NEW YORK – TOKYO posts more about UNIQLO’s latest manga t-shirt collection, including a look at the display they have up at the Soho Store.

My weekly Tokyo post for MoCo Loco is up, this time covering Plusminuszero’s fan, Jo Nagasaka‘s Bench2, Hidebumi Yamaguchi‘s IMAnoWA collection, and a new furniture collection by Steve Lidbury for Arti.

Without knowing it was by Jun Aoki, the first time I walked past the Aoyama Project building I did find a passing resemblance to Aoki’s Louis Vuitton store in Ginza (the arrangement of the windows). See more photos of the building at Design Hub. Via Dezain.net.

The official site for the upcoming live-action film adaptation of Naoki Urasawa’s 20TH CENTURY BOYS (out August 30) is now hosting a teaser trailer. Nice to see the use of T.Rex’s “20th Century Boy” as the title rolls up! Via Anime News Network.

My “On Design” column for the month was in yesterday’s edition of THE JAPAN TIMES (although I’m told there was a printing error that put some of the text underneath an image), and can be read online here. In it, I cover Generate Design‘s “PROTOTYPE” shop, Takumi‘s Icon Clock, the Comore Mizusashi watering pot, Rice-Design‘s Edible Tableware, and Kyouei’s Mobile Light.

The logo you see up there? It’s real, and it’s the new logo for Japan’s DoCoMo. Read more about the change here. Via Japan Probe.

PingMag takes a look at the recent trend in Tokyo of organizing art projects on the fences that hide construction work. I think the first one I remember seeing was the one by KDa over the fence on Omotesando, during construction of Omotesando Hills.

Starting today (April 21) and running until May 6, Laforet in Harajuku is hosting the “KIKS TYO x YONE x AKI HOSHINO Sneaker Lover Pop-up Shop.” The shop will have exclusive collaborations with Champion, New Balance, and G-SHOCK, and will also be selling the limited edition tee (Hoshino photographed by Yone) seen below. Also, the first 300 people to buy over 10 000 yen merchandise (probably too late now) will get a KIKS TYO x MEDICOM TOY X AKI HOSHINO Kubrick.

Pingmag takes a look at Toshio Iwai’s Tenori-on sound visualizer.

Want to know what Nigo’s home looks like? The following is a report from BBC’s JAPANORAMA program. Via Imprint Talk.

Now this is a decent TV commercial! Via Motionographer.

First, the good news is that following his big spill, Alin is out of the hospital, and if a bit battered (see below), still looking forward to his next ride.

Now, for some Tokyo bike news. Tim sent me a link to the following post from Japan Probe, about a new parking system for bikes at Kasai station:

Here’s a video report on the new parking system:

Great video for Denki Groove’s new single, “Shonen Young,” from their new album, J-POP. Via META no TAME.

My weekly Tokyo post for MoCo Loco is up, this time covering a few Japan-related Milano Salone items, Fumiaki Goto‘s musical dining table, and the latest from Nosigner.

• After a successful launch last month — there were 30 participants in attendance — the Tokyo edition of Likemind returns tomorrow (April 18, 11:30), but with a change in venue: the Rhythm Cafe in Shibuya.