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Category: Books

  • Yokai Attack!

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    A lot of you probably remember Matt Alt — I already pointed you to the superfun book he wrote last year with his wife, Hiroko Yoda: Hello, Please! Very Helpful Super Kawaii Characters from Japan. Matt has teamed up with Hiroko again for a book that has just come out from Kodansha International. Yokai Attack!…

  • Hip Lounging Japan

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    Nice to see that my Swedish compadres Next Century Modern are included in the book Hip Lounging Japan, for their work with Thoms & Nilsson on the Absolut Icebar in Tokyo. I’d like to go through the book to see what else gets included.

  • Tokyolife at Colette

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    Tokyolife gets some loving display space at Colette in Paris.

  • Otaku Kaidan

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    Otaku magazine’s next issue, their fourth, is titled Otaku Kaidan, and covers all things horror in Japan. From their site: KAIDAN is the term used for the Japanese ghost stories, and, extensively, for the J-Horror culture. The Buddhist moralizing stories were rapidly transformed into international shockers; people wanted more frightening monstrosities and oddness, with no…

  • Tokyolife: Art and Design

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    I’ve very happy to announce that today marks the official release of TOKYOLIFE: ART AND DESIGN, a beautiful new tome from Rizzoli that covers Tokyo’s creative output of the past few years. I have the great pleasure of getting a project coordination credit in the book, and hope that you get a chance to have…

  • Architectural Papercraft

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    FOTOMO is a Japanese book that includes papercraft cutouts of city sights. Looks like it would let you create quite the nice diorama. Via Boing Boing.

  • The Lonesome Puppy

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    Yoshitomo Nara has released his first children’s book, THE LONESOME PUPPY. You’ll find a few excerpts here. Via Boing Boing.

  • PingMag: Chin Music Press

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    Well look who gets some nice attention over at PingMag! The latest piece on the site is an interview with Chin Music Press‘ Craig Mod and Bruce Rutledge.