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Month: July 2006

  • An Afternoon in Ginza and Yurakucho

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    What started out as a simple lunch outing in Ikebukuro this past Saturday ended up being an entire day spent in Ginza/Yurakucho. For lunch, we started by going to Cafe Add+Ress at Ikebukuro’s Parco, which is something we end up doing most weekends now (their lunch plates are usually quite good). From there, we wanted…

  • Manglish

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    Not a bad way of reading some original manga: Manga lovers rejoice! A never-seen-before approach to manga made its debut on the Mainichi Daily News on Monday, July 3, 2006. Manglish takes some of Japan’s hottest young manga talents — showcased in the Mainichi’s MangaTown site — and places their creations on the MDN in…

  • Everyware Talk

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    This coming Saturday (July 15 at 14:00), former Tokyo resident Adam Greenfield will be giving a talk at the Mita Campus of Keio University (G-SEC, 6th Floor, East Research Building) on his recently published book, EVERYWARE: THE DAWNING AGE OF UBIQUITOUS COMPUTING, which will include a short panel discussion, as well as a Q&A session.…

  • NEKKO

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    A while back I wrote a post about &design for the MoCo Tokyo site, but at the time, none of their clever designs had yet been released commercially. Well, finally, as of last month, thanks to H Concept, their NEKKO single-flower vase is available in shops!

  • Tokyo and my Daughter

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    TOKYO AND MY DAUGHTER is a new book from Nieves featuring the lovely photography of Takashi Homma. You can see a few of the photographs included within here.

  • Matzu-MTP Expo

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    Another event from Jesse Jay Sharer, this time the “Matzu-MTP Expo” at Gallery Speak For, July 28 to August 13. The DJ lineup for the opening’s after party at JZ Brat (happens one week after, August 4, 0:00-5:00) will include SHINCO (SDP), Hiroshi Kawanabe (TOKYO NO.1 SOUL SET/GALARUDE/InK), COM.A (ROMZ) w/ Motion graphics by Ishiura…

  • Recorded in Columbia

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    If you check the PauseTalk page, or even just the mention of it in the sidebar, you might have noticed that next month’s edition will take place on the 3rd Monday of the month (August 21), to coincide with the exhibition of artist, and regular PauseTalk participant, Hiroaki Koshiba. Koshiba is very musical in his…

  • Shift 116

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    The new issue of online Japanese design magazine SHIFT (116) is up, with a cover feature on Henrik Vibskov.

  • Tokidoki + Lesportsac

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    I know Tokidoki aren’t a Japanese unit — rather it was started by Italian artist Simone Legno — but their colorful graphics are definitely Japan-influenced, and I love this collection of bags and accessories they’ve created for the Lesportsac band. Link via Josh Spear.

  • New Imagery

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    Some nice new imagery from Yuki. More here.