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Month: November 2009

  • Apartamento + Utrecht

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    I’m sad I had to miss out on the festivities for the launch of the fourth issue of the excellent interior magazine Apartamento here in Tokyo last week. The magazine teamed up with Utrecht — at the NOW IDeA by Utrecht shop — and created a temporary cafe (one of the chef’s for the week…

  • Insidehouse & Outsidehouse

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    I love all the open areas in Takeshi Hosaka Architects‘ Insidehouse & Outsidehouse — Designboom posts photos of the interior.

  • Domo-kun Shills for 7-Eleven

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    In the US, 7-Eleven has introduced a host of products featuring packaging inspired by NHK’s mascot, Domo-kun. Slurpee cups will be part of the deal, and from this quote by Evan Brody, the company’s marketing manager, you can see that there’s a lot of respect for the character: “consumers love crazy Japanese shit.”

  • Urban Airgap

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    It may just be a proposal, but Suppose Design Office‘s “Urban Airgap” design for a competition in Greece looks pretty damn amazing. It would be to revitalize a rundown area of Athens. In their research, Suppose Design Office noted that the existing building designs in the Kerameikos-Metaxourgeio area did not allow for a window opening…

  • Dezeen Stumbles on KDa Show

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    Although it’s great that Dezeen has decided to cover KDa‘s Gallery MA show by posting a collection of photos, they really do need to get their facts straight — the exhibition is not “on show,” it was held earlier this year from April to June.

  • +81 Voyage Travels the Magazinescape

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    The new issue of the twice-annual +81 Voyage magazine is the “Magazine Creation and Bookstore Excursion” issue, and as the title implies, is a look at the current magazinescape. Our aim with this event is not to yearn for the magazines of yesteryear but rather to look upon those magazines extant in the world today,…

  • The Latest on Shimokitazawa

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    Global Voices features a great piece on the fate of Shimokitazawa, and the whole deal with the redevelopment plans, which includes splitting the area with an expressway.

  • Wallpaper City Guide: Osaka

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    First Tokyo, then Kyoto, now it’s Osaka’s turn to get the Wallpaper City Guide treatment. As I wrote when I covered the Kyoto volume’s release, I really like what these book’s represent. No, they’re not intended to be a thorough travel guide to the cities they cover. Instead, they act as handy compendiums of the…

  • Tokyo Midtown Award 2009

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    The winners of the inaugural Tokyo Midtown Award 2009 — part of Midtown’s Design Touch event — were announced this past Friday, with the top prize going to Masahiro Minami’s Chonmage Yookan (above). The theme for the competition was “New Gifts from Japan.” Via Spoon & Tamago.

  • Rokushomaki House

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    Built back in 2006, I’m liking the tower-like Rokushomaki House, designed by Masuda Atelier and located up in Saitama. Via MoCo Loco.