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2008.05.09

This Week at MoCo Loco

Mini Chimney AM

My weekly Tokyo post at MoCo Loco is up, this time covering Takumi’s Mini Chimney AM humidifier, Elecom’s EGG MOUSE, and Tokujin Yoshioka’s Heaven chair.

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2008.05.01

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Maruni Tokyo Showroom

My weekly Tokyo post for MoCo Loco is up, this time covering Naho Matsuno’s Cube 6, the new Maruni Tokyo showroom, and Hiroshi Sasagawa’s Animal Index.

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2008.04.24

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Plusminuszero Fan

My weekly Tokyo post for MoCo Loco is up, this time covering Plusminuszero’s fan, Jo Nagasaka’s Bench2, Hidebumi Yamaguchi’s IMAnoWA collection, and a new furniture collection by Steve Lidbury for Arti.

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2008.04.17

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Musical Dining Table

My weekly Tokyo post for MoCo Loco is up, this time covering a few Japan-related Milano Salone items, Fumiaki Goto’s musical dining table, and the latest from Nosigner.

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2008.04.10

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Illumination Shower

My weekly Tokyo post for MoCo Loco is up, this time covering Spiritual Mode’s Illumination Shower, Ideaco’s CUBE umbrella holder, and Nendo’s Kazadokei.

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2008.04.03

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Generate Design

My weekly Tokyo post for MoCo Loco is up, and covers Generate Design’s online sales of items from last December’s “PROTOTYPE” exhibition, MARUNI60’s new lineup, and the Milano Salone’s “Japan Design 2008 - Innovation” exhibition and Swarovki’s “Crystal Palace” installation (with works by Tokujin Yoshioka).

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2008.03.27

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Tokyo Wonder

My weekly Tokyo post for MoCo Loco is up, this time covering Fumie Shibata’s Flower magazine holder, Gwenael Nicolas‘ “TOKYO WONDER” exhibition for the Milano Salone, the latest from Plusminuszero, and Kunio Owasa’s “Fine Design” exhibition.

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2008.03.20

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Tepita

My weekly Tokyo post for MoCo Loco is up, this time covering Kokuyo’s Tepita scissors, and a few more Milan Design Week related news items.

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2008.03.13

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Chairs by Nendo

My weekly Tokyo post for MoCo Loco is up, this time covering some Nendo-related news and Bonboog’s Botanical Pen.

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2008.02.28

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FLUOLESS

My weekly Tokyo post is up at MoCo Loco, this time covering Plusminuszero’s 2.5R series, Nendo’s Bambi table, Nosigner’s “FLUOLESS” exhibition, and the Naoto Fukasawa-directed “Koo Fu Collection 2008.”

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2008.02.21

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Chimney III

My weekly Tokyo post for MoCo Loco is up, this time covering Takumi’s Chimney III humidifier, I.D.E.A International’s One Strap Nylon Bag, and No Quiet’s utsuwa line.

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2008.02.17

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Plusminuszero

My weekly Tokyo post for MoCo Loco is up, this time covering some new colors from Plusminuszero, H Concept’s Capuc, Karim Rashid’s bottle design for Finé, and the closing of the Hhstyle.com/Limited shop in Harajuku.

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2008.02.08

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R-COTTA

My weekly Tokyo post for MoCo Loco is up, this time covering Madoka Sato’s Ri-COTTA clock for Lemnos, MUJI’s KUSO MUJI site (where designers submit products that are voted on, with the popular ones getting produced), Atelier Tekuto’s prefab aluminum house, and the Wajima x Kakitsubata “On the Table” exhibition at SFT Gallery in Roppongi.

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2008.01.31

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Tagei Coffee Table

My weekly Tokyo post at MoCo Loco is up, covering Akemi Tanaka’s convertible wooden furniture, Ideaco’s TUBELOR trash can, and Sota Suzuki’s upcoming show at Gallery Rocket.

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2008.01.24

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BitWatch

My weekly Tokyo post at MoCo Loco is up, this time covering Hideaki Tanaka’s BitWatch, the Information Ring, and news on Nosigner.

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Jean Snow lives and breathes design and pop culture in Tokyo -- sustained by an unhealthy addiction to magazines and frequent visits to his favorites cafes. He has reported on these obsessions for the following online/offline publications: Time, Inside (Australian Design Review), Gizmodo, Gridskipper, Kotaku, Tokyo Q, Superfuture, OK Fred, Arthur Frommer's Budget Travel, I.D. (International Design), Metropolis, Azure, MoCo Loco, Kateigaho International Edition, Game|Life, and The Japan Times. He also manages the gallery space at Cafe Pause.

The Superfuture Superguides are a series of PDF travel guides to some of your favorites cities, updated monthly, and obsessively compiling the best places to shop, eat, and drink. The Tokyo guide is edited by Jean Snow.

Jean Snow is the design/culture editor at Neojaponisme, a web journal covering social and cultural aspects of Japan. Read the manifesto, by founder and chief editor W. David Marx, here.

PauseTalk is a regular series of events that take place at Cafe Pause on the first Monday of every month, with a start time of 20:00. The idea is to create a forum where Tokyo-based creatives can get together and discuss their own projects, as well as cultural currents of the city. The next edition happens June 2.

I write a monthly column covering Japanese product design for The Japan Times, called "On Design." It appears on the fourth Tuesday of every month, in both the print edition and online.

I contribute a weekly round-up covering the latest product and interior design happenings from Tokyo and Japan for MoCo Loco. It gets posted on Wednesdays, and you can find links to previous posts here.