Category: Events

  • Interior Lifestyle 2007 Coverage at MoCo Loco

    As I mentioned in my moblog post yesterday, I was at Tokyo Big Sight for the “Interior Lifestyle” show, covering it for MoCo Loco. Looks like the photos I took will start appearing there later today. I was quite impressed with what I saw, and the scale felt much larger than what I usually see…

  • PauseTalk Vol. 10

    Last night’s PauseTalk, held for a 10th time, also marked an anniversary of sorts (and something I only realized as I got to the cafe), since the first one took place a year ago, almost to the day (June 5, 2006). It was another interesting mix of people, and for the first time in a…

  • Momus at Apple Store Shibuya

    Paul posted this photo from last night’s Momus performance at Apple Store Shibuya.

  • Happening in Tokyo (and the World)

    Mumbleboy and E*Rock will be have an exhibition, “Super Heroes,” at the HPGRP gallery in Aoyama, June 14-July 8. Virginie Lavey and Philippe Chatelain present a video installation, “Iki wo Tomeru/Apnea,” at Yokohama Akarenga, June 8-24. You can watch a trailer for the work here. The Tomio Koyama Gallery will be participating at this year’s…

  • Apple Store Trumps PauseTalk

    I’ve been getting mail on this because of the confusion, so let’s clear things up. The Apple Store Shibuya performance that Momus has been touting as happening June 6 is in fact scheduled for June 4 (he noted the date wrong). Not only does that mean that the show will happen this coming Monday night,…

  • Happening in Tokyo

    Graphic designer Hideki Inaba has an exhibition, “Graphic Line,” at the Shu Uemura Beauty Boutique on Omotesando (near the Hanae Mori building), starting this Friday (until June 10). Micke — better known under the name PMKFA — has his first solo exhibition, “A Bag of Grease,” in Europe starting next week (June 8-July 31) at…

  • How to Sell at Design Festa

    Illustrator Josh McKible posts about his experience at last weekend’s Design Festa. The secret to good sales? Concentrate on small products, such as postcards and buttons. In fact, I think that’s pretty much the rule for anything that relates to art in this city, as that’s exactly what I’ve seen happen with all the show’s…

  • PingMag: Tokyo Design Premio

    PingMag covers “Tokyo Design Premio,” a Japan-oriented exhibition presented as part of last month’s Milano Salone.