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Month: July 2008

  • Pneumatic Elevator

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    Can’t say that I’m really in the market for a pneumatic elevator, but if I was, I’d want the one pictured above, distributed in Japan by NuVa. Photo via Max — here’s a link to a few more. Update (16/11/26): The photo is no longer available.

  • Back in TYO

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    Just a quick note to say I just got back to Tokyo, and so you can expect regular transmissions on this site to pick up again. Pictured above, me enjoying some great local ale at a pub back in Canada (and contemplating what to drink next). Thanks for the photo, Bones!

  • Dense Music Instore Live

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    How should you be celebrating the release of Dense Music, Digiki’s new album on the Tokyo Fun Party label? By going to the instore live this Sunday (July 27, 16:00-19:00) at Styles Daikanyama of course. Entrance is free, and you also get SoccerBoy, who will surely be sporting the nicest eighties rock tee this side…

  • Ponyo on the Cliff by the Sea

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    Although I usually get pretty excited when a new Hayao Miyazaki film comes along, I can’t say I’ve been particularly pumped for Ponyo on the Cliff by the Sea. I didn’t much enjoy the teases I’d seen for the film: the deformed and simply drawn main character pointed to a loose style of animation that…

  • PingMag: Japanese Package Design #7

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    The always delightful — and fellow PauseTalker — Bianca Beuttel returns to PingMag with a new package design piece, this time with a focus on sustainable or eco-friendly packaging in Japan

  • Just Looking

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    No, that’s not an idol video, or at least it’s not sold that way. The video is from a DVD series by record label Avex called Miteru Dake (Just Looking). As you can see, it features girls — pumped-up breasts and all — just, well, looking. The idea is that it’s for shy men, to…

  • Totoro Forest Project

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    The “Totoro Forest Project” needs your help! From artist Enrico Casarosa: 200-plus international artists are trying to help save Sayama forest — also known as Totoro Forest — all as a “thank you for the inspiration” to Miyazaki-san. We’re planning an art auction event, an art book and an exhibit at the Cartoon Art Museum…

  • Two Days, Four Products

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    Kyouei Design held an exhibition in Shizuoka this past weekend — showing off the new Mobile Light and Bulb Lantern (pictured above), as well as a few prototypes — and you can see a few photos from the show here.