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Month: April 2008

  • Polypunk 29

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    Digiki releases a new episode of POLYPUNK (29), so go listen!

  • Art Space Tokyo Release Party

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    You already know about Chin Music Press‘ upcoming ART SPACE TOKYO: AN INTIMATE GUIDE TO THE TOKYO ART WORLD — if not, here’s my previous post — and now it’s time to celebrate the launch. The Tokyo release party will take place at the Pink Cow in Shibuya, April 22, from 19:00 to 23:00. Also,…

  • The End of Boon

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    Over at META no TAME, Marxy reports on the end of BOON, a men’s street wear magazine that in the nineties had print runs as high as 800 000!

  • Photos 4 Food

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    Stephen Lebovits is a Tokyo-based freelance photographer who has just launched the Photos 4 Food project. As he explains: As an enthusiast photographer I shoot quite a bit, mostly life around me. And now I want to share them, but how, when there is so much stimuli already vying to capture our daily attention? I…

  • Top Five Design Hotels in Japan

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    THE INDEPENDENT gives us a round-up of what it considers to be the five best design hotels in Japan. The list includes the Murata in Kyushu, the Claska in Tokyo, the River Retreat Garaku in Toyama, Hotel Screen in Kyoto, and the Dojima Hotel in Osaka.

  • Nendo’s Chocolate Pencils

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    Nendo creates chocolate pencils, or crayons, for patissier Tsujiguchi Hironobu. More images over at Dezeen.

  • Kozyndan at the Ramen Museum

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    The Flux site has a post up featuring Kozyndan writing about a visit to the Yokohama Ramen Museum. I’ve always been curious about the place, but have never taken the time to go. I guess I’m in no need of good ramen shops, living in Ikebukuro and all. Flux is one of the projects that…

  • PauseTalk Vol. 20 Postponed

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    I’m afraid I’m going to have to push back this month’s edition of PauseTalk (Vol. 20) by one week. It was set to happen this coming Monday, April 7, but because of unforeseen events, will need to be pushed back one week, to April 14. Apologies for the schedule change, and I hope that those…

  • Neojaponisme: 101TOKYO

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    Neojaponisme spreads some 101TOKYO love.

  • MUJI Chronotebook

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    According to Cool Hunting, seems that Wong Kok Keong’s Chronotebook, one of the winners of last year’s MUJI Award, is going to be produced and is set for release in the coming weeks.