Author: Jean Snow

  • Tokyo Realtime Akihabara

    It’s been a long time coming, but White Rabbit Press has finally released the second volume in its Tokyo Realtime audio tour series, this time covering Akihabara. The tour is currently available as a digital download — for $12, with a sample available on the official site — and the full print package will be…

  • Nendo and Moleskine

    Nendo is joins the “Detour” Moleskine exhibition — running October 16 to November 4 at the MoMA Design Store in Tokyo — with the piece pictured above. Commenting on the contribution, Nendo explains: By cutting the pages of the sketchbook to create a three-dimensional landscape, we wanted to show the way that sketches function in…

  • IID’s Fifth Anniversary Party

    The Ikejiri Institute of Design (IID) recently celebrated its fifth anniversary in style, and Tokyo Art Beat co-founder Paul Baron has the pics to prove it. It goes without saying, but I wish I could have attended.

  • Good Design Award 2009

    The results for this year’s edition of the Good Design Award were recently announced, and you can have a look at all the winning products through the nifty Good Design Finder. Have a look at the top 15 here, which includes this summer’s giant Gundam statue in Odaiba (now sadly gone), and the Panasonic Massage…

  • Photos from Senseware

    Couldn’t make it to last month to the 21_21 Design Sight”s “Tokyo Fiber ’09 Senseware” exhibition? TABlog has you covered with a gallery of photos from the show’s opening.

  • 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.