Inside Atelier Muji, at the flagship store in Yurakucho. They had some really nice things on display, objects from different parts of the world that might lead to future Muji products.
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United Bamboo
Vito Acconci wrapped the United Bamboo boutique in Tokyo with an interlaced steel mesh. The interior is made with steel tubing, lighted fabric walls and PVC. What’s so special is that everything in and around the store was treated this way. A welcome change to the “minimal” loft like spaces most fashion stores use. (RE. Design)
Stopped by Beams Street tonight and picked up a t-shirt from Beams-T. It’s the above shirt, of Spanky, from The Wonderful! Design Works. I get a Summer vibe from it.
I also got some things at Muji, one of them being a pair of boxer shorts. The funny thing is that they put the boxers in a seperate brown paper bag, before putting them in the larger bag, just like they do when you buy tampons/pads at the combini. Didn’t think people would be ashamed of buying underwear.
Update (16/08/21): The image is no longer available. I remember the tee though, it was green, and I wore it for 10 years.
In an attempt to boost Japanese interest in British design and creativity, the British Embassy and British Council are organizing Design U.K., a festival to be held across the country from the end of September throughout October, according to the embassy.
The festival of British design will comprise a wide range of events, some of which will also be part of Tokyo Designers Week and Tokyo Designers Block, events that cover all kinds of designs: interiors, furniture, textiles and even semiconductors.
British design is recognized worldwide, particularly for its diversity and high quality, according to Jane Owen, director of trade promotion at the British Embassy.
More than 30 events will take place between Sept. 27 and Oct. 30 in Tokyo, Yokohama, Osaka, Sapporo, Shizuoka and Fukuoka, and about 400,000 people are expected to participate in the festival.
Among scheduled events are First Hand 2, an exhibition featuring the latest products in the British interior and furniture industry, and Twinkle Twinkle, which will focus on lights created by British designers, such as Ron Arad and Tom Dixon.
A multimedia festival, dubbed onedotzero-nippon 2004–moving image festival, will feature award-winning motion graphic design, animation and short films. In Stylish Britain Seminar, scheduled for Oct. 7 at Roppongi Hills in Roppongi, Tokyo, Sir Terence Conran will talk about British design and his expectations for young designers in his country.
For more information on the event, visit www.uknow.or.jp. (DAILY YOMIURI)
I’ll be checking out the following tomorrow, at the Ginza Graphic Gallery.
In June 2004 Ginza Graphic Gallery will hold an exhibition entitled Danish Posters – Over the past 10 years. Enormous changes have taken place in Europe during the past decade, a period encompassing the end of the twentieth century. The present exhibition looks back on the design world design during that time through posters created by twenty-five groups of major Danish designers. Rigorously chosen by the Danish Design Centre, the posters cover a wide gamut, ranging from classic graphic-design posters to photographic posters and art posters. The works convey a variety of cultural, commercial, political meanings and purposes. The exhibition offers a look at the current situation in Denmark, which occupies an important place in the international design world.
New fun t-shirt from Readymade International. Link via Patrick.
Update (16/08/21): The image is unfortunately no longer available. I’m sure it was a pretty fun t-shirt though.
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Colorful Incinerator
This colorful garbage incinerator in Osaka was designed by Austrian artist Friedensreich Hundertwasser (1928-2000). (Japan Today)
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Brockmann for Sale
As mentioned in my post yesterday about our Roppongi Hills visit, here’s your chance to get a Brockmann Light Volume 0 Extreme Sports figure from Groovisions. See, I have the worst of luck when it comes to buying suprise figures (meaning you don’t know what’s in the box). When I bought 2 yesterday, I of course got copies. So this time, instead of getting bummed about it, I figured I’d try to use the power of this site to recoup my costs. So anyone interested in getting my double (I just removed the shrink wrap from the box, a nice one at that by the way, but the inside is intact), just PayPal me US$6 (includes shipping, I paid 500 yen for it) by clicking on the PayPal icon in the sidebar, and I’ll mail it to you.
Update: The figure has been sold.