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Month: July 2006

  • We’re the BAD

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    Check out this clip on YouTube of Kiiiiiii performing live, originally from a DVD compilation of various live band performances.

  • T-1 World Cup Finals

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    PingMag reminds us that there are only 5 days left until the end of the T-1 World Cup t-shirt competition, so if you haven’t already, time to go and buy a tee, and at the same time support your favorite designer. The PingMag post gives you a quick look at all the tees, but the…

  • Cleaning Signage

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    PingMag has a picture-heavy piece looking at the typography from dry cleaning shops in Tokyo.

  • Karly on NHK

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    Patrick shares a few stills from the Karia Nomoto’s recent mini-live at the Shibuya Apple Store that aired on NHK’s POPJAM DX show.

  • Core77 Shows Love

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    My latest “On Design” column for THE JAPAN TIMES got a post on Core77!

  • Protected Posts

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    I was going over my list of feeds this morning, and was caught a bit by surprise when I saw that one of Yuki’s posts on her Kissui.net site was password protected. Nevermind the fact that I didn’t know you can do that on blogs (not that it’s all that surprising), but is this something…

  • Bit Generation

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    Nintendo’s “Bit Generations” series of cool little games for the GBA is about to get released, and they’ve now launched an official site. Joystik explains how they’ll be sold: The website for Nintendo’s retro, budget bit Generations (née Digistylish) series has gone live, featuring mini-pages for each of the three games contained in the series…

  • Mammoth + Muji

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    Starting yesterday at Atelier Muji — the exhibition space at Muji Yurakucho — MAMMOTH magazine is collaborating with Muji and providing special stamps to use with their stamp bags (which I moblogged a while back). It ends July 23.

  • Paper Sky Goes Bilingual!

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    OK, it’s only for one issue, the next one (which should be out soon), with a cover feature on Akihabara, but it’s definitely some nice news, and who knows, maybe if we buy enough copies we can get them to include more bilingual content!

  • Short Film Market 2006

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    This looks cool: Cinema Angelica and Moving Pictures Japan launch a joint project to support young talents and explore new possibilities focusing on short films. The first step on the way is a screening + market event introducing works by film directors associated with the project. The 16 movies shown here are of an immense…