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Category: Art & Design

  • Operation Olympiad

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    Operation Olympiad is a beautiful hand-stitched book by Alessandro PeriniĀ that takes a look at how Tokyo and Japan approached the 1940 Olympic Games. It’s part of the “Missing Games Project,” and you’ll find a video flip-through here. Found via Canvas.

  • Retro Records

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    This is a pretty good blog — and Twitter account — if you want to check out old records from Japan. It’s in Japanese, but the point here is really to look at theĀ awesome collection of covers. Looks like they organize a lot of nice events too.

  • Wood-cut Style Ghibli Illustrations

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    This is a beautiful series of illustrations by Bill MudronĀ inspired by traditional wood-cut prints, depicting characters and scenery from Ghibli films.

  • Supplement Two

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    There’s a second edition of theĀ Supplement: Tokyo talk series coming up (on March 8), this time featuringĀ Bill Daniel, Craig Mod, Tetsuya Goto, and Eiko Nagase. More details here.

  • Ramen Restaurant

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    I really love this illustration by Mateusz Urbanowicz that he shared in a tweet, of a ramen shop he visited.

  • Where They Create: Japan

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    A new book to lust over, Where They Create: Japan is a collection of what looks like fantastic photo shoots of creative spaces by photographer Paul Barbera. You get a peek inside the studios and work spaces of creativesĀ likeĀ Anrealage, Kengo Kuma, Wonderwall, Nendo, Tadao Ando, Tokujin Yoshioka, and Toyo Ito. You can order it hereĀ —…

  • Ginza Six

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    Time Out Tokyo takes a look at the next mega complex to open in Tokyo, the picturedĀ Ginza Six. It opens on April 20. Here’s also a slick video about the complex.

  • MTRL Kyoto

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    It opened back in 2015, but Spoon & Tamago has a postĀ up showing off the beautiful co-working space MTRL Kyoto. The space even has laser cutters and 3D printers — no big surprise since its owned by Loftworks, the company behind theĀ FabCafes.

  • No More Fruits

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    Street fashion magazine Fruits has just published its final issue (pictured). The reason? According to the magazine’s founder (and editor, and chief photographer) Shoichi Aoki, there just aren’t enough “cool kids” out on the streets anymore. Sad indeed. This Spoon & Tamago post has more details on the magazine’s closure.

  • dshott.co.uk 4.0

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    My buddy Duncan Shotton has just re-launched his website, which now does an even better job of showing off his wonderful — and fun — products. Via Canvas.