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Month: April 2007

  • Collect.Apply Exhibition

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    Kyoto-based design unit collect.apply have an exhibition opening tomorrow (April 24) and running until May 14 at the Japonica Music Store & Cafe Gallery in Kyoto, with an opening party this Saturday (April 28, 19:00-23:00). “It Might as Well be Spring” will be a showcase of their work, past and present. In Tokyo, you can…

  • OK Fred 9

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    A new issue of OK FRED (9) is out, in which they celebrate all “The Mamas and the Papas” out there. My contribution to the issue is the return of my “Sekai no Omiseyasan” column, in which I cover a few spots in Nakameguro. You’ll also find an old picture of my parents on the…

  • Cafe Pause 3rd Anniversary T-Shirt

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    We recently celebrated the 3rd anniversary of Cafe Pause, and produced this t-shirt (not for sale). It was designed by Next Century Modern. Below is the color we used for the final tee.

  • Spring 2007 Anime, Follow-Up

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    Another spring 2007 anime guide, this time from Anime News Network, and they include thoughts on the start of each series. I’ve been following a few of them, and will post my own thoughts probably later this week.

  • Kansai Art Beat

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    Kansai Art Beat launches, doing for the Kansai region what TAB has been doing quite successfully in Tokyo for a couple of years now. Last December, TAB’s non-profit organisation Gadago entered into an agreement with the Flanders Center, a non-profit foundation based in Osaka to provide them technical/design support for the launch of Kansai Art…

  • Artek by Shigeru Ban

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    Dezeen has posted a few photos from the Shigeru Ban-designed Artek installation in Milan.

  • TABlog on 21_21 Design Sight

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    TABlog has a review up for 21_21 Design Sight‘s inaugural exhibition. You’ll probably recognize the photos, taken from my Tokyo Midtown Flickr photoset.

  • TB.Pensar 004

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    What is TB.Pensar? Find out here. Is it just me, or has everyone in the world picked this month to come to Tokyo for various projects. It’s been a rather hectic month all around, and I’m definitely looking forward to the upcoming Golden Week holiday to re-energize and re-focus — I will also need to…

  • The Good, The Bad, and the Ugly of Art Fair Tokyo

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    TABlog’s Ashley was not a big fan of the recent Art Fair Tokyo, and Tetsuya Ozaki’s latest “Out of Tokyo” column offers up a different, much more positive, take.

  • Blogging in Japan Is #1

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    From an editorial in today’s edition of THE JAPAN TIMES: Japanese, a recent survey found, is the most common language for blogging. With 70-some million blogs now in all languages, Japan edged out even English and Chinese for the top spot of blog language. A third of all blogs in the world, or virtual world,…