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Month: May 2008

  • Bishin Jumonji

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    I stopped by the Guardian Garden gallery the other day in Ginza to catch the Bishin Jumonji exhibition (ends today). The show there is actually an extension of the show on at Creation Gallery G8, and that’s the one I preferred.

  • Travel Cafe

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    I found myself in Kasumigaseki the other day, and needed a cafe to rest for a bit, and ended up in this branch of the Travel Cafe chain. Can’t say that it’s particularly special as far as cafes go, but the toast with ham and cheese I had was quite decent. The coffee? I couldn’t…

  • This Week at MoCo Loco

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    This week’s Tokyo post for MoCo Loco covers Takumi’s Plug Pin, some new additions to I’mD‘s RETTO bathroom accessories, and Takeshi Miyakawa’s Fractal Drawers.

  • Living Small in the Big City

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    National Geographic has a video report up, “Tokyo: Living Small in the Big City,” featuring Atelier Tekuto‘s Penguin House. Via Dezain.net.

  • Cafe in Shinjuku

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    I was digging through recent photos, and found these of a really nice cafe in Shinjuku I went to last month. It was my friend Max who brought me there, and I can’t remember the name, but it’s on the fifth floor of a building, somewhere between the station and Kabukicho. Speaking of cafes, my…

  • PauseTalk Vol. 21

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    We had a smaller group at this month’s edition of PauseTalk (Vol. 21), but it still made for a pleasant gathering. Talk revolved around a few specific projects this time, and thanks to James for his harrowing account of his work on a reality series currently being shot in Tokyo. The next edition will be…

  • Yuichi Higashionna

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    Designboom posts a few images covering the works of Yuichi Higashionna. He has a new show, “Refract,” that will run from May 16 to June 5 at Calm & Punk Gallery.

  • PauseTalk Tonight

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    Just a reminder that due to the Golden Week holiday, tonight (May 12) marks this month’s edition of PauseTalk at Cafe Pause in Ikebukuro. Start time is 20:00, as always.