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Month: August 2007
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This Week in Magazines
PEN (205) devotes an issue to “Tutto Ferrari,” all that is Ferrari. As you may imagine, I skimmed this one pretty fast. STUDIO VOICE (381) declares that “Young Photo Strikes Back!!” It’s a great issue with a round-up of the young up-and-coming photographers you need to keep an eye out for, with lots of photos…
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A Bathing Ape’s 24-Hour Television T-Shirt
In case you missed it, NTV had its annual 24-hour telethon this past weekend, and this year’s t-shirt, worn by all participants and sold to raise funds, was designed/donated by A Bathing Ape (BAPE). With the tee plastered all over TV and selling more than 300 000 copies at 1400 yen a pop, does this…
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Panoramic Ikebukuro
A few of the shots that I took the other day during our 8mm outing were for a panoramic stitch, which you can better see here.
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PingMag: Gallery Scene
PingMag interviews Motokazu Terai, director of Shibuya’s recently opened Gallery Scene, which I also covered a few weeks ago on Gridskipper.
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Magazine Covers and the Internet
If you see the latest issue of JJ on the newsstands, you’ll notice idol Takuya Kimura on the cover, but on JJ’s website, a blank image. A sign of Johnny’s Jimusho’s excessive control over image rights and the web? Marxy exposes the truth.
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TAB in WWD Japan
Nice to see Tokyo Art Beat get some coverage in WWD Japan for their latest t-shirt collection.
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CNN Interviews Tadao Ando
The CNN site hosts a 3-part interview (dating back to April) with architect Tadao Ando regarding his work and its relation to nature, and also includes a tour of his Church of Light. Via Dezain.net.
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The Laughing Girl
Alin Huma posts a new PDF booklet, this time a collection of old low-res shots, and the Laughing Girl!
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This Week at MoCo Loco
My weekly Tokyo post is up on MoCo Loco, this time with news of Graf‘s Plankton Chair, this weekend’s Good Design Presentation, and a change in mobile phones.
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This Week at Gridskipper
Tokyo Game Bars Get Hoppy You can read all of my Gridskipper posts here (or even subscribe to a feed).