Jean Snow [.net]

Category: Art & Design

  • Give this Designer a Job

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    Paul Baron, one of the co-creators of Tokyo Art Beat, is currently looking for some freelance work (print/web/usability/interface) so that he can continue his support of TAB, as well as some new super-secret project that I’m dying to hear more about! Here’s a link to his online portfolio.

  • Yuki/Kissui Through the Years

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    I think it’s always interesting to take a look back at the things that contributed to your current output (I really should think about putting back a lot of my old stuff online again, like the GEISHA ezine and stuff), and with that in mind, I thought it was great to see Yuki (Kissui.net) take…

  • This Week at Gridskipper

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    Omotesando Hills Opening Soon Akihabara Tour You can read all of my Gridskipper contributions here.

  • Update on Design Tide

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    I’d say that the inaugural edition of Design Tide during last year’s Tokyo Design Week was a good show — ICON magazine agrees, and is set to cover the event and its results in their next issue — and I’m glad to hear that there are still things happening on their end. In the TDW…

  • Workshop with Samira Boon

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    The TRAVELING GAS SHOP will be holding a workshop with designer Samira Boon (of BOONDESIGN) this month on creating 3D objects from one sheet of material. More info here.

  • Supereveryday

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    Taking a cue from a Tokyo art scene survey by art critic Midori Matsui for ArtForum, Momus takes a look at three artists (Taro Izumi, Yuki Okumura, and Koki Tanaka) he groups under the monicker “Supereveryday.”

  • Hello 2006!

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    And here’s a great little graphic to welcome in 2006, courtesy of PD Design, whose Green Day (pictured in the image) was featured in last month’s “100% Design Tokyo” edition of my ON DESIGN column.

  • Goodbye 2005!

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    I think this makes for a great last post to the year, courtesy of illustrator Toru Fukuda. Link via Drawn! The Illustration Blog.