Month: October 2009

  • Amazon Kindle in Japan

    You may have already heard the news, but if you haven’t, the Amazon Kindle is coming to Japan (and 99 other countries). While you’ve always been able to buy one wherever you are, this new international version means that you’ll able to use the 3G access to buy books anytime, anywhere. For the time being,…

  • Dai Sugano

    Dai Sugano has a rather nice portfolio of photos and videos. Via Craig Mod.

  • Zen Foto Gallery

    Zen Foto Gallery is a newly opened space in Shibuya that specializes in Chinese photography. TABlog interviews the owner of the gallery, Mark Peason. The inaugural exhibition is Liu Zheng’s “Dream Shock” (pictured above) — it runs until October 13.

  • Chiso Memo Block

    The Tokyo Art Beat online store is now selling the colorful Chiso Memo Block by Kenjiro Sano.

  • DoubleTwist Big Brother Ad

    While on the topic of Remo, here’s also an ad he recently produced for doubleTwist, inspired by Apple’s classic 1984 ad.

  • Remo Camerota’s Polaroid Portraits

    Remember Remo Camerota‘s “Polaroid Portraits” project? I previously featured some shots he took during PauseTalks — here, and then here with me. Remo has finally had a chance to give the project a proper exhibition, with the opening happening this past Saturday in New York, as part of the Mark Batty Publisher Urban Arts Fest…

  • CNNGo

    Chances are you’ve already noticed the tweets and a few posts last week, but yes, I was very happy to see the new CNNGo site go in public beta mode last week. Although it may come off at first as just a new travel portal, the audience for the site are really the expats, the…

  • Meiji Gets a New Logo

    Chris Palmieri wrote a terrific post for the AQ blog about the recent redesign of the Meiji logo, which brings together the separate identities of Meiji Seika Kaisha, Ldt. and Meiji Dairies Corporation, now simply known as Meiji Group.