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Month: August 2006

  • Another Paradise with Swedish Style

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    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

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    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

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

  • Collect.Apply

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    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

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    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

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    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

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    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

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    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…