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Month: August 2007

  • TABlog: Tokyo Galleries

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    TABlog has a nice round-up of the latest generation of galleries to dot the city’s artscape.

  • Tokyo Wonderland

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    I mentioned Tokyo-based photographer Jonathan Savoie a while back (he’s from Eastern Canada, like me), and this time it’s for an online project called Tokyo Wonderland, which accompanies a book to be released in the fall.

  • PingMag: Sou Sou’s Jikatabi

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    PingMag covers modern jikatabi (“split-toe canvas shoes with rubber soles that are favored by construction workers”) designs from Kyoto-based Sou Sou.

  • Classic JAL Bags

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    Patrick Benny went to Haneda Airport yesterday to pick up some re-issues of classic Japan Air Lines flight bags, both pictured above. They were limited to 1000, so are probably all gone now.

  • This Week in Magazines

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    PEN (205) devotes an issue to “Tutto Ferrari,” all that is Ferrari. As you may imagine, I skimmed this one pretty fast. STUDIO VOICE (381) declares that “Young Photo Strikes Back!!” It’s a great issue with a round-up of the young up-and-coming photographers you need to keep an eye out for, with lots of photos…

  • A Bathing Ape’s 24-Hour Television T-Shirt

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    In case you missed it, NTV had its annual 24-hour telethon this past weekend, and this year’s t-shirt, worn by all participants and sold to raise funds, was designed/donated by A Bathing Ape (BAPE). With the tee plastered all over TV and selling more than 300 000 copies at 1400 yen a pop, does this…

  • Panoramic Ikebukuro

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    A few of the shots that I took the other day during our 8mm outing were for a panoramic stitch, which you can better see here.

  • PingMag: Gallery Scene

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    PingMag interviews Motokazu Terai, director of Shibuya’s recently opened Gallery Scene, which I also covered a few weeks ago on Gridskipper.