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ART iT 12

Jul 14, 2006

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The new issue of ART iT (12) is out, featuring a cover story on Yoshitomo Nara, and a look at collaborations in the art world (in Nara’s case, it involves his “AtoZ” project with Graf). They’ve also done a nice revamp of their website!

Domus on Super Normal

Jul 14, 2006

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in Design

Naoto Fukasawa and Jasper Morrison talk about their “Super Normal” exhibition in the latest issue of DOMUS (free registration required).

This Week at Gridskipper

Jul 13, 2006

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Jean Snow

in Cafes, Design, Gridskipper

Grandbell Hotel Shibuya Le Cafe Berthollet You can read all of my Gridskipper posts here (or even subscribe to a feed).

Ueno Wins!

Jul 13, 2006

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Jean Snow

in Design, Photography

Katsuyoshi Ueno, co-founder of 44 Design, has been quite busy of late. First, he takes a special prize at the Konika Minolta Best Shot Photography Contest 2006, of which an exhibition is currently being held at the Konika Minolta Plaza Gallery in Shinjuku (until July 21), and then he wins another special prize at the…

The New Glasses

Jul 13, 2006

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in Meta

By popular demand, here’s a pic of me wearing my new glasses. As mentioned the other day, I got them at the Muji store in Yurakucho for around 10 000 yen, lenses included.

Riding the Cultural Wave

Jul 12, 2006

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Jean Snow

in Anime, Events, Film, Games, Manga

Japan is considering expanding the Tokyo International Film Festival to boost the country’s “cultural content industry,” which in addition to books and film involves animation, comics, music and game software, the industry minister said Tuesday. Economy, Trade and Industry Minister Toshihiro Nikai said at a press conference the film festival, which has been held 18…