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  • Goliga Books

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    Andrew just brought to my attention Goliga Books, an independent Tokyo-based editorial firm that creates books about photography, art, and design for various publishers, and run by Ivan Vartanian, a former New Yorker. I see its behind Tiffany Godoy’s Style Deficit Disorder, a Harajuku fashion primer I quite enjoyed — Néojaponisme was a bit more…

  • Book on Hitoshi Abe

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    Designboom reviews a new book on the works of architect Hitoshi Abe from Phaidon. Whether or not you are an architect or designer, this book highlights Hitoshi Abe’s work in a way that anyone can appreciate. Through vivid imagery and detailed insights, each project is displayed in a straightforward and captivating way.

  • Public Reading of Des Ailes

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    Audrey — otherwise known as Ay2 of the Radio OK Fred podcast — will be doing a public reading of her new book, Des Ailes, at BOOK246 in Aoyama tomorrow (April 25, 15:00-16:30), accompanied by Gutevolk and Utrecht‘s Hiroshi Eguchi.

  • New TAB Tees

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    Tokyo Art Beat has just launched two fresh new tees for your buying pleasure — remember, all proceeds go to help support the site. On the left is “Modularly Yours” by Ian Lynam — which I promptly ordered — and on the right “White Discharge” by Teppei Kaneuji. It’s interesting to note that TAB is…

  • KDa Signing

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    KDa superstars Mark and Astrid signing their new book, following their lecture last Friday night.

  • PMKFA, the Book

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    Tokyo-based Swedish graphic designer Michael Thorsby (PMKFA) has released his first book through French brand Sixpack. The tome covers works from throughout his career, and is available for purchase online.

  • Des Ailes

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    My dearest Audrey — and Radio OK Fred co-host — has produced a new book, and the launch happens tonight (18:00-20:00) at NOW IDeA by UTRECHT in Aoyama — this will be an advance sale of the book. Des Ailes is an adaptation of the Graine-d’aile fairy tale by French surrealist poet Paul Eluard, featuring…

  • Tokyo by Tokyo

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    I posted about it over at PechaKucha Daily last week — where you can see a few images from a PKN presentation — but I certainly need to mention here as well Claska‘s new bilingual (English/Japanese) pocket cityguide, Tokyo by Tokyo. The idea was to invite 70 creatives — our good friend Marxy is even…

  • Brokenfotografy

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    I think Warren really is onto something when he talks about 2009 as the year of POD (print-on-demand). I’ve seen quite a few very nice projects take that route of late, and the latest is by Tokyo-based photographer Stephen Lebovits. His Brokenfotografy – Volume 1 is now being offered through Blurb.

  • 20 Japanese Architects

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    20 Japanese Architects is a new book by Roland Hagenberg that covers, well, 20 Japanese architects and their works through a series of interviews. Now for the bad news, it seems that the English/Chinese tome is currently only available in Taiwan, and there is no way — for now — to order it online. Via…