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Month: December 2007

  • This Week at MoCo Loco

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    My weekly Tokyo post is up at MoCo Loco, this time covering photos from Tokujin Yoshioka‘s installation at Design Miami, a couple of shows at Living Design Center Ozone, the Cuusoo.com 10th anniversary exhibition, and the MUJI Award 02 results.

  • eBoy Destroys Tokyo

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    eBoy has created a new poster, and it’s a monster destructo look at Tokyo. It can be purchased online here. Me wants!

  • Town of Evening Calm, Country of Cherry Blossoms

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    Fumiyo Kouno’s TOWN OF EVENING CALM, COUNTRY OF CHERRY BLOSSOMS has been selected by NEW YORK MAGAZINE as one of the best comics of the year. The manga is produced by jaPRESS, Patrick Macias‘ production company. He also co-edited the book. Update: Even more acclaim for the book.

  • Yusaku Matsuda Exhibition 2007

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    I was at the Shin-Maru Biru today, having lunch at Rigoletto on the 7th floor (something me and the wife have been doing fairly regularly of late — I love their pizza). There’s currently a “Yusaku Matsuda Exhibition 2007” show going on throughout the floor, of which you can see a few photos in this…

  • PROTOTYPE Exhibition Opening

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    I’ve put up a Flickr photoset with a few photos from last night’s opening party for the “PROTOTYPE” exhibition. It was so crowded — and I ended up chatting so much — that I didn’t get to take as many as I wanted. Be sure to find out more about participating designers at the event’s…

  • In Search of an Intern

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    Tokyo-based graphic designer Ian Lynam is in search of an intern for a few projects before and after the holidays. Graphic design home studio seeks graphic design student intern. Position is 2 or 3 days a week, 8 hours a day. English ability is required, though full fluency is not necessary. Work includes print production,…

  • Tonic Bound

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    Yuki is blogging again, as part of a new portfolio site, Tonic Bound (still under construction).

  • PingMag: The Great Robot Exhibition

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    PingMag covers the “The Great Robot Exhibition,” currently showing at the National Museum of Nature and Science in Uneno, until January 27.

  • This Week at Gridskipper

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    Harajuku Style Shopping Goes Global Rolling Stone Cafe Maruse Design Shop MUJI Xmas You can read all of my Gridskipper posts here (or even subscribe to a feed).

  • Upgrading the Bike

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    I mentioned the other day that I was in love with my MUJI bike again, and that’s because I finally went out and got some upgrades done. For the past few months it had been riding horribly, to a point where I didn’t really like going far with it, and my plans to meet up…