Month: June 2007
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TAB: Comic Strip Reviews
This is just so great. It’s no secret that I’m a huge fan of comics/BD/manga, and I do enjoy taking in art shows as well, and so Tokyo Art Beat has come up with the idea of combining the two for a new series of comic art reviews by Jun-Pierre Shiozawa! The first strip covers…
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Japanamerica in Japan
Roland Kelt’s JAPANAMERICA now has a Japanese edition, and the launch party happens tonight (June 14) at SuperDeluxe (start time is 18:00, with free entry). The celebrations will continue with a few more events, including a night of cosplay at the Pink Cow on June 19.
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Marxy: Tokion and Hiroshi Fujiwara
I’ve been waiting for Marxy to comment on this month’s issue of TOKION JAPAN, with a cover feature on Hiroshi Fujiwara, and now here it is. It’s not exactly what you’d expect.
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More from Interior Lifestyle 2007
MoCo Loco posts some more of my photos from last week’s “Interior Lifestyle” show.
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Graniph Design Award Winners
Graniph recently announced the winners of their first design awards. The gold prize went to Jonathan Lax of Israel for the image you see in this post, as well as 4 more. You can view all the prize winners (gold, silver, and bronze) here.
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Warriors of Art
I’ve been going through a copy of WARRIORS OF ART: A GUIDE TO CONTEMPORARY JAPANESE ARTISTS from Kodansha International by Yumi Yamaguchi (she covers art for quite a few magazines), and I’m finding a lot to like. Covering 40 names in the contemporary art scene, you know you’re not going to get an in-depth look,…
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New Site for AQ
AQ, the Tokyo-based web design office comprised of Paul Baron, Eiko Nagase, and Chris Palmieri, have just launched a major overhaul of their website.
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Interior Lifestyle 2007 Coverage Continues
The photos I took at “Interior Lifestyle 2007” continue to appear at MoCo Loco. METAPHYS Kazuhiko Tomita
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Miike + Tarantino = Django
From Japan Today: Quentin Tarantino, center, director Takashi Miike, left, and actress Kaorio Momoi attend a news conference in Tokyo Monday to mark the completion of filming for the sukiyaki western “Django,” in which Tarantino plays Ringo, a master gunfighter in feudal Japan. Even though Tarantino is the only non-Japanese in the film, “Django” is…
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Naoto Fukasawa in the IHT
The INTERNATIONAL HERALD TRIBUNE has a piece up on Naoto Fukasawa. Link via Dezain.net.