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  • Meeting Modernity: A Night of Neojaponisme

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    If you’re a regular reader of Néojaponisme, then you’re probably already familiar with Ian‘s series of found photography which he’s been releasing under the “Meeting Modernity” banner (since it “documents Japan as it engaged with modernization and commercial photography in the Meiji and Taisho Periods”). The photos have already been on the road with shows…

  • GameBirdTM

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    The latest paper bird to join Josh’s NaniBird collection is James Kay‘s GameBirdTM, which is his take on the NaniBird form factor meeting up with the original GameBoy. James — a fellow PauseTalker — is a Tokyo-based game developer, and runs the independent Score Studios.

  • Graniph + Josef Muller-Brockmann

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    Graniph is doing another series of tees based on master typographers — the first was Emil Ruder — this time inspired by the works of Josef Muller-Brockmann. Dezeen is running a contest where you can win all six, with all of the designs on display.

  • Kokeshi: From Folk to Art Toy

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    I’ve always been a fan of the traditional Kokeshi wooden dolls, but I think I may like the modern reinterpretations from the “Kokeshi: From Folk Art to Art Toy” exhibition in LA even more. Cool Hunting interviews the curator of the show, Christina Conway, and shows quite a few of the featured dolls in the…

  • PauseTalk Skip Month

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    I wasn’t sure yet when we had PauseTalk Vol. 33 earlier this month, but I’ve finally decided that this August will be a skip month for PauseTalk — turnout tends to be lower in August because of the summer holidays. So the next edition will be September 7, which will also mark the start of…

  • Un/Built Store

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    From Assistant and Cyril “bovine mutilator” Duval (Item Idem), the Un/Built Store, a store concept entirely made up of shoe boxes — the store naturally disappears as shoes are sold. The project was featured in issue #926 of Domus.

  • Zine’s Mate Opening

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    TABlog posts a nice round-up of photos from last week’s opening of the “Zine”s Mate” book fair. A few friends pop up, including Ega (above), who was supporting his OK Fred-produced collection of writings.

  • Map of the Sounds of Tokyo

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    A selection at this year’s Cannes film festival, Map of the Sounds of Tokyo is an upcoming film directed by Isabel Coixet and starring Rinko Kikuchi (Babel). The film’s official site has a trailer up. Via Luis Mendo.

  • Polaroid Portrait: Araki

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    The latest addition to Remo‘s “Polaroid Portraits” project is photographer Nobuyoshi Araki, captured last night at the opening for his exhibition. You can see more photos from the series in this Flickr photoset — mine’s here.

  • Kyouei Design T-Shirt

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    The latest from Kouichi (Kyouei), a collection of 10 hand-made tees now on sale through Designboom’s online shop.