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Month: March 2007

  • This Week in Magazines

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    CASA BRUTUS (84) covers the “Japanese Hotel Evolution,” in the form of a rundown of the latest and greatest when it comes to Japanese hospitality and accommodations. They also have a piece that calls out to “Save the Modern Architecture,” spotlighting older, and iconic, architectural landmarks. TITLE (86) is “Addicted to Photo Love!” It’s a…

  • Lab Motion Review

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    TABlog reviews the recent “Lab Motion” exhibition, that featured works by Exonemo, Tochka, and Assistant.

  • Cardboard Box Design

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    PingMag looks at Japanese packaging design again, this time with a focus on cardboard boxes.

  • Softbank + Pantone

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    If you’ve ridden on the Yamanote line in the past week or so, you’ve probably seen the massive ad campaign for the latest mobile phone model to come from Softbank, the Pantone collection (also known under the exceedingly boring model name 812SH), available in 20 colors. The image above is from a post on Core77.…

  • Josh McKible

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    Josh McKible is a Tokyo-based illustrator who I met a while back at a PechaKucha Night, and he’s just updated the portfolio he has at Illoz with some new pieces.

  • Otaku USA Magazine

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    Big news for Patrick Macias, who’s back in town now. Sovereign Media Inc., an active interest niche magazine publishing company that publishes SCI FI — the official magazine of the SCI FI Channel, is launching Otaku USA Magazine in June. Patrick Macias, a correspondent for the NHK World Television show Tokyo Eye and author of…