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Month: December 2007

  • INFOBAR2 Invades Ikebukuro Station

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    Lots of ads for the Naoto Fukasawa-designed INFOBAR2 mobile phone at Ikebukuro station.

  • Happening in Tokyo

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    A few things happening tonight (December 7), first off the opening of the “PROTOTYPE” exhibition at Keiji Ashizawa Design‘s new office space, from 19:00 to 21:00. All participating designers should be there, so a good chance to talk design with an interesting bunch. Photographer Yuri Manabe, who did the photo work on the TOKYO LOOK…

  • Business in Japan According to the Economist

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    The feature on business in Japan that I mentioned last week, appearing in the current issue of THE ECONOMIST, can now be read online. Via Tokyomango.

  • Japanese Artist Round-Up

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    The last couple of days of posts at StartDrawing.org cover a few Japanese artists, including Yoko Tanji (pictured above), Makiko Sugawa (I remember seeing an exhibition of her work last year), Shingo Shimizu, and Aya Kakeda.

  • PingMag: Yuji Moriguchi

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    PingMag covers the erotic art of Yuji Moriguchi. If you like what you see, then head on over to Span Art Gallery for the his “Alice Fantasy” exhibition, until December 15.

  • This Week at MoCo Loco

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    My weekly Tokyo post is up at MoCo Loco, this time covering Masami Takahashi‘s Calendar Cube, Makoto Hirahara‘s Bright Blinds, and the upcoming “PROTOTYPE” exhibition.

  • MUJI Award 02 Results

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    The results for the MUJI Award 02 have been announced. The grand prize winner is NIIMI’s Towel with Further Options, pictured above. There were no silver prizes, but judges’ prize winners include Satoshi Yoshiizumi’s Stackable Hanger, Wong Kok Keong’s Chronotebook, and De Meyboom Lab’s Kakujio.

  • CGBG, the Contest

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    Following up on last month’s “Creative GBG in Tokyo” event at Cafe Pause, I hand the mic over to Jesper to talk about a contest to win some of the items that were on display: “Creative GBG” at Cafe Pause is long over, but it is still present in our hearts and minds. Remembering such…

  • Fuji and OBEY GIANT Collaborate on Fixed Gear Bike

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    Fuji + OBEY GIANT = one hell of a cool-looking fixed gear bike collaboration. I’m not ready for a fixed gear bike yet, but if I was… I have fallen in love again with old MUJI bike though — I’ll post more on that later today. Via JoshSpear.com.

  • MARUIONE.JP

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    I mentioned the Marui international online store last week, and here’s a follow-up post to say that MARUIONE.JP is now live. The site officially launched last Saturday during the Japan Expo in LA, and Patrick Macias has more details and links to material regarding the launch of the new webstore, including the sister site, LiveJ.