Category: Events

  • Wii Launch in Ikebukuro

    I did it, I ended up with a Wii on launch day! After waking up early (5:30) and going to the main Bic Camera store in Ikebukuro and finding out that it was too late — and I wasn’t alone, as many people with dejected looks on their face walked away from the store as…

  • PechaKucha GBG Vol. 1

    And now it’s Jesper‘s turn to introduce the PechaKucha Night phenomenon to his city of Gothenburg, Sweden, with next week’s first installment of PechaKucha GBG! It happens next Wednesday (December 6) at Club Nefertiti, with of course a start time of 20:20 (doors open at 19:30). You’ll find more details at the site he’s set…

  • TDW Coverage from Designboom

    More Tokyo Design Week coverage, this time an image-spectacular from Designboom.

  • PechaKucha Night Vol. 37

    Tomorrow night (November 29) is PechaKucha Night Vol. 37, which will also be the last one held this year (the next one will come January 31). You can check the PKN site for a list of presenters scheduled, but I can tell you that Paul Baron of TAB will be there, as well as designer…

  • PauseTalk Vol. 6

    The next edition of PauseTalk is coming up, next Monday (December 4), at the usual start time of 19:30. For Vol. 6, I’d like to cover a few things, including an update on the wiki project (we are currently building a wiki database to act as a resource for creatives in the city), as well…

  • Central East Tokyo 2006

    I’m a bit late on this, but “Central East Tokyo 2006” (CET06) has already started, and goes on until December 3. Launched in 2003, CET (Central East Tokyo) is being held for the fourth time this year. While up to now CET has been a large-scale affaire using the entire downtown area in eastern Tokyo…

  • Creative Japonica

    Looks like Karl Escritt is creating his own sort of PauseTalk in Kyoto, at Japonica Music Kyoto, adding to it a great live element that will kick off this coming Friday (December 1) with guests that will include O.Lamm and Digiki (as part of their current Japan tour), and Midori Hirano. Here’s how Karl describes…

  • Nakaochiai Gallery’s Group Show

    The Nakaochiai Gallery is celebrating its second anniversary with “Group Show,” bringing together the works of 7 Tokyo-based artists: Seiji Yonehara, Becky Yee, Clint Taniguchi, Kazumasa Noguchi, DENSE, Takayo Nagura, and Benedetta Borrometi. The exhibition will be held December 3-12, with the opening reception December 2 (18:00-21:00).