On Design for July

On Design

Just a reminder that this month’s edition of my “On Design” column appears in tomorrow’s (Tuesday) edition of THE JAPAN TIMES. In it I cover a finger-mounted optical mouse, a mower, an aluminum-based outdoor “shed,” and a stool.

Update
You can now read it online here (free registration required after a week).

Category: Design

Responses:

Jean

We are always looking for talented writers in Japan. If you would be intersted in tackling some pieces for dwell down the line or pitching stories drop me a line… sam@dwellmag.com

cheers

sam

06.07.26 7:04
Posted by sam
Thanks, Sam. I’ll get in touch with you.

06.07.26 9:26
Posted by Jean Snow

Reply:

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 August 4 (there is no July edition).