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Month: March 2009

  • 12Pixels

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    I may be obsessed with my iPhone, but there is still some cool stuff happening with “regular”‘ phones, and Ivan Poupyrev and Karl D.D. Willis‘ 12Pixels projects — created at Sony CSL — actually makes me wish I had one. The app lets you draw and share pixel-based images, all done through your phone’s touch…

  • Anime Industry in 2009

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    Matt Alt breaks down the state of the anime industry in 2009.

  • Uniqlo Parka Style CM

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    I’ve seen it countless times on TV, but I still get a kick out of the latest Uniqlo CM — I especially like the bit with NOMOTO Karia singing Readymade style.

  • Tokyo Flashmob

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    Want to participate in a flashmob? Details below on the one happening in Shinjuku this Sunday (March 22). With this event we want to criticize the surveillance society which takes away our ability to trust in others. [Rule number 1] Bring a book of your choice, and read it out lout. It doesn’t matter whether…

  • Nendo + Camper

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    Nendo designs the above installation for Camper, at that “Bread and Butter” tradeshow in Barcelona. Designboom posts more images.

  • This Week at MoCo Loco

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    My weekly Tokyo post for MoCo Loco is up, this time covering Idea‘s Stand Cleaner, Metaphys‘ Locus 3way Pen (above), and Nendo‘s new collection for Arketipo.

  • Paco

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    Can you imagine living in 3m x 3m x 3m space? Jo Nagasaka (Schemata Architecture Office) makes it happen, with the conceptual Paco unit.

  • Good Things Come in Threes

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    I definitely love seeing this: Matt Alt’s Yokai Attack, Arcade Mania, and Patrick Macias‘ Japanese Schoolgirl Inferno on display together at Kinokuniya in Shinjuku. Yes, good things do come in threes. Via Matt’s blog.

  • CGM 3

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    This past Friday night was the third edition of CGM, this time at Cafe Ratia in Harajuku — I’m sure Danny Choo will have a massive wrap-up post soon enough. I again showed up with my good friend CheapyD, and we proceeded to drink a lot of beer, talk to a lot of people, and…

  • We Love Magazine Library

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    First with the bad news: if you’re hearing about the “We Love Magazine Library” exhibition for the first time, then you’re out of luck because it ended yesterday. I must apologize for not having posted this before — I had actually taken note of it before its start, but completely forgot to post something. I…