Jean Snow [.net]

Month: August 2007

  • Magazine Covers and the Internet

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    If you see the latest issue of JJ on the newsstands, you’ll notice idol Takuya Kimura on the cover, but on JJ’s website, a blank image. A sign of Johnny’s Jimusho’s excessive control over image rights and the web? Marxy exposes the truth.

  • TAB in WWD Japan

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    Nice to see Tokyo Art Beat get some coverage in WWD Japan for their latest t-shirt collection.

  • CNN Interviews Tadao Ando

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    The CNN site hosts a 3-part interview (dating back to April) with architect Tadao Ando regarding his work and its relation to nature, and also includes a tour of his Church of Light. Via Dezain.net.

  • The Laughing Girl

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    Alin Huma posts a new PDF booklet, this time a collection of old low-res shots, and the Laughing Girl!

  • This Week at MoCo Loco

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    My weekly Tokyo post is up on MoCo Loco, this time with news of Graf‘s Plankton Chair, this weekend’s Good Design Presentation, and a change in mobile phones.

  • This Week at Gridskipper

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    Tokyo Game Bars Get Hoppy You can read all of my Gridskipper posts here (or even subscribe to a feed).

  • HYPTYO

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    HYPTYO, the site that gives plenty of “Primo Tokyo Info” in the form of event recommendations is now in beta and open to everyone. It was previously mostly a private mailing list, but now the site is live, and is accompanied by a blog as well.

  • 8mm Shooting at Night

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    My friend Denis Goguen loves his 8mm cameras, and he keeps buying new ones. He recently built a small timer that would let him shoot with a time delay, and so the other night we walked around Ikebukuro and did some shooting. I’ve posted a few more photos after the jump, and you can see…