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Month: March 2007

  • Micro Homes in Japan

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    BusinessWeek has a piece on micro-homes in Japan. Link via Core77.

  • Ponyo On a Cliff

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    It’s official, Hayao Miyazaki’s next film for Studio Ghibli will be called GAKE NO UE NO PONYO (PONYO ON A CLIFF). More from AICN: The excellent Hayao Miyazaki/Studio Ghibli resource Nausicaa.net has reported that the master animator’s next film will be “Gake no ue no Ponyo” (Ponyo On A Cliff). The project, scheduled to appear…

  • Tama Art University New Library

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    Architecturephoto.net has a few images of the Toyo Ito-designed Tama Art University New Library. Link via Dezain.net.

  • Digiki's Beat Vacation

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    Tokyo Fun Party is getting closer and closer to launching its record label, with the first release coming from our good friend Digiki. BEAT VACATION comes out April 25, and I’ll point you to Patrick’s Agenda entry, where he includes the track listing, and links to places where you can pre-order the album. In other…

  • Still No Monocle

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    OK, some of you are certainly thinking, “will he shut it already with this MONOCLE magazine!” But this time I can actually report on something. It’s only the second issue, and it looks like they’re already experience distribution problems in Japan. Still couldn’t get a copy today. At LIBRO they told me that it would…

  • A Love Letter to the Renault

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    Alin releases a new PDF book, this time “incorporating a compendium of architectures, designs, fashions and lifestyles” by way of the Renault.

  • Intervall-Audio

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    Intervall-audio is an MP3 netlabel that offers “electronic music between Dusseldorf and Tokyo” as free downloads, all under Creative Commons licenses. I was just listening to samples of a release by Sora, a Kyoto-based electronic artist, which quickly led to me downloading his LIVE AT METRO release. They also have a web shop that specializes…

  • Superfuture Superguides

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    I’m a bit late on this, but Superfuture (“urban fundamentals for global shopping experts”) is now offering Superfuture Superguides, which amount to 30-page PDF guides to various cities. Going for $20, these are public versions of reports the site has been producing for private clients for years now, and they will be updated on a…