Chin Music Press Does It Again

Do You Know What It Means to Miss New Orleans

My favorite little Tokyo (OK, Tokyo/Seattle) publisher, Chin Music Press, has done it again with the release of their brand spanking new book, DO YOU KNOW WHAT IT MEANS TO MISS NEW ORLEANS? I got my copy in the post today (which I had pre-ordered), and as with their previous effort, KUHAKU, it’s an absolutely gorgeous little book to hold and leaf through (you can see for yourself) and I’m still amazed (even after having read everything about the making of the book on CMP’s blog) at all the thought that went into making this kind of thing that you want to own as much for its content than for the carefully thought out design/layout. It’s the kind of book that makes you want to read even the copyright notices! Congrats to the CMP crew for another standout product, and here’s already looking forward to their next offering.

Go. Buy. Now.

Category: Books • Design

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Jean Snow lives and breathes design and pop culture in Tokyo -- sustained by an unhealthy addiction to magazines and frequent visits to his favorites cafes. He has reported on these obsessions for the following online/offline publications: Time, Inside (Australian Design Review), Gizmodo, Gridskipper, Kotaku, Tokyo Q, Superfuture, OK Fred, Arthur Frommer's Budget Travel, I.D. (International Design), Metropolis, Azure, MoCo Loco, Kateigaho International Edition, Game|Life, and The Japan Times. He also manages the gallery space at Cafe Pause.

Jean Snow is a daily contributor to Wired magazine's game blog, Game|Life, covering game news from Japan and beyond.

Tokyolife: Art and Design covers Tokyo's cultural output of the past few years, covering the works of over 80 influential creatives. Jean Snow provided coordination assistance.

The Superfuture Superguides are a series of PDF travel guides to some of your favorites cities, updated monthly, and obsessively compiling the best places to shop, eat, and drink. The Tokyo guide is edited by Jean Snow.

He is also the design/culture editor at Neojaponisme, a web journal covering social and cultural aspects of Japan. Read the manifesto, by founder and chief editor W. David Marx, here.

PauseTalk is a regular series of events that take place at Cafe Pause on the first Monday of every month, with a start time of 20:00. The idea is to create a forum where Tokyo-based creatives can get together and discuss their own projects, as well as cultural currents of the city. The next edition happens September 1.