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Month: March 2008

  • Kubrick Lost

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    I’m a big fan of the TV series LOST — it’s the one show I watch religiously, every Friday night with my wife, as soon as a new episode is out — and here’s a surprising merch tie-in, Kubrick figures of the main characters from the show. Now, as much as I love Kubricks and…

  • Nissan Grandrive

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    Dezeen posts plenty of photos of the Nissan Grandrive event hall in Yokosuka, by architect Akihito Fumita.

  • FULLFACE2

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    The wait is over! It seems that Apple has finally come to their senses and have released the iPhone here in Japan through SoftBank! Oh, wait, this is actually the SoftBank 921SH FULLFACE2 from Sharp. But look, you can “Touch, Tap & Shake” it to your heart’s content! And it looks just (or a lot)…

  • Roppongi Hills on the Outs

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    Sure, that title doesn’t spell out anything new to anyone who has been to Roppongi Hills in the past couple of years, but as this article points out, next month marks the Hills’ 5 year anniversary, which means that quite a few leases are up, and most tenants are not renewing. (Thanks, Max.)

  • PingMag: Omotesando Architecture

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    PingMag takes us on an architectural tour of Omotesando, the first in a series.

  • This Week at MoCo Loco

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    My weekly Tokyo post for MoCo Loco is up, this time covering some Nendo-related news and Bonboog‘s Botanical Pen.

  • Pancakes

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    Digiki announces the release of an upcoming single, “Pancakes,” which will be available from March 26 on all major online music stores. The single is the first from a planned series for his upcoming remix album, DENSE MUSIC. Get all the details here.

  • Tokyo Realtime

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    It’s finally time to start revealing info about the project I’ve been working on with White Rabbit Press for the past couple of months. TOKYO REALTIME is going to be a series of audio guided walking tours taking you through various neighborhoods of the city. First up, Kabukicho! You can visit the teaser site and…

  • Batman Gotham Knight Trailer

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    BATMAN: GOTHAM KNIGHT is what happens when you get Japanese anime studios (Studio 4C, Madhouse, Production I.G) and directors and let them loose on the Batman mythos. Think ANIMATRIX, but done for Batman, and it’s coming out on DVD in July. Warner Bros. has launched a teaser site that features a trailer — you may…

  • Kochi Architects Studio

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    Designboom covers some of the works of Tokyo-based Kochi Architects Studio, including House KN, pictured above.