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Month: January 2009

  • Space Invaders Piggy Bank

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    I’ve found the ultimate piggy bank, for me at least. What you see above is a piggy bank inspired by the classic Space Invaders tabletop cabinets, found in countless “Invader Houses” back in the seventies. (Don’t know about “Invader Houses”? Shall I point you to a great little book called Arcade Mania then?) It takes…

  • Heart of Shapes

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    Dezeen posts a few images of the “Heart of Shapes” installation by Keiko + Manabu, at the Diesel Denim Gallery Aoyama. The show started back in November of last year, and runs until February.

  • Shigeru Ban's Maison H and S

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    I could definitely handle spending some time at the Shigeru Ban-designed Maison H and S (and the over-water Maison O), villas for a private island in the Caribbean. Dezeen posts a few images.

  • This Week at MoCo Loco

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    My weekly Tokyo post for MoCo Loco is up, this time covering Shizuka Tatsuno‘s Modular Bench (above), Schemata‘s Flat Table, and Takuya Matsuda‘s Grid Tag.

  • NaniBird Batch Three

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    Josh has just launched batch three of his NaniBird papercrafts — get cutting and glueing now!

  • Magazines at Cafe Pause

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    I know I don’t do magazine round-ups anymore here, and I haven’t updated the Cafe Pause blog in a while concerning new magazines, but I do in fact still curate the magazine selection there, and picked up a few more today, which I’ve listed on the cafe’s blog.

  • UT Remixes Japanese Games

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    Uniqlo will be releasing a new series of t-shirts based on games in March. I’m thinking I’ll want a Mega Man one, but Breakout? Via Offworld.

  • Juliana Vol. 11

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    After a bit of a hiatus, Tokyo Fun Party’s “Juliana” is back for an 11th edition! The event takes place this coming Sunday night (January 18, 19:00-23:00) at Soft in Shibuya, 500 yen at the door. DJ in da house: Kinkies, KazuNoco, Digiki, and SoccerBoy.

  • Macau 2009

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    No one comes to this site to see my travel photos, and to be honest, over the past few years I stopped taking photos during trips almost entirely. I don’t really know how it happened, but I think I got to a point where I felt that it got in the way of me enjoying…

  • Graniph Design Award 2009

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    Another year means another Graniph Design Award. The gold prize winner gets his/her design produced as a tee, and the handsome sum of 1,000,000 yen. Entries will be accepted from February 1 until February 28. You’ll find more details on the award’s official site.