Quatre
Now at the Quatre cafe in Shibuya, which is the reincarnation of the old Deux et Neuf cafe. Quite nice! Just picked up the latest issue of +81, so reading that while enjoying a caramel latte.
Aug 21, 2006
Sign Gaienmae
Back at Sign Gaienmae, having lunch. As you can see, I have a counter seat.
Aug 21, 2006
Canada Icefield
I’m at the Embassy of Canada right now, so of course the vending machines have bottled water called Canada Icefield — a brand I’ve never heard of.
Aug 21, 2006
Ingo Maurer
At the Tokyo Opera City gallery to see the Ingo Maurer show. I’ll then go to the ICC.
Aug 16, 2006
Gelman at GGG
You really need to go see the Alexander Gelman show on now at the GGG. I enjoyed this one so much I had to pick up the book as well.
Aug 11, 2006
Issay Kitagawa
Just spent a crazy long time at the Design Gallery’s Issay Kitagawa show, curated by Taku Sato. Well worth seeing, but do it quickly as it ends on the 14th.
Aug 11, 2006
Okutama
Sometimes you just gotta get out of town for a day — although, technically, I’m still in Tokyo.
Aug 7, 2006
Mieko Sai
The other night when I was out for dinner with an old friend who was in town for a visit (at a stylish Italian restaurant in Odaiba called Fragile), I met graphic/web designer Mieko Sai, whose site you can view here (I dig the interactive cursor animation). She was telling me about a NY-based art magazine she works on called COOL, with the tagline “Creator’s Infinite Links” — intriguingly, the Japanese content on the site is quite extensive, but there’s almost nothing in English. She was saying that the magazine is hard to find, and that she sells copies herself. She showed interest in attending next month’s edition of PauseTalk, so it might be a good opportunity to get her to bring along some copies.
Update
Mieko has sent me a list of places where you can pick up COOL in Tokyo.
Jul 23, 2006
Maisen
Not only do I love Maisen’s katsu sando, I love the package design almost as much!
Jul 6, 2006
Stamping
At Muji you can decorate tote bags now, like Yuko is doing here. It’s really cheap, with the three sizes going for 50, 70, and 100 yen.
May 6, 2006
Jean Snow is a contributor to 
He will be contributing to the upcoming fifth editions of 
