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  • Matching Mobiles

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    Yuko lost her mobile phone the other day. Well, she didn’t exactly lose it, she dropped it in the huge fountain in front of her library at Todai. It was impossible to retrieve (it’s quite deep), and so we had to get her a replacement. After some visits to Bic Camera and Sakuraya, we ended…

  • Atelier Muji

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    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.

  • The Ginza Apple

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    Let’s celebrate the return of my iMac (and TB.Grafico) with a couple of shots of the Apple Store in Ginza. Shots taken with the A5403CA mobile phone. Update: Patrick lets us know that Towa Tei will be giving a talk there this Thursday (June24). It’s actually part of a SAL magazine event that “will introduce…

  • United Bamboo

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    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.…

  • Propaganda at Todai

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    I should maybe go have a look at this thing: “Propaganda 1904-1945: Between Modernism and Totalitarianism.” It’s at Todai’s University Museum, at the Hongo campus, so it would be easy enough to drop by next time I go there with Yuko. Admission is free. The ASAHI SHIMBUN has an article on the show.

  • The Wonderful! Design Works

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    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…

  • British Design in Japan

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    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…

  • Japan Avantgarde

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    If you happen to be in Shibuya before the end of the month, stop by the Parco Logos Gallery to have a look at the “Japan Avantgarde” posters they now have on display. I quite liked what I saw.

  • Big Brother Koizumi

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    In Ginza, Koizumi watches over us. Shot taken with the A5403CA mobile phone.

  • Danish Posters

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    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…