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Month: September 2009

  • JAGDA Calendar

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    JAGDA (Japan Graphic Designers Association) has announced that its 2010 calendar is going on sale October 26, and it’s looking like a great buy, featuring works by 365 designers — the designers are listed here in Japanese, but the images will only appear online on the day they represent in the calendar. Priced at 3,650…

  • In Heaven Everything Is Fine

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    Rob Judges has a new show on this week at Uplink Gallery in Shibuya, titled “In Heaven Everything Is Fine,” running until September 28. Really wish I could have attended Saturday’s opening which featured, among other things, Rob doing a live drawing performance (pictured above).

  • Shigeru Ban’s Paper Tower

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    Dezeen covers the temporary paper structure designed by Shigeru Ban for London Design Week.

  • The Drifting Classroom

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    Patrick Macias gave a lecture this past week at California State University, covering “Theoretical Perspectives on Manga, Anime and Otaku,” and he’s now made if available as a download as an episode of his Hot Tears of Shame podcast series (#33). As Patrick explains, “[w]hile some of this territory was covered before in my speech…

  • Land(in)formation

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    Back in early July I had the great pleasure of having my friend Julie Forgues — artist and professor of photography — come visit for a few weeks, and during that time we had an exhibition for a project of hers, “Land(in)formation,” at Cafe Pause. She introduced the project during that month’s PauseTalk (Vol. 33),…

  • PRIVILEGE

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    Gary McLeod followed the Tokaido with his hybrid camera — a combo made up of an 1878 British lens and a Japanese digital camera — photographing English teachers along the way in the style pictured above. Gary shows more shots in this TABlog entry, and the entire series is currently on show in “PRIVILEGE” at…

  • Business Cards by Koji Sueyoshi

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    If I were to change my current set of business cards, I’d definitely be tempted by Koji Sueyoshi‘s homage to the cassette tape. Via Designboom.

  • Facemakr

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    Designer/illustrator — and fellow PauseTalker — Hawken King has just launched a new service called Facemakr, “provider of custom illustrations of your face.” As the site explains, perfect for “use on social networking sites, instant messaging applications, twitter and blogs.”