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Month: March 2005

  • Selling Psyche

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    Fascinating: “The Japanese Gallery of Psychiatric Art,” featuring ads dating back to the fifties. Link via Waxy.

  • Down for the Count

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    It’s been a hell of a week. The nasty cold I had last weekend (started on the day of the big snowstorm), turned into bouts of high fever, and finally I’m left with a problem with my lower back that made me miss two days from work. And I’m still in pain. So there you…

  • OK Fred 5 Launch Event

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    Today marks the release date of the brand spanking new issue of OK FRED (5): “This Is Our Tokyo.” If you’ve listened to the latest episode of Radio OK Fred (4), you’ll have an idea of what you’ll find inside. To celebrate the launch, an exhibition will be taking place at Caniche Courage in Aoyama…

  • Art Directors Club Exhibition

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    From TAB: Since its establishment in 1920, the Art Directors Club has been the leader of the graphic design industry, and its award exhibitions have long attracted many people in the design and advertising worlds. This 83rd Award was open to works made in 2003, and collected close to 12,000 submissions from 43 countries; of…

  • OK Poets

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    Each session is 3500 yen (3000 yen for members), and it happens at the beautiful Hara Museum of Contemporary Art. You can also make reservations by email or phone (03-3445-0669).

  • Ito and the Tongue

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    Joi Ito digs tongue. The kind you eat that is, and Gridskipper has a post on it. Also, Nick Denton is the guest editor there all week. Update: And now there’s this post on love hotels, which describes exactly what I did (no, I’m not Gortuk) on my first visit to Tokyo, before I moved…

  • Radio OK Fred 04

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    Radio OK Fred 04 is now up!

  • The Latest Gas

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    The latest from Gas. The next Gas Book (19) is on Jun Takahashi (designer behind the Undercover fashion brand) and Madsaki. Out March 28. They are producing Undercurrent, a clothing brand that collaborates with various musicians. The first series is by Mooog Yamamoto (Buffalo Daughter), Pardon Kimura, and MAGDRON (M.A.G.M.A.) Hello Gas Art has some…