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Category: TB.Movel

  • This Week at MoCo Loco

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    This week’s Tokyo post at MoCo Loco is up, covering the new Iida phones (above, Naoto Fukasawa’s PRISMOID), Ryohei Yoshiyuki‘s “Time of the Sky” watch, and Nendo‘s Music Cage speaker.

  • On Design for March 2008

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    This month’s edition of my “On Design” column was in yesterday’s THE JAPAN TIMES, and can be read online here. In it, I cover Conof‘s Digital Cordless Telephone, Mitsuhiro Kanada’s Strapped Orthogonality, Ideaco‘s Ashtub Trico, Nendo‘s Cabbage Chair, and a peek at next month’s Milano Salone.

  • PingMag: Jun Hanyunyuu

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    PingMag interviews manga creator Jun Hanyunyuu.

  • Interior Lifestyle

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    At Tokyo Big Sight for the Interior Lifestyle show, which I’m covering for MoCo Loco.

  • A Sunday Night Drink

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    Finishing off the weekend with a glass of MUJI red wine.

  • Gone Hiking

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    Out in Okutama today. What a beautiful day!

  • Comics on the Train

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    That’s right, comics, not manga. In all my years in Japan, this is the very first time I ever see someone take out an American comic to read on the train, in this case the latest issue of Warren Ellis’ THUNDERBOLTS. I did ask this guy permission before taking the shot, telling him I knew…

  • Niku

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    The fact that someone drew the kanji for meat on the cover of this free paper is unremarkable, but what if I tell you that they also drew it on almost every forehead of every picture inside! That’s dedication.