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Month: July 2009

  • Zine’s Mate Opening

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    TABlog posts a nice round-up of photos from last week’s opening of the “Zine”s Mate” book fair. A few friends pop up, including Ega (above), who was supporting his OK Fred-produced collection of writings.

  • Map of the Sounds of Tokyo

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    A selection at this year’s Cannes film festival, Map of the Sounds of Tokyo is an upcoming film directed by Isabel Coixet and starring Rinko Kikuchi (Babel). The film’s official site has a trailer up. Via Luis Mendo.

  • Polaroid Portrait: Araki

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    The latest addition to Remo‘s “Polaroid Portraits” project is photographer Nobuyoshi Araki, captured last night at the opening for his exhibition. You can see more photos from the series in this Flickr photoset — mine’s here.

  • Kyouei Design T-Shirt

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    The latest from Kouichi (Kyouei), a collection of 10 hand-made tees now on sale through Designboom’s online shop.

  • The Otaku Encyclopedia

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    I’ve mentioned it a few times already, but let me take some time to try and convince you why you should be picking up a copy of The Otaku Encyclopedia: An Insider’s Guide to the Subculture of Cool Japan. The book was written by Patrick W. Galbraith, and if anyone was to write a guide…

  • This Week at MoCo Loco

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    My weekly Tokyo post is up on MoCo Loco, this time covering YUEN’TO and MoMA‘s Magnetic Clock, and a few new lamps from Yamagiwa.

  • Designer Tee Model

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    If you pick up this week’s issue of Metropolis (#798), those are two of the models you’ll find in the “Designers’ Tees” piece (link will expire at the end of this week). It was fun to do, and you’ll also find a bunch of my friends in the article. I’m wearing a tee from PMKFA‘s…

  • Happening in Tokyo

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    This month’s edition of Likemind happens this Friday (July 17) from 11:30 at Rhythm Cafe in Shibuya.