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Month: November 2006

  • Puma Yutori Kimono

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    Puma has just released a new collection of shoes, Yutori Kimono, which are supposedly made of vintage kimono fabrics. More pics here.

  • Interview with Satoshi Kon

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    Midnight Eye posts an interview with Satoshi Kon, talking about his soon-to-be-released film, PAPRIKA. The ads for this are now appearing on TV, really making me want to see it. Update: And if your in LA: “Satoshi Kon’s Paprika is screening at 10 a.m. at Laemmle‘s Grande 4-Plex in downtown Los Angeles through Sunday. This screening…

  • Designboom Tokyo Mart 2006 Report

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    Designboom has posted a report of their 100% Design Tokyo mart. Pictured here is Kyouei‘s Kouichi Okamoto setting up his lamps. Update (16/10/23): The photo is no longer available.

  • Dual

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    PingMag writes up Dual, a fashion select shop just off Omotesando. Take a peak inside the Tokyo fashion scene.

  • Resfest 10 in Tokyo

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    Ah, it’s that time of the year, as everyone’s favorite traveling film festival — mine at least — returns to our fair city. Yes, I’m of course talking about Resfest, this year celebrating its 10th anniversary, which invades once again the Laforet Museum in Harajuku starting this Thursday (November 23-26). What should you catch? A…

  • Issey Miyake Site Update

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    Issey Miyake’s official site gets a major — and oh-so slick — update.

  • Hitoshi Abe Interview at Designboom

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    Designboom interviews architect Hitoshi Abe.

  • Shots from Connections and Combinations

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    I’ve put up a Flickr photoset of shots from “Connections and Combinations,” the exhibition by artist/writer Andrew Conti at Cafe Pause that starts today. The show runs until December 3, with an artist reception being held November 25, from 19:00. You’ll notice some of the puzzles in the shots that I mentioned a while back,…