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Month: July 2006

  • Kozyndan at Paul Smith Space

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    PingMag covers the Kozyndan exhibition currently being held at Paul Smith Space in Aoyama (until August 20).

  • New Chair at Cafe Pause

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    Cafe Pause has some new chairs. If you’re interested in the design, I believe the designer, Koji Kimura, has shown interest in coming to the next PauseTalk.

  • PKN in Time

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    I have a piece in this week’s issue of TIME (July 24, Asian and European editions) on PechaKucha Nights. You can read it online here.

  • Yudi Kawaguchi

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    Now this is a bit of weirdness. I received an invitation in the mail for the opening preview and reception of Yoshitomo Nara and Graf’s next iteration of their “AtoZ” exhibition. Now for the strange bit: even though it’s my mailing address, it’s addressed to Yudi Kawaguchi. Huh?

  • Planted

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    I’m writing a separate post (outside of the latest “This Week in Magazine” post) for the first issue of PLANTED, which is the newly launched eco-themed (“Life with Plants on this Planet,” and was even printed with soy ink!) magazine from Knee High Media (PAPER SKY, MAMMOTH, BABY MAMMOTH) and the MAINICHI SHIMBUN, because I…

  • New Selection at Cafe Pause

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    Speaking of magazines (see previous post), yesterday I picked up the latest issues of the following for the cafe: STUDIO VOICE, ART iT, RE:S, and PLANTED.

  • This Week in Magazines

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    I’m having to do some catching up this week, and so two issues of BRUTUS. Issue 597 features “The Beach,” and offers up guides to the world’s best beaches, and other beach-related topics. As I truly despise the beach — yesterday I checked out a beach in Naoshima for all of 5 minutes, and even…

  • I’m Political

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    At least Momus seems to think so (from his latest Click Opera entry): The photos in this entry are of cafes linked by Tokyo Cafe Mania. The link comes, naturally, via Jean Snow’s blog. Now, people who read both Jean Snow and Marxy, asked which is the more politically progressive, might be tempted to say…

  • Muji in the US

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    Could Muji finally be making a move into the US retail market next year? Core77 is reporting the following: Ryohin Keikaku Co., the parent of Muji, a retailer that specializes in sleek household goods and clothing, says it is considering launching its first U.S. store in Manhattan as early as 2007.

  • The Loss of Cafes

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    I’ve been meaning to mention this for a while now, but a couple of weeks ago I was in Shibuya, bringing a friend to get lunch at either the Deux et Neuf Cafe or Conceal Cafe, and was shocked to see that the entire building that used to house them had been demolished. I don’t…