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  • Museum Paper

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    Self-published Swedish magazine Museum Paper is having a launch tomorrow night (May 29, 19:00-21:00) at NOW IDeA by Utrecht in Aoyama. They even promise a “special Museum Paper drink,” so I’m there.

  • This Week at MoCo Loco

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    My weekly Tokyo post for MoCo Loco is up, this time covering new offerings from Ryuji Nakamura, the “Japan Brand Pop Up Shop” in NYC, and the “Group Exhibitions: Shinagawa.”

  • Heidi Loves Nissan

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    The video above is part of a new campaign for Nissan’s “ECO” line-up (low-fuel), created by the Golden Eggs team. There are short TV commercials, but the video above is a web-only short. My wife has watched this at least 20 times, and cracks up every single time.

  • A Kiss from Tokyo

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    I am absolutely in love with the look of this “A Kiss from Tokyo” short. It’s a trailer for an upcoming book by illustrator Kevin Dart called Seductive Espionage: The World of Yuki 7, which is scheduled to come out this summer. The trailer was directed by Dart and Stephane Coedel. Yuki 7 is my…

  • PKN vs. PT

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    Well, sort of. For tomorrow night’s edition of PechaKucha Night in Tokyo (Vol. 62) at SuperDeluxe — or tonight (May 27), depending on when you read this — I helped Tomoko curate by suggesting a few presenters who, ahem, just so happen to be PauseTalkers (with one exception). Names you will recognize if you check…

  • IKKI Online Magazine

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    Some very good news indeed: Viz is launching a new online magazine named after — and inspired by — IKKI, a Japanese comic monthly aimed at the older crowd. The site is currently in beta form, and will officially launch after this summer’s San Diego Comicon. All manga will be free to read online, and…

  • Yuichi Higashionna Wins Berengo Prize

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    101TOKYO has announced the winner of its Berengo Prize — the fair’s “best of show” — and that artist is Yuichi Higashionna, who “crafts chaotic chandeliers and installations out of everyday objects such as fluorescent lights and hand mirrors.” The prize gives Higashionna a residency at the Berengo Studio in Venice. Here’s an interview with…

  • QuadCamera vs. Apple

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    I think you all know how much of a fan I am of Takayuki Fukatsu‘s poto apps for the iPhone, and unfortunately it seems like he’s encountering some issues with Apple’s approval process. The issue is with the QuadCamera app, which Apple keeps rejecting with no reason given — the app is not new, but…

  • The Walk

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    Great little short by James Okubo, descriptively called “My Walk to Wieden+Kennedy Tokyo.” From his description: Made in 2.5 days for a presentation. Bodycam rig was made in a day. Shot in a day. Edited on the way to the meeting in the subway.

  • This Week at MoCo Loco

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    My weekly Tokyo post for MoCo Loco is up, this time covering Schemata Architecture Office‘s Kurage lamp (above), Shigeru Ban‘s Carbon Fiber Chair, Yuki Futa’s Isu chair, and Naoki Terada‘s Write In Measure.