government Complex.
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This Week in Magazines
This month’s issue of MAC POWER (198) — by far the best Mac magazine ever — covers Groovisions in Hong Kong (GRV HKG), as a show for the unit recently made it to the city. It’s a lengthy feature with lots of GRV-related goodness. BRUTUS (594) presents its “Brutus International Airport,” which is basically a…
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Naninu
I don’t tend to use community spaces much — I’m on Mixi, but only access the site when someone sends me a message — but I should mention that there’s a new community in town, going by the name of Naninu. The nice thing with this Japan-based site is that it’s bilingual, so should be…
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More Manga by Foreigners
And following up on my previous post, THE JAPAN TIMES has a piece written by Martin Webb examining the manga-style comics being produced by non-Japanese artists.
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Examining Japanese Style Illustrations
PingMag interviews Gez Fry, an illustrator who talks about how he got into the Japanese manga market.
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This Week at Gridskipper
The New ICC Atelier Muji You can read all of my Gridskipper posts here (or even subscribe to a feed).