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Category: Art & Design

  • Kojima Productions, in Shinagawa

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    Kojima Productions now has its very own slick home in the Shinagawa part of Tokyo, and it recently shared a gallery of photos that show off the new digs (which I came across through this Kotaku post). IGN has posted a 5-minute video featuring interviews with Kojima and key staff talking about the studio, and how it all…

  • Beams Beyond Tokyo

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    Not only does the new Beams Beyond Tokyo book from Rizzoli look fantastic — a celebration of the brand’s collaborations through the years — I’m also happy to see that my buddy W. David Marx is one of the contributors. These Rizzoli coffee table books tend to be incredibly well made (oh, you know, like…

  • Yukino Ohmura

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    The cityscape you see pictured, by Yukino Ohmura, used nothing but small round stickers — view more of the artist’s work here. Found via this tweet.

  • DQ2, GIF Edition

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    I really love this animated GIF, in part because I happen to be playing Dragon Quest II right now (although at a much slower pace than my recent Dragon Quest run).

  • Nicely Responsive

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    It’s been a running joke for a decade that websites in Japan are, well, shit. It’s pretty great to see that things are improving, taking this site for example, which showcases a beautiful use of typography in a smartly responsive package. Found via this tweet.

  • State of Tokyo

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    State of Tokyo is a rather nice new site by Alex Abian covering the people and places of Tokyo, with beautiful photography throughout. Looks like it’s going to be fun to follow, with coverage of places like Takeo, a tiny little restaurant in Shibuya that is run in the mornings by the pictured Takeo (in the…

  • The Tree of Kayashima Station

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    This is a pretty amazing story, of a train station in the Osaka suburbs that was built around — yes, surrounding — a tree. Read the whole story over at Spoon & Tamago.

  • Letter from a White Fox

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    Letter from a White Fox is an indie adventure game being made using the Pico 8 engine, with a setting based in Japanese folklore. Found via this Canvas post by Giulia Lamperti, who is doing the art for the game.

  • Droning Over Yamadera

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    Here’s a second video by Mark McFarlane (see the first one here) shot using a drone, this time shot during a snowy weekend in the Fukushima and Yamagata prefectures.