PauseTalk Vol. 21

We had a smaller group at this month’s edition of PauseTalk (Vol. 21), but it still made for a pleasant gathering. Talk revolved around a few specific projects this time, and thanks to James for his harrowing account of his work on a reality series currently being shot in Tokyo. The next edition will be held June 2. Below is the list of participants, although I am missing at least two names (I often get caught up in conversation once we’re done, and forget to get everyone’s details).

Chris Kirby (Designer)
Didier Kerloch (Art Curator)
Eri Kato (PR Manager)
James Okubo (Filmmaker)
Jean Snow (Writer)
Joe Keenan (Graphic Designer)
Max Hodges (Publisher)
Robin (Mixed-Media Artist)
Ronnie Kattan (Online Retail)
Thomas Antonietti (Designer)
Tomohiro Morie (Branding)

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Responses:

Any chance the sessions can be recorded and put on youtube?

08.05.15 3:55
Posted by Al
That’s been suggested in the past, but I don’t think it would work well. Many are intimidated by being recorded, and so I think you’d end up losing contributions.

08.05.15 8:43
Posted by Jean Snow
Ok. I thought some of the creatives would like to get some exposure and who knows they might get more inquiries for projects.

08.05.15 16:53
Posted by Al

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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 August 4 (there is no July edition).