Month: August 2006

  • Another Paradise with Swedish Style

    The image that will be used on this year’s Swedish Style catalogue, with the theme “Another Paradise,” has been released, and is what you see here. Update (16/10/16): The image is no longer available.

  • Enter the Xbox 360

    Well, I did it, I’ve joined the dark side: since last night, I’m the very happy owner of an Xbox 360. The seeds were planted just over a week ago, when Brad invited me over to his place for a day of gaming goodness (pretty much 7 hours straight of Xbox 360, PSP, and DS…

  • Jet Set Leger

    The new Jet Set Leger record store at Laforet in Harajuku looks rather nice. More from Patrick.

  • Collect.Apply

    Collect.Apply are a Kyoto-based design company made up of two English designers, James Gibson and Hal Udell. They have quite an impressive array of work — view a PDF of some of their designs here. Pictured here is Block Jam, a prototype for a musical interface.

  • More Biking Adventures

    As you could tell by my moblogging yesterday, I’m still enjoying the hell out of my new bike, and ended up doing the long trek to Tokyo Big Sight. On Thursday I was in and around Ginza for a while, and then headed back to Kundanshita to meet up with Craig at Co-Lab. We grabbed…

  • Poppas for Sale

    Everyone’s favorite little Tokyo-based indie publisher, Chin Music Press, has now released their latest book, LAST OF THE RED HOT POPPAS. I bought my copy directly from Craig the other day, and it looks fantastic. By far the most beautiful book they’ve released yet, with an amazing fold-out dust jacket that incorporates the obi. You…

  • Polypunk 10

    A new episode (10) of Digiki‘s POLYPUNK is up, this time featuring selections by Mai Ueda. More info, and links, here.

  • Uniqlo Container Stores in NYC

    More guerilla retailing from Uniqlo in the US: Uniqlo will deliver container stores modeled after a ship’s cargo containers to various locations in Manhattan and beyond during Labor Day weekend, according to Women’s Wear Daily. As a precursor to the October opening of Uniqlo’s 36,000-sq.-ft. flagship in SoHo, the container stores will operate every weekend…