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  • TAB Talks #1

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    Last night I attended the first edition of TAB Talks in Gotanda at the new Gotanda Sonic event space. The guest speaker was Yoshio Suzuki, long-time editor at BRUTUS magazine who is behind most of the magazine’s art features. Expect a TABlog entry to sum up the talk sometime soon. It looks like they’re off…

  • 86th Art Directors Club Annual Awards

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    I stopped by the Creation Gallery G8 in Ginza the other day for the “86th Art Directors Club Annual Awards” exhibition. I always enjoy going to this to see all of the interesting ad work and TV commercials I don’t see here in Japan, and this year I really liked watching the winning works in…

  • Happening in Tokyo

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    Marxy will be DJing at Bar Drop in Kichijoji tomorrow night (Friday, February 22). It’s an all-night event. Yuki Nakano will have her first solo exhibition at Cafe Nalu in Omotesando, March 1-15. Later that month, she will also have a photography exhibition at Cafe Pause.

  • Speakerdog Greatest Hits

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    I mentioned it last year, and I’m very happy to announce that we’re finally getting close to hosting a Speakerdog exhibition at Cafe Pause. The show, which will take place the week of March 17-23, is called “The Greatest Hits,” and will include, well, a greatest hits collection all five series that have been released…

  • Nagoya Design Do!

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    The city of Nagoya is holding their bi-annual design competition, “Nagoya Design Do!” You can send in submissions April 1-30, and you’ll find all the details on how to do that here. Via Core77.

  • TAB Talks

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    It’s not enough that Tokyo Art Beat has been THE best resource for bilingual art and design event information, now they’re following it up with a new series of talk events called, appropriately enough, TAB Talks. You can read Paul Baron’s post over at TABlog for all the details on what promises to be a…

  • Ginza the Edge

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    This past Friday night saw the opening of Alin Huma’s new gallery space, Ginza the Edge. The inaugural show, “Photography,” runs until February 29. It was a great turnout, and we pretty much filled up the relatively small space. The gallery actually takes up Alin’s apartment, and so every piece of “daily living” got removed…

  • AOU 2008

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    I attended both days of the AOU 2008 game show at Makuhari Messe (Friday and Saturday), with a few of the photos taken appearing in this Kotaku post, as well as some impressions (and more photos) of STREET FIGHTER 4 — I got a “perfect” win, yes I did! I had an absolute blast at…