Author: Jean Snow
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Audrey at Creators Inn
Audrey, my fellow Radio OK Fredder, was in Gothenburg earlier this summer, and stayed at the CREATORS INN by Elvine with her daughter Liliyo — here’s a short interview she did for their blog. CREATORS INN is a cool project by Jesper, with the idea of “offering free short-term accomodations for visiting creators.”
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Oh!
Chin Music Press’ latest release, Oh!, looks like another interesting release from the indie publisher. The title is a mystery novel by Japanese-American novelist Todd Shimoda, and features artwork by his wife Linda — here’s a good look at some of the interior pages. Make sure to check out the book’s official site for more…
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No More NaniBird Batches
That’s not to say that there are no more NaniBird skins coming out, but Josh has decided that instead of waiting and releasing collections of designs together as batches, he will now be posting them as he gets them. He’ll still put together compilation batches though, for those who prefer to get them all in…
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Happening in Tokyo
Philippe Chatelain‘s terrific “Sound Gardening” event is happening for a second time at the Kyosumi-Teien Ryotei Tea Pavilion this Wednesday (July 15). Reservations need to be made in advance — see details here. Today’s your last chance to catch the 3-day “Zine’s Mate” book fair, at Gyre and Vacant in Harajuku. The next “Tokyo Garden…
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Bakako’s Renewed Apartment
Tokyo architects Bakako recently renovated their apartment, and Design*Sponge takes us on a tour of the before and after. Quite the change!
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Kappa Machine
Pictured above, Matt Alt‘s glorious Kappa Machine at prototype stage. Matt created the figure for the “Kappa Exhibition” in Ikebukuro (runs until July 21), and he’s put up a post describing all the work that went into creating the green mech — and yes, you get to see the final version.
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This Week at MoCo Loco
This week’s Tokyo post for MoCo Loco is up, this time covering D-BROS‘ Hope Forever Blossoming flower vases, Harac’s Casta, I’mD’s Bew kitchen tray and mat, and a Sori Yanagi retrospective at the Yokohama Museum of Art.