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Month: August 2007

  • Otakool and the Kokujin Tensai

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    Patrick Macias’ column for THE JAPAN TIMES, “Otakool,” is in today’s edition, and covers songwriter/rapper Eric Koffi, better known as Kokujin Tensai.

  • This Week at MoCo Loco

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    My weekly Tokyo round-up post is up at MoCo Loco. This week I includes the watches from Sea Hope, souvenir ideas from PingMag, the new line of electronics at MUJI, and the Cuckoo lamp from Abovo, pictured above.

  • This Week at Gridskipper

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    Sample Lab Ge Ge Ge no Kitaro Retail Space You can read all of my Gridskipper posts here (or even subscribe to a feed).

  • Good Design Presentation 2007

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    It’s time again for the Good Design Presentation, which is the public showing of the second stage for the selection process behind the annual Good Design Award. The event will be held at Tokyo Big Sight, August 24-26 (take note that on August 24 the doors only open at 18:00), with a 3-day ticket going…

  • TABlog: Interview with Shantell Martin

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    TABlog continues their video series of interviews with designers of the latest TAB t-shirt collection, this time with Tokyo-based artist Shantell Martin. Here’s a link to her TAB tee.

  • Heaveny Sword Animated Shorts

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    In anticipation of the upcoming HEAVENLY SWORD game for the PS3, a series of animated shorts, HEAVENLY SWORD: LEGEND OF THE SWORD, are being released. Originally intended for a membership-only service, they’ve been popping up online, which is great news for us because they really do look terrific (even if the storyline is ho-hum). Via…

  • Juliana Vol. 6

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    After a bit of a hiatus, Tokyo Fun Party‘s “Juliana” party is back this month with the regular TFP crew, plus guest DJ Loco2Kit. It happens Sunday, August 26, 19:00-23:00 (1500 yen at the door), at Soft.

  • PingMag: Sea Hope Watches

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    PingMag interviews Yasushi Kimura, the founder of watch maker Sea Hope.