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Design Column for October

Shinonome Canal Court

I have a new design column up at Tokyo Q. This month: a look at a few Good Design Award winners, Toyo Ito, some Tokyo Design Week info, and Roughtoyz/Loughtoys’ Snapazoo.

Anime Column for September

Tokyo Q

My latest anime column is up at Tokyo Q. This month, I take a look at some of the most promising shows of the new TV season (starting in October), including JIGOKU SHOUJO, MUSHISHI, SOLTY REI, ANGEL HEART, BLOOD+, PARADISE KISS, and CLUSTER EDGE.

Design Column for September

Makoto Yokomizo

My latest design column is up at Tokyo Q. This month: architect Makoto Yokomizo, the Plusminuszero Cordless Telephone, and some info on this fall’s design events (Design Tide, Tokyo Designer’s Week, Swedish Style, and 100% Design Tokyo).

Anime Column for August

Anime Column

This month’s anime column is now up at Tokyo Q. It includes a short review of GUN X SWORD, and lots of newsbites.

Design Column for August

Design Column

I didn’t mention it here (hey, I’m on holidays), but my design column at Tokyo Q got posted last Friday. I did something different, offering up a design-friendly tour of Ginza (basically the route I follow on my monthly visits to the area).

Anime Column for July

Karas

My new anime column is up at Tokyo Q. This month: me sharing my love for KARAS, followed by an unusually large amount of smaller news items.

Design Column for July

The Drawer House

My new design column is up at Tokyo Q. This month: the Drawer House, watches from the Sea Hope brand, Muji travel gear, and more.

Anime Column for June

Afro Samurai

My new anime column is up at Tokyo Q. This month: news on BLOOD+, AFRO SAMURAI, an APPLESEED TV series, and more.

Design Column for June

Kenya Hara

My new design column is up at Tokyo Q. I talk about the latest issue of +81, the work of Kenya Hara, the recent surge in design-friendly shops/cafes closings, and the Yamaha Electric Commuter.

Anime Column for May

Trinity Blood

My new anime column is up at Tokyo Q. This month: short reviews of SPEED GRAPHER, BASILISK, SOUSEI NO AQUARION, EUREKA 7, TRINITY BLOOD, and GLASS MASK.

The Spring 2005 Anime Round-up

Speed Grapher

Some people have been asking me what I think of the new anime series that launched in April, which is something I’m addressing in my next anime column at Tokyo Q (to be posted this Friday). I can tell you that I’m currently enjoying the following: SPEED GRAPHER, BASILISK, SOUSEI NO AQUARION, EUREKA 7, and TRINITY BLOOD. Check Friday’s column for full reviews.

Design Column for May

Design Column

My latest design column is up at Tokyo Q. Ando’s latest, Graniph, Dick Bruna, and more.

Anime Column for April

Karas

My latest anime column is up at Tokyo Q. It’s a guide to the season’s most promising new shows.

Design Column for April

My latest design column is up at Tokyo Q. Kenzo Tange, Tokujin Yoshioka, the New Design Paradise TV show, and VIEWER.

Anime Column for March

Gankutsuou

For those who missed it, my latest anime column at Tokyo Q was posted last Friday. I review GANKUTSUOU and TRAVA – FIST PLANET.

PauseTalk

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 4.

We hereby define a new term, that of the magaziner, described as a person who exerts an unhealthy amount of love for all things magazine. The Magaziner is a site that mostly focuses on the intersection between magazines and the digital frontier, and what it means for the medium. This does not preclude the inclusion of a healthy amount of print love.

Codex is a weekly music podcast hosted by Jean Snow, recorded in Tokyo. Playlists for all episodes are posted on the site, and you can subscribe to RSS feeds of posts and episodes.

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 is Executive Director of the PechaKucha organization. He also helps run the PechaKucha Night in Tokyo -- please get in touch if you are interested in presenting at a future event. For a more intimate salon-like discussion group, join him at his monthly PauseTalk event.

A longtime resident of Tokyo, he lives and breathes design, pop culture, and gaming, sustained by an unhealthy addiction to magazines and frequent visits to his favorites cafes. He has reported on these obsessions for various online/offline publications, including the following: Time, Inside (Australian Design Review), Gizmodo, Gridskipper, Kotaku, 1UP, 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, Phaidon, and The Japan Times.

You can subscribe to an RSS feed of this site, and also follow him on Twitter and Facebook, or get in touch by email.

 

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The "Jean Snow" logo is written using the free Kirimomi Swash typeface. The "M31" logo is by Ian Lynam, and is part of a series of 31 unique designs. The site's design is based on the Grid Focus WordPress theme by Derek Punsalan.

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