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This Week at MoCo Loco

PRISMOID

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.

Sep 17, 20090

On Design for March 2008

Digital Cordless Telephone, Strapped Orthogonality, Ashtub Trico

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.

Mar 26, 20080

PingMag: Jun Hanyunyuu

Jun Hanyunyuu

PingMag interviews manga creator Jun Hanyunyuu.

Jul 7, 20070

Interior Lifestyle

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

Jun 7, 20070

A Sunday Night Drink

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

Jun 3, 20074

Gone Hiking

Out in Okutama today. What a beautiful day!

Apr 30, 20070

Comics on the Train

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 the writer and that he’d probably get a kick out of seeing this.

Apr 17, 20074

Niku

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.

Mar 31, 20072

Wall Frames by Nendo

Remember that wall-climbing room with frames that I posted about a while back? Seems that it was designed by Nendo. Via Core77 (I don’t really see why they describe Nendo as a “start-up” unit though.)

Mar 31, 20070

Muji Tokyo Midtown

You just know I had to come on opening day!

Mar 30, 20072

21_21

Checking out the 21_21 Design Sight.

Mar 30, 20070

Rhodia

Does my wife know how to make her husband happy or what! She came back home with these for me. I love stationery, yes I do!

Mar 29, 20072

Sakura 2007

It’s time — the cherry blossoms are in full bloom!

Mar 28, 20076

RTR 12

Copies of the latest issue of free paper RTR at Cafe Pause. There are a few pieces by PMKFA inside.

Mar 22, 20070

White Chocolate Strawberry Parfait

About to order one of these suckers at Royal Host in Aoyama.

Mar 21, 20070

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Being a survey of recommended titles for your gaming pleasure. New games are added 2-3 times weekly, and all selections are by your host, Jean Snow, a Tokyo-based writer and gamer.

Jean Snow is a contributor to Arcade Mania, your guide to the arcade gaming scene in Japan (Amazon US/Amazon Japan). He also provided assistance on Tokyolife: Art and Design, a guide to Tokyo's cultural output of the past few years, covering the works of over 80 influential creatives.

He will be contributing to the upcoming fifth editions of The Rough Guide to Tokyo and The Rough Guide to Japan, due for release in 2011.

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Jean Snow lives and breathes design, pop culture, and gaming 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, Wired's Game|Life, PingMag, CNNGo, and The Japan Times. He also manages the gallery space at Cafe Pause.

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

I'm also a proud member of the Pecha Kucha Night family, working on various projects, including updating Pecha Kucha Daily, a blog that highlights the creativity coming out of PKN events worldwide.

I serve as editor-at-large at Néojaponisme, a web journal covering social and cultural aspects of Japan. Read the manifesto, by founder and chief editor W. David Marx.

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