Category: Events

  • In Heaven Everything Is Fine

    Rob Judges has a new show on this week at Uplink Gallery in Shibuya, titled “In Heaven Everything Is Fine,” running until September 28. Really wish I could have attended Saturday’s opening which featured, among other things, Rob doing a live drawing performance (pictured above).

  • Shigeru Ban’s Paper Tower

    Dezeen covers the temporary paper structure designed by Shigeru Ban for London Design Week.

  • Land(in)formation

    Back in early July I had the great pleasure of having my friend Julie Forgues — artist and professor of photography — come visit for a few weeks, and during that time we had an exhibition for a project of hers, “Land(in)formation,” at Cafe Pause. She introduced the project during that month’s PauseTalk (Vol. 33),…

  • PRIVILEGE

    Gary McLeod followed the Tokaido with his hybrid camera — a combo made up of an 1878 British lens and a Japanese digital camera — photographing English teachers along the way in the style pictured above. Gary shows more shots in this TABlog entry, and the entire series is currently on show in “PRIVILEGE” at…

  • Happening in Tokyo

    TokyoMade is organizing its second TokyoMade Market, set to take place September 21-27, again at Mememachine gallery in Shibuya. You can get an idea of what will be sold here. Head to Soft in Shibuya on September 25 for “I’m There Already,” featuring DJs Ogi, Yosuke, and PMKFA. Entrance is free, from 22:00 until late.

  • Senseware in Tokyo

    Kenya Hara‘s “Tokyo Fiber ’09 Senseware” exhibition, first shown at the Milano Salone earlier this year, is coming to the 21_21 Design Sight, but for one week only (September 18-27). The video above is a preview of the show. Via Spoon & Tamago.

  • Photos from the “Urban Paper” Show

    Wanna see some of the terrific paper toys on display at the “Urban Paper” show? Luckily for you, Josh has just put up a rather extensive gallery of photos. Above, contributions by Ben the Illustrator.

  • Happening in Tokyo

    “ContainerPLUS” at the Wall Art Scene Gallery (inside Laforet Harajuku) — a show by “East London’s finest woman collective of illustrations, photography, and set-design,” their first in Japan. Represented by Cabaret. The terrific “Sound Gardening” series is returning for a third volume on September 25, again at the Kiyosumi Garden. The event will include works…

  • DESIGNEAST 00

    I mentioned it in this week’s MoCo Loco post, but I wanted to highlight again the upcoming launch of a new design event in Osaka. DESIGNEAST 00 — this is more of a pre-event, with the “01” edition to happen next year — is set to bring attention to the Kansai design scene. The 3-day…

  • PauseTalk Tonight

    Just a reminder that PauseTalk (Vol. 34) is indeed on tonight (September 7) at Cafe Pause, with the usual start time of 20:00. More details here.