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Photography

Koban Photography

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Nice collection of photography covering Japanese police boxes (koban) by Adrien Missika and Louis-Cyprien Rials. Thanks, Micke!

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Art Design Events

A Drawn Performance

Video of a “Drawn” performance in Tokyo by Zach Lieberman and Pardon Kimura. Thanks, Thomas!

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Architecture

A Few Projects by KDa

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Dezeen has posted some images for a few recent Klein Dytham Architecture (KDa) projects, including the R3 Ukishima (pictured above), the Wonder Room at Selfridges, the Sin Den, and the Virgin Clubhouse at Narita Airport.

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Design Stores Web

URBANATICS

URBANATICS is a new online shop that is being setup to let independent designers sell their products, and they are currently looking to add designers from Japan or Asia. If interested, visit the site or get in touch by mail.

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Stores

MUJI in NYC Update

For those wondering when those promised MUJI stores in NYC will finally open, it seems that the Broadway location (the one in the New York Times building) will open November 16, and then the midtown store sometime in January. A third store is also planned for next year.

UpdateThe Broadway location is in SOHO, and the midtown store will be in the New York Times building.

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Design

On Design: TDW and Good Design Award

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This month’s edition of my “On Design” column for THE JAPAN TIMES was in today’s paper, and can also be read online here. Instead of the usual round-up of products, I take a look at the upcoming Tokyo Design Week, and then finish up with a few comments on the recently announced Good Design Award.

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Events

Creative GBG Site Is Up

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The site for Creative GBG — the event we will be hosting at Cafe Pause this year in collaboration with Swedish Style — is now up. More info will be added over the next week or so, but for now you’ll already find details on participating creators.

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REC YOU

REC YOU is a new online campaign for the latest SONY Walkman — it uses the One Seg function, popular these days on mobile phones. It looks like you can send a portrait — you’ll find more details at the REC YOU site — which will then be used later on as the project progresses. The video I’ve included in this post is a viral CM that’s part of the campaign.

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Design Events

Tote Bags by CINA

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CINA are a Tokyo-based New Zealand design collective, and they send me word that they’ll be a part of this year’s Designboom Mart at 100% Design Tokyo, selling tote bags like the one pictured in this post — nine designs will be available.

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Design Web

PaperBird

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Remember those SpeakerDog papercrafts I obsessed over back in August? It seems like Josh McKible — friend of PauseTalk — also really liked the idea, and so he decided to do something with it, incorporating his own obsession with birds. The result? PaperBirds, which you download, print, and cut! He already has a few designs he did himself, but he’s also on the lookout for contributing artists. You can be sure that the ones already available will soon be joining my Speakerdog posse at Cafe Pause.