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Month: August 2008

  • Yasukuni Clashes

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    Great photo coverage by Max on the right-wing nationalists clashing with police near Yasukuni Shrine yesterday. A lot of them appear in this “Japanese Police” Flickr photoset, but there are more in his regular photostream as well.

  • On the Fashion Trail with Marxy

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    A few new places where you can catch Marxy’s fashion reportage. First up, at MEKAS, a new Japanese fashion site where he takes on the role of chief editor. It’s mostly targeted at professional business subscribers, but you’ll also find a few free pieces, like this interview with Takeji Hirakawa. He’s also a contributing editor…

  • Omake

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    What are omake? Matt Alt explains.

  • Lolita Goth by Rudder

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    Tim Rudder shares a bunch of rather nice shots of Lolita Goths he took in Harajuku. I really like his selection of backgrounds for the photos, as well as the fact that they were taken at night.

  • Imprint Culture Lab 2008

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    Imprint will be be bringing the Imprint Culture Lab 2008 conference to LA on October 1, with over 20 creatives giving talks, and a keynote by, get this, Kenya Hara! Organized in response to the groundswell of recognition and criticism surrounding cultlike enthusiasm for pop cultural artifacts, Imprint Culture Lab 2008 convenes the latest and…

  • Cafe Pause Poster #3

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    So there you have it, Shantell‘s poster for the Cafe Pause series is now up. I’ve already noticed a few people spend a bit of time looking at it, trying to pick up all the details that went into it. You can better see it here.

  • Lynam at Graniph

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    My main man Ian Lynam designs a new tee for Graniph, for ladies only. I believe this is the second t-shirt he creates for them.

  • MUJI at Kennedy Airport

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    According to the New York Times, MUJI is about to open its first airport store at New York’s Kennedy International Airport. Among the new terminal’s 19 retail outlets will be the first airport store in the United States operated by Muji, a Japanese clothing and housewares retailer whose only other outposts in this nation are…