Month: August 2007

  • Happening in Tokyo

    “The Salon,” happening tomorrow night (August 31) at Museum Cafe MADO LOUNGE (Mori Tower 52F) and involving OK FREDDERs Audrey and Yoshi, hopes to bring some retro (20s) party action to the venue. Suggested dress code: “ladies bring your pearls, hills, feather and lipstick, gentlemen, hats, ties, or feather if you prefer…” It starts at…

  • Tokyo Subway Maps for the iPhone

    Sure, the iPhone isn’t yet available in Japan, and it doesn’t look like we’ll be getting it anytime soon, but if your passion for one has led you to follow the import/unlock route (or you brought one along on a trip) then here are some iPhone-formatted maps of Tokyo’s subway and JR lines ready for…

  • Profile in Travel+Leisure

    I’m told that the profile TRAVEL+LEISURE did on me is in the current issue (September 2007), although I haven’t seen it yet. I look forward to seeing how the photo, shot by Takashi Yasumura, turned out.

  • This Week at MoCo Loco

    My weekly Tokyo post is up at MoCo Loco. This week I cover the two new products from Kyouei (Umbrella Pot and Topography Soup Plate), an event for 60VISION, and Bridge Design‘s HANA-MI.

  • Enoshima Graffiti

    Some graffiti shot by Tim Rudder at Enoshima.

  • On Design for August 2007

    This month’s edition of my “On Design” column is in today’s THE JAPAN TIMES, and can be found online here. In it, I cover KYOSHO‘s MANOI PF01 hobby robot, the MACINARI-TAKUMI pens and pencils, POM2‘s “Mine-Remove Sticker Program,” Flames‘ TU-KI light, and Flask’s Flower Kitchen Clip.

  • New Karl Escritt T-Shirts

    Kyoto-based Karl Escritt is had created a new collection of t-shirts for Eno in Shanghai. You can see all the designs here, and it seems that there will be a full online shop up within a few weeks.

  • TB.Musica 2

    Yes, it’s been just over 1 year since I posted the first episode of my TB.Musica podcast series, and finally, here is episode 2 (and a link to the feed). For those new to this, TB.Musica is a music show in which I play 6 tracks from Japanese artists. This time I also added chapters,…