I am so thankful for the launch of Tokyo Art Beat. I’m using it pretty much exclusively to plan the things I want to check out during Designer’s Week, Designers Block, and Swedish Style. Here are some notes I took this morning (and everything listed here is free, except the “Container Ground” in Odaiba that has an entrance fee of 500 yen).
- Various exhibitions at Cibone Aoyama, including “Swedese” for Swedish Style (until 11)
- “Real Produce” at 246 Cafe & Book (until 11)
- TDB related exhibitions at SuperDeluxe (until 11)
- Even Office is joining in, with works by Eva Schildt (until 11)
- Idee Shop (until 11)
- “Container Ground” in Odaiba (until 11)
- “Street Furniture,” around Shinjuku Park Tower (until 11)
- “Pyra” at SF Hanaemori Bldg. (until 16)
- “Swedish Style Central Station” at the Swedish Embassy (until 16)
- “Express Sweden 2004″ at the Swedish Embassy (until 16)
- T-shirt exhibition at the Hotel Claska (until 10)
- “Syjuntan” at TomorrowLand Hiroo Office (until 11)
- “Use and Misuse” at Imoaraizaka Bldg. in Roppongi (until 11)
- SJ (Swedish Railways) exhibition at the Parco Delfonics Gallery (until 16)
- “My Swedish Experience” by Mia Deng at Gallery Closet (until 16)
- Teresa & David at Beratta om Dig (until 15)
For more info on all these events (descriptions, open hours, maps) just head to Tokyo Art Beat. I got all of these listing from the “Just Started” section. TAB, I truly love you.
Update: I forgot to mention that many Designers Block related events are happening at the UN University.
Category: Design • Events
Yes I must say - Its going to be one hell of a busy weekend tramping all over Aoyama, Omotesando! There’s also the little shops that are taking part, when walking by tend to take up more time than you expect. Fun weekend. Hopefully the rain will stay away.
i just found out they linked my site! i didn’t know that… do you know who did it? i have to send my thanks to the person..
Paul, who is behind TAB, reads this site, so he might have found it through here.
thanks for letting me know.
is it just me or is design the new rock’n'roll?
Definitely.
Jean, this is so helpful, as always. The new Tokyo Art Beat site is a good compliment for what you do, although very different, of course. Have a great time this week!
did iCal happen?
Sorry, that was sort of sidetracked because of my recent domain problems. Right now I’m just too busy with all the design events happening this weekend, but I’ll get around to it within a week or two.
hi just wondering what you guys all do in tokyo - i want to move there for a year … but i’ll probably end up teaching english - fck!
Teaching English to children is what pays the bills for me.
You know what Jean, I would really like to hear a bit more about your teaching… Reason being, you have the coolest blog in Japan and you teach English. We all know what reputation English teaching has in Japan and I think that you therefore represent a formidable counter-example, a stereotype killer and also, you could be the source of great motivation for all the kids wanting to come out here but who put it off thinking that teaching english will never allow them to achieve anything. YEAH!
i totally agree! i’m somewhat skeptical about coming out there because i really don’t know the language - and everyday things like banking and ordering from menus without pictures seems really daunting….do you speak the language? how long have you been out there? what else do you do? (sorry i’m new to your blog:) if it’s easier, you can email me back so i’m not disrupting the thread too much !
Teaching English can be a great thing, as it gives you the time and money to do other things also. I might not have had the opportunity to follow my interests in writing if I was in Canada (or at least I can say that it would be much more difficult to find the time). The place where I work is nice, I teach children (and I like kids), it’s a good situation.
i’m pretty determined to go and your positive words are great to hear :) thank you! i’m taking it you are fluent in japanese?
No, not at all.
ah! nice. i’m looking into getting a job now. hopefully i’ll be out there by spring, but we’ll see…i’m worried about saving up money before i go - since i’m in debt after my recent trip there! ack.
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