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Month: June 2007

  • TAB: Comic Strip Reviews

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    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…

  • Japanamerica in Japan

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    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.

  • Marxy: Tokion and Hiroshi Fujiwara

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    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.

  • More from Interior Lifestyle 2007

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    MoCo Loco posts some more of my photos from last week’s “Interior Lifestyle” show.

  • Graniph Design Award Winners

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    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.

  • Warriors of Art

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    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,…

  • New Site for AQ

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    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.

  • Interior Lifestyle 2007 Coverage Continues

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    The photos I took at “Interior Lifestyle 2007” continue to appear at MoCo Loco. METAPHYS Kazuhiko Tomita