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Month: June 2007

  • New Plusminuszero Collection

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    The Naoto Fukasawa-designed Plusminuszero brand has launched a new collection. It includes a coffee and tea maker, toaster, container, sliced bread dish, mug, calculators in 2 sizes, a new version of the humidifer, and a heater.

  • Otaku USA 1

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    The first issue of OTAKU USA, a new magazine edited by Patrick Macias, is now out. You should be able to find it at local magazine newsstands, but if not, then you can always subscribe.

  • PauseTalk Vol. 10

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    Last night’s PauseTalk, held for a 10th time, also marked an anniversary of sorts (and something I only realized as I got to the cafe), since the first one took place a year ago, almost to the day (June 5, 2006). It was another interesting mix of people, and for the first time in a…

  • PingMag: Ken Okuyama

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    PingMag interviews designer Ken Okuyama — he of the Pininfarina carbon fibre bodies — from Milan’s Tokyo Design Premio, held back in April.

  • Light Tracer wins TDC Award

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    I’m a bit late on this, but while leafing through the latest issue of DESIGNERS’ WORKSHOP yesterday (or maybe it was DESIGN NOTE) I spotted a picture of Karl D.D. Willis, and then a mention that his “Light Tracer” had been awarded the “Interactive Design Prize” for the 2007 Tokyo Type Directors Club awards. I…

  • Momus at Apple Store Shibuya

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    Paul posted this photo from last night’s Momus performance at Apple Store Shibuya.

  • Yuka Yamaguchi’s Plastique Monkey

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    A post on the Drawn! blog for Canada-based (in Saskatoon, of all places) artist Yuka Yamaguchi got me searching for more info on her (the link in the original post doesn’t work), which led me to Plastique Monkey, a rather nice-looking blog by the artist. The site also features a gallery of her work, as…

  • PauseTalk Tonight

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    Tonight (June 4) sees the return of PauseTalk at Cafe Pause, after last month’s skip. Start time is the usual 19:30.

  • TB.Jogo 1

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    It’s been a long time coming, but finally, here it is, “TB.Jogo,” the game column I’ll be doing here with Brad, hopefully on a weekly basis. As I explained before, the column is done chat style, which we do over iChat. What’s with the name? It just continues the naming convention I use for features…

  • Koji Kimura Chairs at Cafe Pause

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    Designer Koji Kimura recently brought in some new chairs to Cafe Pause. This was the previous one, and the one before that.