Category: Events

  • Nudie Cafe

    The Swedish Style event that I’ll be organizing this year at the cafe with Jesper is starting to come together. Nudie Cafe — a collaboration with Swedish fashion brand Nudie Jeans — will again take over the regular space during the first two weeks of November, with PMKFA creating various installations, and other surprises as…

  • Oto 11th Anniversary

    Gotta say that I wouldn’t mind making it out to Oto in Shinjuku for their 11th anniversary bash at the end of the month (September 29). Patrick has the full line-up of DJs, which will be accompanied by a live set from Karia Nomoto.

  • Dorkbot-Tokyo

    Shift Blog has info on the upcoming one-day event “Dorkbot-Tokyo in Miraikan” (September 16). How can you not love this description of the Dorkbot community: “for people doing strange things with electricity.”

  • PauseTalk Vol. 4

    Thank you everyone who came to last night’s PauseTalk. I’ll update the PauseTalk site later today with the list of participants. Next edition happens October 2.

  • Design Matters at Apple Store

    Karl Escritt — who will be having an exhibition at the cafe next month — is giving a talk later this month (September 20) at the Apple Store in Osaka. More info here.

  • The Day that Was

    PingMag already has pics up from yesterday’s all-day PingParty.

  • Atelier Muji

    I just uploaded to my Flickr account a few shots from a recent exhibition at Atelier Muji (the exhibition space in Muji’s Yurakucho flagship store). They invited various artists/creators to come up with concepts for Muji-like D.I.Y. designs/products. Here are direct links to all the pictures: 1, 2, 3, 4, and 5.

  • Graphic Wave 2006

    Yesterday I stopped by the Ginza Graphic Gallery on the first day of the terrific new show they have on, “Graphic Wave 2006” (TAB entry), which covers the works of graphic designers/art directors Masayoshi Kodaira, Naomi Hirabayashi, Manabu Mizuno, and Eiji Yamada. The basement floor plays host to some of their past works, but the…