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  • PauseTalk Tonight

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    A last reminder that this month’s edition of PauseTalk (Vol. 30) takes place tonight (Monday, April 6) at Cafe Pause, with the usual start time of 20:00. Update: Big thanks to everyone who attended and contributed to a very enjoyable evening. I’ll have a list of participants and photos up later this week.

  • 101TOKYO Opening

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    On Wednesday I attended the opening for this year’s second edition of 101TOKYO, held again in Akihabara, but this time at the Akiba Square event space inside the UDX building. It’s not really fair to compare this edition to last year’s — they were quite different beasts — so I’ll just congratulate Jason, Kosuke, Donald,…

  • Second Life and the Future of the Music Industry

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    Next week catch an exhibition organized by JJ Aucouturier and the cybermedia class at Temple University entitled “Second Life and the Future of the Music Industry,” at the Design Festa Gallery in Harajuku (April 10-12). Aucouturier explains: The music industry is in crisis — you’ve heard the news. But in the virtual world of Second…

  • PauseTalk Vol. 30 on Monday

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    This coming Monday’s edition of PauseTalk (April 6) at Cafe Pause marks the big 3-0 for the event. Things will kick off at 20:00, as always. It’ll be interesting to see what sort of turnout we get following last month’s blockbuster edition!

  • 101TOKYO Under Construction

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    Spotted on Facebook: the 101TOKYO event space being put together. The show itself runs April 2-5 at Akiba Square (inside the UDX building) in Akihabara, and make sure to drop by Thursday evening (April 2, 18:00-20:00) for a special edition PechaKucha Night hosted by our very own Mark Dytham.

  • Gelmannica 2009

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    Celebrated designer and media artist Gelman has been tied into Tokyo’s electronic music scene for a while now — through his associations with Minimal Tokyo and his “Gelman Lounge” events — and now he’s bringing things to a new level with the inaugural edition of Gelmannica, “the first international festival for electronic music and media…

  • The Physical Value of Sound

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    Designboom covers Yuri Suzuki‘s “The Physical Value of Sound” exhibition, now on at Clear Gallery in Roppongi. It runs until May 2.

  • 101QUESTIONS at 101TOKYO

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    The 101TOKYO contemporary art fair is just around the corner (April 2-5), and they’ve just announced that a new project called the “101QUESTIONS Educational Program” will be part of the show. The program is comprised of six panel discussions that will be held over the four days of the event, with the idea of addressing…

  • Furin Wind Chimes

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    “Furin” was an installation by Toyo Ito and Takram Design Engineering that appeared last year at Okamura Design Space R. Designboom posts more details.

  • 12Pixels

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    I may be obsessed with my iPhone, but there is still some cool stuff happening with “regular”‘ phones, and Ivan Poupyrev and Karl D.D. Willis‘ 12Pixels projects — created at Sony CSL — actually makes me wish I had one. The app lets you draw and share pixel-based images, all done through your phone’s touch…