Month: August 2008

  • TABlog: Interview with Assistant’s Megumi Matsubara

    TABlog posts a nice interview with Assistant‘s Megumi. I’m quite looking forward to this Friday’s opening of her new “BOOJUM” exhibition at the Diesel Denim Gallery in Aoyama.

  • Graniph + Archigram

    I haven’t picked up a tee from Graniph in quite a while, but I’m sure liking this new series by Archigram. Via Designboom.

  • Tokyo Art Beat Launches API

    Tokyo Art Beat has released an API, opening up its data to one and all. TAB’s Olivier explains: We just opened the Tokyo Art Beat API, which, as any geek will know, stands for Application programming interface. What it means is actually the important part: it means that Tokyo Art Beat is now opening its…

  • Red Ring of Death

    That horrible image you see above is the sign of depression for any Xbox 360 owner: the Red Ring of Death. It means that your Xbox 360 has died. That’s what I’m getting on mine right now.

  • Art Below Tokyo

    “Art Below Tokyo” brings together the works of 15 artists in an exhibition that takes place, well, below Tokyo, or more specifically near the Ginza line entrance at Shibuya station. Two PauseTalkers made the cut: Tim Rudder (left) and Josh McKible. The show starts today, and runs until September 1.

  • This Week at MoCo Loco

    Last week’s Tokyo post for MoCo Loco covered: Noriko Hashida’s Bew kitchen tray, a new version of the MUJI’s “Ki no Ie” pre-fab home (pictured), and the “Good Design Expo 2008,” which was held this past weekend. There doesn’t appear to be any info on the new MUJI home online yet, and the image I…

  • Happening in Japan

    Digiki’s “Dense Music Tour” keeps on keeping, and tomorrow (August 24, 18:00) hits the Sendai Ichibancho Apple Store. More on the tour here. Listen to a mini-mix of the album here.

  • Garage Sale, Free Puppies

    Listings for a sayonara sale? I know, I know, but when it includes an awesome image like the one above, you need to share. My friend Ian (of Saskatchewan) will be facing off against his wife Aki (The Asian Gladiator) in a summer party that is actually an excuse for them to get rid of…