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Month: November 2007

  • MUJI Xmas in Yurakucho

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    As a follow-up to yesterday’s post on the MUJI Xmas knits, later in the day I went to the MUJI Yurakucho store, and was greeted by what you see above. Make the jump for two more photos.

  • Shinjuku at Night

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    Shinjuku at night with illuminations, by Yuki. When I tell people that it’s really cold here during the winter, they always comment that it can’t be that bad since I’m Canadian. Well, to quote Yuki, “Tokyo winter is colder than London, because my room lacks good heating.” Despite the -20 to -30 we might have…

  • Points 02

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    A new episode of Jason DeGroot’s POINTS series is up (02), featuring a talk with Dylan Cuthbert, president of Kyoto-based Q-Games.

  • Le nid de l’histoire

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    Audrey Fondecave’s new exhibition, “Le nid de l’histoire,” will take place at La Galerie des Nakamura in Edogawabashi from November 30 until December 16. It includes works from her just-released book, DANS LA PEAU D’ANE, with Yayako Uchida, as well as a new installation. There will be an opening party, with Uchida on hand to…

  • MUJI Xmas Knits

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    I included news of this year’s MUJI Xmas collection in my Tokyo post at MoCo Loco the other day. Just another bit of trivia to add — all the promotional imagery used for the campaign that uses knitted graphics were done by one of my friend’s wife’s knitting club (based in Japan). Seems like it…

  • Call for Hotel Stationery

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    Paul de Jong of the group The Books is currently working on series of drawings called “HOTEL TERMINUS,” which are being done on stationery found at hotels. He’s on the lookout for more, so if you’ve been (or are in) a hotel in Japan (or anywhere in the world for that matter) and can help…

  • Recycled Milk

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    Great series of matchboxes created by Yuka Yamaguchi for a group show, “Tinyshop,” at the Double Punch Gallery in San Francisco.

  • Halfby Music Video by Groovisions

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    It’s not new, but you can watch the Groovisions-created music video for Halfby on YouTube. Via Core77. Update: Even better than the original video are real life recreations of it done by 2channelers after the video became a hit on the popular message board. Here are links to one done in Satsuma, in Akihabara, and then…