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Month: April 2008

  • Top Five Design Hotels in Japan

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    THE INDEPENDENT gives us a round-up of what it considers to be the five best design hotels in Japan. The list includes the Murata in Kyushu, the Claska in Tokyo, the River Retreat Garaku in Toyama, Hotel Screen in Kyoto, and the Dojima Hotel in Osaka.

  • Nendo’s Chocolate Pencils

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    Nendo creates chocolate pencils, or crayons, for patissier Tsujiguchi Hironobu. More images over at Dezeen.

  • Kozyndan at the Ramen Museum

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    The Flux site has a post up featuring Kozyndan writing about a visit to the Yokohama Ramen Museum. I’ve always been curious about the place, but have never taken the time to go. I guess I’m in no need of good ramen shops, living in Ikebukuro and all. Flux is one of the projects that…

  • PauseTalk Vol. 20 Postponed

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    I’m afraid I’m going to have to push back this month’s edition of PauseTalk (Vol. 20) by one week. It was set to happen this coming Monday, April 7, but because of unforeseen events, will need to be pushed back one week, to April 14. Apologies for the schedule change, and I hope that those…

  • Neojaponisme: 101TOKYO

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    Neojaponisme spreads some 101TOKYO love.

  • MUJI Chronotebook

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    According to Cool Hunting, seems that Wong Kok Keong’s Chronotebook, one of the winners of last year’s MUJI Award, is going to be produced and is set for release in the coming weeks.

  • SANAA: Works 1998-2008

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    VernissageTV presents a video look at the SANAA retrospective, “SANAA: Works 1998-2008,” currently running at the New Museum of Contemporary Art in New York City (SANAA designed the museum’s new building). Via Dezain.net.

  • 101TOKYO Opening

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    I had the great pleasure of attending last night’s opening reception for the inaugural 101TOKYO contemporary art fair. The event runs until April 6, and is being held at the Rensei Chugakkou in Akihabara. It was a joy to take in, and I’m stunned at what the organizers were able to achieve, especially considering that…