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Month: October 2009

  • Hexad

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    Loving these hexagonal Hexad coffee tables, designed by Tomoko Azumi for Rocket Gallery in London as part of an exhibition (“Book A Table”) that runs until November 7. Looks like it was just commissioned for the show, but they should really commercialize it. Via Dezeen.

  • Touch Wood

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    DoCoMo, Sharp, Olympus, and “reforestation group” More Trees have collaborated on a new mobile phone, the “Touch Wood,” using “excess materials collected during forest thinning.” No word on any official release just yet, but it’ll show up at this week’s CREATEC JAPAN 2009 at Makuhari Messe (October 6-10). Via PSFK.

  • Elekit Tube Amp

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    Koichi Futatsumata designs the stunning tube amp pictured above — see this Dezeen post for more visuals. It was produced for Elekit, a maker of “affordable, high-end audio equipment in kit form.”

  • Last Week at MoCo Loco

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    Last week’s Tokyo post at MoCo Loco covered Riki Watabe’s new Riki Air Clock for Lemnos (above), Elecom‘s new keyboards with crystal clear keys, and Jo Nagasaka‘s Paco living unit. Note: my weekly “This Week from Tokyo” series for MoCo Loco is going on hiatus for the month, as the site undergoes some major changes.…

  • Nagoya Design Week 2009

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    Tokyo Design Week is less than a month away (October 30-November 3), but you can get an earlier hit of design event-ness if you head out to Nagoya next week for Nagoya Design Week 2009 (October 14-18).

  • Liminal

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    For his upcoming lecture at “Arttalking #4 ‘On the Street,’” Ian Lynam has produced a limited edition and numbered booklet, pictured above. More details on the event itself — which happens October 8 — here.

  • PauseTalk Returns in November

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    Posting this again for those who missed it earlier this week: due to my continuing health issues, I’m going to have to cancel the planned October edition of PauseTalk, which was set to take place this coming Monday (5th). The next edition will happen in November, probably on the second Monday (November 9), so as…