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Month: February 2008

  • Arcade Fire in Tokyo

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    This is just nuts: on YouTube, the Arcade Fire‘s performance of “Wake Up” from the concert I saw last night! It was an awesome show, and made me like the band even more. This marked the final date of the “Neon Bible” tour, and I’ll just say that I really hope they make it back…

  • Looking for a Hat

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    I’ve been wanting to get a decent hat for a while now — something with a bit more class than the knit cap I often wear. I don’t know if I could ever really pull off wearing a fedora, but I don’t mind trying them on when I’m in shops. The photo above was taken…

  • Keiji Ashizawa Design Offices

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    During last week’s edition of PauseTalk, Keiji Ashizawa brought along a few photos of his new office space, which I’m posting here. You’ll remember that before making the move, Keiji used the space in December to host the “PROTOTYPE” exhibition. One of the things that I find so great about his new studio is that…

  • Parabola House

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    Dezeen covers the Parabola House, a new house in Tokyo designed by Atelier Tekuto.

  • JaPRESS Interviewed

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    Want to know everything there is to know about Patrick Macias and jaPRESS, the company he co-owns with Izumi Evers? Well then head on over to About.com’s manga corner for this giant interview.

  • Hhstyle.com/Limited Closes

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    That didn’t last long! I just found out that the Hhstyle.com/Limited store in Harajuku — famously designed by Tadao Ando, and previously known as Hhstyle.com/Casa — closed on January 31. I was there in late January, but hadn’t noticed any signs announcing the closure.

  • Finé Bottled Water

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    How’s that for a bottle of water! Karim Rashid has just designed the limited edition bottle for Finé that you see above. Although the company is Japanese, the limited edition bottle will be released worldwide this month. Jonathan Savoie, a Tokyo-based photographer, has done a lot of work for the brand, and I’m sure a lot…

  • Happening in Tokyo

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    I mentioned it in the post about Digiki’s latest POLYPUNK podcast, but here’s a reminder that this Friday sees the opening of Alin Huma‘s new gallery, Ginza the Edge, with the “Photography” exhibition, running February 15-29 (open Thursday to Sunday, 16:00-21:00). The opening party starts at 18:30. Here is a PDF leaflet for the show,…

  • Food & Wine & Tokyo

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    A few months back I met up with the travel editor of FOOD & WINE magazine, who was in town doing a piece on Tokyo. Salma’s article appeared in the February 2008 issue, and she writes a bit about what we did on that day in this part. After we had lunch at Maisen, we…

  • This Week in Magazines

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    I’ve never included INVITATION in these posts, but the latest issue (59) caught my attention with its “TOKYO (written in kanji) VS Tokyo” cover. In the feature, they first offer a look at the city through the eyes of foreigners — for the most part creators and celebrities — and then switch things around by…