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Month: December 2009

  • PauseTalk Vol. 36 Participants

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    A huge thanks again to everyone who made it to this past Monday’s PauseTalk Vol. 36. We were maybe a smaller group than last time — low twenties this time — but we all had a good time with the discussions, as well as the casual chats following the official session. Below is a partial…

  • Rroomm

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    A fun idea, if possibly a maddening one: Rroomm is a clothing shop in Osaka that was recently renovated by architects Ninkipen, and the main feature is a series of eleven doors, six of which are fake. Via Dezeen.

  • TV Show

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    “TV Show,” a great little animated music video for Takayuki Manabe, directed by Kousuke Sugimoto. Via Blitblit.

  • Secret Garden

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    I have to say I’m quite a fan of these secret gardens you hear about, located on Tokyo rooftops. The one pictured above is not in Tokyo, but rather in Isezaki (Gunma prefecture), and was designed by Ryuichi Ashizawa Architects. I’ve been told that KDa‘s Astrid Klein has one of her own.

  • Fixie Girl

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    Tim Rudder took the afternoon to draw a girl on a fixed gear bike, and walks us through the process.

  • Plum Song

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    Omodaka‘s “Plum Song” video, directed by Teppei Maki.

  • Portraits from PauseTalk Vol. 36

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    I’ll have the list of participants from last night’s PauseTalk (Vol. 36) up later today or tomorrow, but in the meantime I wanted to share the latest round of portraits taken by Max Hodges, which are all viewable in this gallery. As with last time, I’m really loving these, and I’m hoping that Max keeps…

  • Kokeshi

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    Very nice modern take on the traditional Japanese Kokeshi doll, by Pen Pencil Stencil. Via Josh McKible.

  • PauseTalk Tonight

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    Just a reminder that PauseTalk (Vol. 36) happens tonight (December 7) at Cafe Pause, with the usual start time of 20:00. I’ll be there from 19:30, hanging out until the official start, so feel free to come earlier.

  • INCUBOT Productions

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    Matt Alt and Alen Yen have teamed up to form Incubot Productions, a company that plans to release retro robot collectibles. First up are the Nekobot USB robots (pictured above), with a 2GB capacity, and now on sale through their site.