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Month: December 2008

  • Appliya

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    Appliya is a new Japanese publisher of iPhone and iPod Touch apps, with a very friendly bilingual site that helps guide through what they’re all about. Strangely enough, one of their upcoming apps, Katana, has been held up in the Apple approval process for about two months — too bad, it looks like it could…

  • This Week at MoCo Loco

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    After a bit of a hiatus, I’m back at MoCo Loco with a new “This Week from Tokyo” post. I cover Nendo’s Aromamora bottle design, Yamasaki Design Works‘ Triangle Clip, and Yuento’s Wacca Aroma Diffuser.

  • Scott Popular vs. Famitsu

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    Very nice: my friend Scott Popular — Street Fighter player extraordinaire — is featured in a recent issue of Famitsu, Japan’s weekly gaming bible. The interview turned into a 3-page article, with Scott and crew talking about being foreign gamers in Japanland.

  • On Design for December 2008

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    This month’s edition of my “On Design” column was in yesterday’s The Japan Times, and can be read online here. I cover the Yamaha Plus Minus Zero Electro-Hybrid Bicycle, Teamlab‘s Memodesk, Nendo‘s Socket-Deer, Naoto Fukasawa’s Trapezoid watch, and Holz’s Tategu. Also, I forget to post about last month’s column, which can be read here. For…

  • Inside Wired

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    Here’s a look at the page in the current issue of Wired with the Arcade Mania mention. Definitely nice to see!

  • Tim and the Sexy German

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    Our friend Tim, holding what I’m guessing is his sexy little German. Photo by Jono.

  • Arcade Mania Is Wired

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    Good news on the Arcade Mania front: the book was picked up for the January issue of Wired (17.01), as part of its “Playlist” corner — Wired‘s equivalent to monthly picks. And this gives me another opportunity to remind everyone that the book is available pretty much everywhere now.

  • The History of Asics in Paper

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    Great short that tells the story of Asics/Onitsuka Tiger, using origami models. It won quite a few prizes as well. Via Motionographer.