Monthly Archives: December 2007

This Week from MoCo Loco

Posted on December 27, 2007 by Jean Snow

My weekly Tokyo post is up at MoCo Loco, this time covering new lights from Chihiro Tanaka, Izumi Okayasu‘s “Kaleidoscope” exhibition, and the latest Plusminuszero products to go on sale.

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PingMag MAKE

Posted on December 26, 2007 by Jean Snow

What a nice Christmas present: PingMag has just launched a sister site, PingMag MAKE. I’ll let Yes! Communications‘ Tom Vincent give you the lowdown: PingMag MAKE is the sister site to PingMag. We use an interview format to put the … Continue reading →

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A Morning in West Tokyo

Posted on December 26, 2007 by Jean Snow

I haven’t been writing much about my cycling adventures of late, but I do go out pretty much every morning for a spin in the city. I recently picked up a Thermal Ride Jacket and Insulated Cycling Gloves from Mont-Bell, … Continue reading →

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PingMag: Karan Koron

Posted on December 26, 2007 by Jean Snow

PingMag covers the “Karan Koron — A Geta Art Exhibition,” recently held in LA and produced by graffiti veteran MakeOne.

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On Design for December 2007

Posted on December 25, 2007 by Jean Snow

This month’s edition of my “On Design” column is in today’s THE JAPAN TIMES, and can be read online here. In it, I cover the new MoMa Design Store, Kashiwa Sato’s collection of new year cards for Japan Post, the … Continue reading →

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No Magazine, No Life

Posted on December 25, 2007 by Jean Snow

MAGAZINE PICK-UP ALERT: It didn’t take long before I bought a copy of the new issue of TITLE (96). With a cover sporting the words “2008: A Magazine Odyssey,” you just know I had to pick it up. It’s a … Continue reading →

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More Trouble for the iPhone in Japan

Posted on December 24, 2007 by Jean Snow

BUSINESS WEEK takes a look at the challenges Apple faces in bringing the iPhone to Japan. I still think that no current handset in Japan even comes close to matching the iPhone’s innovative, and user-friendly, interface. (Thanks, Max!)

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Chihiro Tanaka’s Onduler and Sakulight

Posted on December 23, 2007 by Jean Snow

Dezeen covers two new lights from Chihiro Tanaka: Onduler and Sakulight (pictured above).

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PechaKucha Night was devised in Tokyo in 2003 as an event for young creatives to meet, network, and show their work in public, using the PechaKucha 20x20 format. It has turned into a massive celebration, with events happening in hundreds of cities around the world.

PauseTalk is a Tokyo-based 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 creatives can get together and discuss their own projects, as well as cultural currents of the city. The next edition is June 3.

We hereby define a new term, that of the magaziner, described as a person who exerts an unhealthy amount of love for all things magazine. The Magaziner is a site that mostly focuses on the intersection between magazines and the digital frontier, and what it means for the medium.

The Codex is an almost weekly podcast featuring an eclectic mix of music, hosted by Jean Snow and recorded live in Tokyo. Complete playlists for all episodes are posted on the website, and you can subscribe to RSS feeds of posts and episodes. The show is also in the iTunes Store.