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Month: February 2008

  • Spam Attack and Problems with Ecto

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    Posting this in case it can be of help to anyone who experiences the same thing. Last weekend I noticed I was no longer able to post on my blog using Ecto, a program I’ve used for years now. I could go in the admin of my WordPress interface and post from there, but when…

  • Work with PMKFA

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    My good friend Micke, better known as PMKFA, is looking for an assistant/intern. Here are the details: You need to be based in Tokyo, speak english (bilingual english/japanese is a plus). You need to have good skills in Adobe Illustrator, Photoshop and Indesign. Basic web knowledge is a plus but not required. You should have…

  • Design Festa Gallery

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    A shot of me, taken by Max Hodges, sitting in the stairwell of the Design Festa Gallery in Harajuku. Update (16/11/13): The photo is no longer available.

  • The Death of a Busy Workshop

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    You know that new massive Bape Harajuku Store that opened up last month in the back of Omotesando Hills? It’s only the other day, while walking around Harajuku, that I realized that it marked the closing of the Bape Busy Workshop, the first Bape store. The brand’s Pharrell-colab Billionaire Boys Club and Ice Cream shops…

  • This Week at MoCo Loco

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    My weekly Tokyo post for MoCo Loco is up, this time covering Madoka Sato’s Ri-COTTA clock for Lemnos, MUJI’s KUSO MUJI site (where designers submit products that are voted on, with the popular ones getting produced), Atelier Tekuto‘s prefab aluminum house, and the Wajima x Kakitsubata “On the Table” exhibition at SFT Gallery in Roppongi.

  • PechaKucha Night Book Available Online

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    Although released during Tokyo Design Week 2007, PECHAKUCHA NIGHT: A CELEBRATION is finally available for purchase online, at only 2000 yen, which includes shipping to anywhere. The book is edited by Uleshka, who most of you may remember as the chief editor of PingMag, and designed by Ian Lynam, who talks more about the book…

  • 1-click Award

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    Wow, very cool web work on the 1-click Award site, sponsored by recruiting company Recruit. Click on the man’s ass, and see him go! Via Imprint Talk.

  • Uniqlo's Tadashi Yanai Interviewed

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    CNN’s TALK ASIA program recently featured an interview with the founder of Uniqlo, Tadashi Yanai, and the video is now online. Via Imprint Talk.

  • Buffalo Bobs and Big Brothers

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    What are men mostly buying at the newly opened Hankyu Men’s building in Osaka? After Louis Vuitton — the building hosts the first men’s only LV shop — it was Buffalo Bobs. Don’t know the brand, and the o-nii-kei (“big brother style”) fashions it supports? Find out more in this Clast post by Marxy. Update: More…

  • PauseTalk as a Comic

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    Jose Luis Olivares was a participant at this week’s PauseTalk, and he drew a comic describing his day, with a few PauseTalkers making appearances!