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Month: November 2006

  • Food for Design

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    MoCo Loco put up this pic I took of the snack I had with Sonia at the outdoor eatery at Tokyo Designer’s Week/100% Design Tokyo. Rather nice tray, don’t you think! More shots of the various cafes/bars they had on the grounds here.

  • The Road to Design

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    On the last day of Tokyo Design Week, Yuko accompanied me at the Jingu-Gaien grounds for a last look at Tokyo Designer’s Week/100% Design Tokyo. Here she is, sitting on the road that led to where the event was being held.

  • PauseTalk Vol. 5

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    Last night’s edition of PauseTalk (Vol. 5) was certainly an interesting one — with a great turnout of 19 participants — and it was a chance to gauge where the group stands as of now, what it needs, and what we should/could be doing. With so many new faces there, I felt a bit uneasy…

  • Mind Vitamin

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    What is Mind Vitamin? Mind Vitamin is an event that presents a multi-faceted artist showcase while offering a classy yet relaxed atmosphere that encourages our guests to enjoy themselves to the fullest by any means they can imagine. Music, imagination, fun. House music. Fashion Show. Live Performance. Oh, and it’s a charity event as well,…

  • The Latest from Palla

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    Palla is coming to Tokyo, participating in the “New Cosmos of Photography Exhibition 2006” at the Metropolitan Museum of Photography, November 11 to December 3. Also, he will be doing a presentation at the next Pecha Kucha Night (Vol. 37, November 29), which will including a showing of a new work, “pallalinkMovie.”

  • Tokyo FILMeX 2006

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    Partly due to the fact that it was launched around the time when REALTOKYO opened, this film festival is one that I particularly love. This year’s installment features among others movies by Thai Apichatpong Weerasethakul, Chinese Jia Zhang-ke, Tsai Ming-liang from Taiwan and Ryoo Seung-Wan from Korea. These are all outstandingly unique directors who represent…

  • This Is What Tokyo Design Week Did to Me

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    Sonia has posted a whole bunch of pics from 100% Design Tokyo — she obviously got to spend a lot of time there as she was manning her Designboom Mart booth. Pictured above is what a week of design does to a sane person.

  • Karl Escritt Update

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    Nice to see Karl Escritt get mentioned (includes a video of one of his live painting performances) on Cool Hunting, and then here’s some event info for you if you happen to be in Kyoto sometime over the next few weeks. On 12 November 2006 Escritt has a show in Kyoto; 1 December 2006 he…