Categories
Architecture

House in Mitaka

I like the wide openness found inside the House in MItaka by Hidetaka Shirako and Shin Yokoo (OUVI), although I’m not so crazy about the exterior. There’s more to see in this post from Dezeen.

Categories
Design

White Box

Stunning short video directed by Makoto Yabuki. Via Motionographer.

Categories
Meta

On My Back with a Beard

Photo taken during one of the rare times when I’m able to sit down with my corset (which kinda looks like samurai armor, by the way). Doctor said yesterday that I need to be spending pretty much all my time on my back, and only put on the corset when absolutely necessary, and that for at least another few weeks. I definitely don’t want to fuck with the doctor’s orders — I can still have some seriously long-term problems if I’m not careful and the healing doesn’t take.

And yeah, so I have a beard now, for the first time in my life. That photo was taken on Monday or Tuesday, so it’s actually quite a bit longer now. I don’t think it’s something I’ll keep much passed this whole healing thing period, but for now it’s sorta funny.

Categories
Design Web

Neojaponisme Badges

Some lovely Néojaponisme badges courtesy of Ian, the site’s creative director.

Categories
Society

Liberal Democratic Japan

I was really upset that I had to miss last week’s Néojaponisme joint at the SO+BA gallery — it was to be my first DJ stint, dammit — but I am glad to hear that it turned out to be a great NJ lovefest. And now time to point you to the site today for a new podcast, as “Tobias Harris of Observing Japan and [Marxy] hit Showa Era-themed izakaya Hanbey for some Hoppy and discussion on Japan’s status as a liberal democracy.”

Categories
Games Magazines

Amusement 5

Amusement has put up a few page layouts from its latest issue (5), and it’s looking like another terrific one. I know that Abdel, the magazine’s editor-in-chief, was in town for a bit, working on pieces for the issue, so I’m sure there’s plenty of excellent Tokyo/Japan-related content to enjoy. Above, Katamari Damacy‘s Keita Takahashi, in a lovely Noby Noby Boy-influenced shot. Via Offworld.

Categories
Design

PMKFA at Creators Inn GBG

Well look who just popped up on the Creators Inn blog! One of the results of being on my back and out of the loop for so long is that I can’t keep track of my friends anymore, and so I didn’t even realize Micke was in Gothenburg, and had a chance to try out a capsule version of Jesper‘s Creators Inn project.

So what’s it going to take to convince Elvine to sponsor a Creators Inn outpost here in Tokyo?

Categories
Meta

Down and Out

I won’t go into too many details, but I felt I should say something about what’s going on with me. This past Sunday I suffered a seizure and was rushed to the hospital. All manner of tests on my brain (CT, MRI, etc.) have revealed nothing, but during the attack I badly damaged one of the bones in my spine, and slightly dislocated my shoulder. I was at the hospital for five days, and was then allowed to return home after more tests on my back showed that I wouldn’t require surgery. But I am relegated to staying on my back. On Monday I will receive a corset — it was fitted this past Monday, but takes a week to make — and from then on I should have a bit more movement. But it will be a slow healing process, so don’t expect to see me out and about for a while.

Categories
Fashion Music

Minimal Tokyo!

Paul Snowden has produced a rather nice tee for Minimal Tokyo as part of his “Wasted German Youth” series. Wish I could have attended Ivan‘s event last week at the Vitamin Water event space in Harajuku.

Categories
Architecture Magazines Photography

Commercial Photo

Nice to see some of Josh Lieberman‘s photos appear in last month’s issue (July 2009) of Commercial Photo. Josh is an architectural photographer I met earlier this year when he attended an edition of PauseTalk.